Technology >> CEO Interviews >> September 9, 2002
RICHARD M. OWEN is CEO of AvantGo, Inc., the leading provider of
mobile enterprise software. Mr. Owen has a unique perspective on
the mobile and wireless industry, having directed major
operations on each of the three continents driving wireless '
namely Asia, Europe and North America. He hails from Liverpool,
England, and spent his post-university years with Big Five
consulting firm KPMG in London before heading to the States to
earn a Master's degree from MIT's Sloan School of Management. Mr.
Owen's distinguished career includes an eight-year rise at Dell
Computer. There he reengineered the company's supply chain
management business before being tapped to head operations for
Dell in Japan. After three years in Japan, he returned to the US
to build one of world's largest Internet operations, known today
as Dell Online. By the time he left to join AvantGo, Dell Online
had hit $40 million in revenues per day. At AvantGo, Mr. Owen
successfully led the company through an initial public offering
in September 2000. With Mr. Owen at the helm, AvantGo is leading
the mobile software marketplace, delivering enterprise software
to Fortune 1000 customers, such as McKesson Corporation, Ford
Motor Company and Cisco, and its AvantGo Mobile Internet Service
to more than 6 million mobile users. Profile
Mr. Owen: AvantGo is a software company which delivers field
force automation solutions using mobile technology. Companies
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