Working with the Budget Billionaire – Ron Heinz Recalls Ray Noorda
From Fishbowl Flicker to Super Hero – Darl McBride Remembers Ray Noorda
Darl McBride, CEO of SCO Group (Nasdaq: SCOX), has stories o’plenty to share on the life and working relationship with Ray Noorda. McBride shares stories on Noorda’s management style where he’d “walk around flicking the fishbowl.” Perhaps one of the great nuggets in this podcast is where McBride talks about Noorda’s visit to Manhattan to pick up the Financial Times CEO of the Year award.
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The Birth of Personal Computer Networking — Drew Major Reflects on Ray Noorda
Technology leader Drew Major–one of the founders of Novell, Inc.–reflects on working with Ray Noorda, who passed away on 9 October 2006. Major recalls personal experiences including Novell’s beginnings, its dance with bankruptcy, the appointment of Noorda as president, and Noorda’s single-handed funding of a company that went from 17 people to over 12,000 at its zenith. Major recalls Noorda’s first meeting with Bill Gates of Microsoft, his coining of the term ‘coopetition,’ and the down-to-earth, ‘aw-shucks’ humility of “the Father of Network Computing.”
Ty Mattingly’s Thoughts on Ray Noorda
Ty Mattingly worked as Ray Noorda’s “body guard, right-hand man, and travel companion” for over two years. His close working relationship provided a unique view into Noorda’s thought process on management, competition, and investing in growth opportunities.
Mattingly spent a few minutes with us to reminisce about Ray Noorda and his impact on Mattingly’s management and investment stratgies. He also shared a great story about competiting with the hard-working Noorda for “first-to-the-office” honors.
David Bradford on Ray Noorda
We caught up with David Bradford for a quick conversation on the life of Ray Noorda. Bradford was the General Council at Novell and spent over 8 years working closely with Ray Noorda. Bradford tells stories of Noorda’s concern for fairness in software industry. Additionally, Bradford shares personal stories of learning that Noorda never asked for a raise in his life and how this impacted his thinking on rewards based on hard work.
Ray Noorda Tribute Podcast
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Special thanks to Drew Major (cofounder of Novell), Ron Heinz (former direct report and currently managing director of Canopy Ventures), Ty Mattingly (former Executive Staff and right-hand assistant), Darl McBride (Ray Noorda’s shadow for a year and currently CEO of SCO Group, Ransom Love (former CEO of Caldera), and David Bradford (former General Council for Novell). Each of these busy executives cleared their calendars to share their memories and create a Tribute to Ray Noorda: Technology Legend, Mentor, Colleague, Friend.
Common themes throughout the interviews included:
- Hard worker
- Competitor / Coopetition Ray Noorda is recognized for inventing the term)
- Partnering and channel developer
- Frugal
- Drive
- Mentor
- Visionary
Fun stories include:
- The night Ron Heinz shares a room at Days Inn with a billionaire
- Ty Mattingly beating Ray into work by arriving at 5:30am
- Darl McBride’s visit to Manhattan where Ray received CEO of the Year Award from the Financial Times, but he didn’t take a tux
If you have a great story about working with Ray Noorda, feel free to post a comment.
Check out the mash-up podcast that highlights stories from each interview on PodTech.net. We’ll also be posting each interview.
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