Career
He ran "s division selling operating software to Personal Computer manufacturers for 15 years. He is also the author of Resolve and Fortitude: "s "Secret Power Broker" Breaks His Silence. In 1972, he joined Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in Munich, Germany as an instructor to teach computer programming classes to customers.
He later ran DEC"s training center in Munich, and became a marketing manager in DEC"s training division headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts.
After a short spell at National Semiconductors, he joined Apple’s team in Paris as European marketing manager. He later joined a new software company called and accepted a General Manager position for its newly found German subsidiary.
Upon joining, he moved through the still small company and was promoted to run ’s division dealing with Personal Computer manufacturers. Headquartered near Seattle, Washington, he soon belonged to ’s executive team and was promoted to Senior Vice President of in 1990.
In his job he developed relationships with ’s Personal Computer manufacturers and operating software distribution partners worldwide.
Journalists called him ""s Secret Power Broker" and Bill Gates" "Enforcer" who was "wielding ’s pricing sword". In his words, he described part of his job as "hitting the OEMs hard. He retired in 2002 from the company and joined several boards as a business advisor, including the National Bureau of Asian Research.
