Mark V. Hurd Quotes

CIOs have earned a strategic seat at the table, but now they've got to hold that seat - and the only way they can do that is to converse in the language of business value and business benefits and bus...

CIOs have earned a strategic seat at the table, but now they've got to hold that seat - and the only way they can do that is to converse in the language of business value and business benefits and bus...

Mark V. Hurd

Tags: value, language, company

There's a powerful tendency to overcomplicate the whole notion of leadership.

Mark V. Hurd

There's a powerful tendency to overcomplicate the whole notion of leadership.

Mark V. Hurd

Tags: powerful, whole, notion

About Author

Mark Vincent Hurd (January 1, 1957 – October 18, 2019) was an American technology executive who served as Co-CEO and as a member of the board of directors of Oracle Corporation. He had previously served as chairman, chief executive officer, and president of Hewlett-Packard, before his forced resignation in 2010. He was also on the board of directors of Globality and was a member of the Technology CEO Council and board of directors of News Corporation until 2010.

It's counterproductive to lower my price, because I have to sell more units to make up for that lost revenue. Generating brand-new products can take a long time. Improving service is typically the qui...

Mark V. Hurd

It's counterproductive to lower my price, because I have to sell more units to make up for that lost revenue. Generating brand-new products can take a long time. Improving service is typically the qui...

Mark V. Hurd

Tags: time, growth, service