Title
Coleman, Bruce oral history
Catalog Number
102746639
Type
Document
Description
Bruce Coleman has reviewed his unusual and extensive history as both a software company executive and as a company “doctor.” Bruce joined IBM after college, but left IBM to get his MBA at the Harvard Business School. Later, he became the CEO of a software company, Boole & Babbage, and then the president of Informatics which gave him solid experience in the nascent field of software products. After that his career took a different tack. He was asked to either revive or bury a large number of other software and computer professional services or processing services companies. He was usually retained by venture capital investors in the company or by the Board of Directors, frequently to replace the company founder who was unable to manage the company after it had grown to a certain size. There were more than 20 of these “company doctor” assignments over an extended period of time. Bruce was also active in ADAPSO and in YPO (Young Presidents Organization). He has lived in Taos, New Mexico for many years and has been active in charitable organizations there.
Date
2013-04-30; 2013-05-02
Contributor
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Ances, Carol Anne, Editor
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Coleman, Bruce, Interviewee
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Grad, Burt, Interviewer
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Place of Publication
Mountain View, California
Extent
79 p.
Format
PDF
Category
Transcription
Subject
Boole and Babbage; Company Doctor; Harvard Business School; IBM; Informatics; Information science; Interim CEO; Logic Electronics; Walker Interactive; Web trends
Collection Title
CHM oral history collection
