Computer History Museum

Hoffman, Mark oral history

Mark Hoffman grew up in Minnesota and got his Bachelor's degree from the US Military Academy. After serving in the US Army for 6 years, primarily as a logistics officer, he took MBA courses and then joined the Amdahl Corporation. He describes his work at Amdahl and then at Britton-Lee where he managed the manufacturing, product support and maintenance activities. He left Britton-Lee to join Bob Epstein to form Sybase where he was the CEO. It was an outstanding growth story, but with some changes in the company management, he left and became interested in Intraware and then became the CEO of Commerce One. Finally, he discusses joining Everdream as the CEO and some of his personal activities including the Althea Foundation.

Item Details

Date
2007-06-13 (Made)
Type
Document
Catalogue number
102658294
Organization
Computer History Museum
People
Mark Hoffman (Interviewee)
Burt Grad (Editor)
Burt Grad (Interviewer)
Category
Transcript
Extent
52 p.
Place of publication
North America/USA/CA/Mountain View
Language
English
Acquisition number
X4091.2007
Subject
Amdahl Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, Sybase, SQL Server
Archive collection
CHM Oral History Collection
Archive hierarchy
CHM Oral History Collection