- Ronald Hovsepian
Ronald W. Hovsepian or Ron Hovsepian,
President andChief Executive Officer ofNovell , Inc.Hovsepian held management and executive positions at
IBM Corporation over a 17 year period, including worldwidegeneral manager of IBM's distribution industries, managing global hardware andsoftware development ,sales ,marketing and services.Served as a
managing director ofInternet Capital Group , a venture capital firm.Joined Novell in June 2003 as President of North America departament, but later became CEO.
Hovsepian is non-executive
Chairman of theBoard of Directors of theAnn Taylor Corporation . Hovsepian received aBachelor of Science degree fromBoston College .He led the
Microsoft andNovell deal that was announced in October 2006 [http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10381] [http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/06/11/07/1435204.shtml] .External links
* [http://www.novell.com/company/bios/rhovsepian.html Ron Hovsepian's biography on the Novell official site]
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