Eric Schmidt of Novell. He presided over a period of decline at Novell where its IPX protocol was being replaced by open TCP/IP products, while at the same time Microsoft was shipping free TCP/IP stacks in Windows 95, making Novell much less profitable. In 2001, he departed after the acquisition of Cambridge Technology Partners. Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin interviewed Schmidt. Impressed by him, they recruited Schmidt to run their company in 2001 under the guidance of venture capitalists John Doerr and Michael Moritz. In March 2001, Schmidt joined Google's board of directors as chairman, and became the company's CEO
Nicole Seligman 2003, she became Corporate Executive Officer of the worldwide Sony Corporation. When Stringer became Sony Corporation CEO in June 2005, Seligman rose to become General Counsel of that corporation, retaining the same role at SCA. She became President of Sony Corporation of America on June 27, 2012. In August 2013, the Council on CyberSecurity announced that Seligman is a member of the organization’s Advisory Board. On February 18, 2016, it was announced, that Seligman is stepping down from the positions of President of Sony Entertainment and Sony Corporation of America; In an internal memo to employees, it was stated, that