Bob Bernard
Robert Francis Bernard (May 23, 1961 – February 2, 2007) was an Information Technology executive, most noted for presiding over dot-com bubble consulting flameout marchFIRST,[1] the largest Internet professional services company of its time.[2] He is also known for co-founding one of marchFIRST's predecessors, Whittman-Hart.
Bob Bernard | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 23, 1961 |
| Died | February 2, 2007 (aged 45) Burr Ridge, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | business executive |
| Known for | CEO of marchFIRST |
Information
He was the son of an electrician who worked for Chicago's Inland Steel Co. In 1984, he dropped out of Ball State University to found Whittman-Hart, a software and consulting company focused on delivering solutions for IBM systems.
He was the CEO of the resurrected WhittmanHart in Chicago when he died February 2, 2007, of an apparent heart attack.[3]
gollark: Scientific American is lying to you, bees have existed before time itself.
gollark: The "bee" thing emerged in around late April, and apioforms began to exist around July.
gollark: Which is not what people appear to want.
gollark: That was the extreme end (okay, upper high end) of the scale I was positing.
gollark: Seriously? My fonts don't have Unicode 13 support yet?!
References
- "MarchFirst To Undergo A Revamping". The New York Times. 2000-11-29. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
- "Whittman-Hart Inc". The Encyclopedia of Chicago. The Chicago Historical Society. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
At the time, MarchFirst ranked as the world's largest Internet services company, with annual sales of about $500 million.
- "Local tech entrepreneur Robert Bernard dies". Crain Communications, Inc. February 5, 2007.
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