Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 13, 2000
CAROL MILLS BALDWIN is the President and CEO of Acta Technology, Inc.
Prior to joining the company, she spent 17 years in several executive
positions at HP, most recently serving since 1993 as General Manager of
the Enterprise Systems Division (ESY) of Hewlett-Packard Company's
Computer Systems Organization (CSO), responsible for all aspects of the
company's HP 9000 server business. During Mrs. Mills Baldwin's tenure as
General Manager, HP became the leader in UNIX server solutions and a
pioneer in data warehousing, mainframe alternatives, distributed
computing, electronic commerce and Internet technologies. Under her
guidance, the division's revenues grew from $1 billion to $4.5 billion
while exceeding sales quota and profit goals each year. Mrs. Mills
Baldwin's responsibilities included strategy, planning, R&D, marketing,
finance, manufacturing, business development, strategic alliances and
human resources. Prior to joining HP, she served as a Software Engineer
for the Bank of Boston and Cullinet Corporation (now Computer
Associates). Mrs. Mills Baldwin earned a Bachelor's degree in Economics
at Smith College and a Master's in Business Administration at Harvard
University. She currently serves on the board of Adobe Systems. Profile
Mrs. Mills Baldwin: Founded in 1996, Acta is the world's leading
provider of business-to-business (B2B) data caching and integration
