Technology >> CEO Interviews >> February 17, 2003
NORMAN 'BUD' ROBERTSON is Senior Vice President of Finance and
Administration and Chief Financial Officer of Progress Software
Corporation. Mr. Robertson is responsible for all financial operations
and investor relations activities for the company, as well as
administrative functions, including human resources, legal, production,
distribution and facilities. Mr. Robertson joined Progress Software in
May 1996. For over 25 years, he has managed the financial direction of
various public and private technology companies including M/A-COM,
Digital Equipment Corporation and General Motors. Mr. Robertson holds a
Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of
Massachusetts at Amherst and a Master's degree in Management from Boston
University. Profile
LORNE COOPER is President of PeerDirect. An accomplished
entrepreneur, he comes to PeerDirect from his position as
President of NuSphere Corporation, a start-up subsidiary of
Progress Software Corporation that delivers an Internet
application platform based on open source components, providing
an integrated foundation that allows companies to deploy
reliable, cost-effective, enterprise-class applications. Prior to
joining NuSphere, he founded Sente, Inc., a software company that
provided high-end software to designers of integrated circuits,
particularly Intel, Motorola, Toshiba, NEC, Nortel and Ericsson.
As President and CEO, Mr. Cooper ran Sente successfully for six
years, culminating in the sale of the company. Before founding
Sente, he was with Viewlogic Systems, where he served as Senior
Vice President of Engineering and Product Marketing, and was part
of the management team that brought the company to IPO and
revenues of over $100 million. During his nine years at Viewlogic
he managed support, training, product marketing, consulting and
development. Mr. Cooper holds a Bachelor of Science degree in
Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. Profile
overview of Progress Software?
Mr. Robertson: Progress Software was founded in 1981. It went
public in 1991. It's on the NASDAQ. It's
