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
Daniel Hesse AT&T's long distance services. In May 1997, he became Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Wireless. In 1998, Hesse oversaw the launch of AT&T's Digital One Rate. From March 2000 to June 2004, Hesse served as CEO and chairman of Terabeam Corporation. In June 2005, Hesse joined Sprint and oversaw the spinoff of its landline division into a separate public company– Embarq Corporation. Hesse served as the President and CEO of Embarq from May 2006 until December 2007. On December 17, 2007 he became CEO of Sprint Nextel. During his tenure, Hesse appeared in ten television commercials for the company. The