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
Bruce Claflin In August 1998, he joined 3Com, a digital electronics manufacturer, as President and Chief Operating Officer. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer at 3Com from 2001 through 2006. In February 2006, he announced he would be stepping down as CEO of 3Com. From 2009 to 2016, he was the Executive Chairman of Advanced Micro Devices, an American multinational semiconductor company. In 2016, John Caldwell took over as chairman for AMD. He has served as Director of Ciena, a global supplier of telecommunications networking equipment, software, and services, since August 2006. Bruce Claflin Bruce Claflin is an American businessman