COO (was: Re: Oops: McAfee Update Exterminates Excel)

[Aryeh Goretsky <goretsky () gmail com>]

Hello,

A COO is the Chief Operating Officer of a company, who is responsible for
day-to-day operations.  When I was at McAfee Associates, the COO was Bill
McKiernan, and his responsibilities were (as far as I could tell) making
sure the various departments ran at (or under) their budget, approving
various capital expenses including facilities stuff (telco, building,
and so forth) and pouring over the financials with the vice-president
of finance and the comptroller.  Also, non-engineering managers and VPs
(sales, MIS) reported in to his side of the organization.  He was also
involved in the company's initial public offering of stock.

Of course, a COOs role probably varies from company-to-company, as do
the roles of the President and the CEO, and how they related to each
other.

A COW, on the other hand, goes moo.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky


At 05:04 PM 3/14/2006, you wrote:
> From: Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>
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> To: Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net>
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> Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 23:51:12 +0000 (GMT)
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> Subject: Re: [funsec] Oops: McAfee Update Exterminates Excel
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>
> What's a COO, and who is it?
>
> On Tue, 14 Mar 2006, Fergie wrote:
>
> > Well, I'm sure there have been more than a couple of "Come-to-Jesus"
> > meetings at NAI/McAfee -- they just got a new COO this week, too. :-)
> >
> > - ferg
> >
> >
> > -- Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
> >
> > Weasel words in a EULA do you no good at all if people don't buy your
> > product. McAfee management will be acutely aware that they *cannot* afford
> > for this to happen again any time soon, and they will currently be having
> > meetings on how to redesign their QC. I'd predict that this will include
> > hiring a bunch of people, and spending a big bunch of money on computers.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
> >  Engineering Architecture for the Internet
> >  fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
> >  ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
> >
> >

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