Paul Maritz

Paul Alistair Maritz (born March 16, 1955) is a computer scientist and software executive. He held positions at large companies including Microsoft and EMC Corporation. He currently serves as chairman of Pivotal Software.

Paul Maritz
Paul Maritz in 2009
Born (1955-03-16) March 16, 1955[1]
Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
Alma materUniversity of Natal
University of Cape Town
OccupationChairman, Pivotal Software
Employer

Early life

Paul Maritz was born and raised in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). His family later moved to South Africa where he was schooled at Highbury Preparatory School[2] and Hilton College[3]. He received a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Natal, and a B.Sc. (Hons) degree, also in Computer Science, from the University of Cape Town in 1977.[4]

Career

After finishing his graduate studies, Maritz had a programming job with Burroughs Corporation and later became a researcher at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, before moving to Silicon Valley in 1981 to join Intel.[5] He worked for Intel for five years, including developing early tools to help developers write software for the then-new x86 platform, before joining Microsoft in 1986.[6]

Microsoft

From 1986 to 2000, he worked at Microsoft and served on its executive committee. He became executive vice president of the Platforms Strategy and Developer Group and part of the 5-person executive management team.[7] He was often said to be the third-ranking executive, behind Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer. He was responsible for essentially all of Microsoft's desktop and server software, including such major initiatives as the development of Windows 95, Windows NT, and Internet Explorer.[8]

He was the highest-ranking executive to testify at the antitrust trial of Microsoft in 1999.[5] While at Microsoft, Maritz was credited with originating the term "eating your own dogfood" also known as dogfooding.[9][10]

In July 1999, he announced he would have a reduced role at Microsoft,[11] and resigned in September 2000 around the announcement of Windows ME.[12]

According to Steve Ballmer Maritz was "truly a leader among leaders". Bill Gates stated that "Paul's vision and technological insight has had a major impact not only on Microsoft but on the entire computer industry."[13]

In October 2013, he was reported to again be under consideration to become chief executive of Microsoft, succeeding Ballmer.[14]

Pi Corporation

He then co-founded, and was CEO of Pi Corporation, a company backed by Warburg Pincus, which developed software for Linux with development in Bangalore, India.[15][16] When Pi was acquired by EMC in February 2008, Maritz briefly became president and general manager of EMC Corporation's cloud computing division.[17]

VMware

On July 8, 2008 he was appointed CEO of VMware[18] (a public company majority-owned by EMC), replacing co-founder and CEO Diane Greene. While serving as CEO, company sales and profits tripled by mid-2012.[19] He was succeeded as CEO by Pat Gelsinger on September 1, 2012.[20]

GoPivotal

In April 2013, he was announced as the CEO of GoPivotal, Inc. (Pivotal), a venture funded by General Electric (GE), EMC and VMware which he led until August 2015.[21]

After his resignation he announced, that he would stay the CEO of Pivotals and mentor other companies in which he has invested. He also wants to work for Mifos, a financial services startup, that targets developing countries.[22]

Mifos

Maritz serves as Chairman of the Board of Mifos, an open source financial software platform.[23] For some time he was the only source of financial support for the initiative.[24]

Philanthropy

Maritz was an angel investor in Apture.[25]

He is the chairman of the board of the Grameen Foundation, which provides microfinance support and sponsors third-world development projects.[26]

Maritz is interested in wildlife issues and helps developing countries to use technology to improve life.[26]

Recognition

In 2010, Paul Maritz was named by CRN Magazine the number one Most Influential Executive of 2010.[27]

In 2011, Maritz won the Morgan Stanley Leadership Award for Global Commerce.[28] As well in 2011, the Silicon Valley Business Journal announced Paul Maritz as the Executive of the Year.[29]

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References
  1. Greene, Jay; Grimaldi, James V. (January 17, 1999). "Microsoft Trial - Low-Profile Exec In Hot Seat". The Seattle Times. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  2. Writer, Staff (2018-04-24). "Pivotal Software Listed On NYSE". TechnoMag. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
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  6. Olavsrud, Thor (2012-08-29). "VMware CEO Paul Maritz Leaves Behind a Vision of IT Transformation". Network World. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  7. Hardy, Quentin (2012-02-07). "One on One: Paul Maritz, VMware Chief Executive". Bits Blog. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  8. Martin, James. "Top execs once at Microsoft: Where are they now? (pictures)". CNET. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
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  10. Brodkin, John (4 September 2009). "VMworld 2009: Virtualization, controversy and eating your own dog food". Network World. Retrieved 17 May 2010. Quote: "[Paul] Maritz also poked fun at himself by claiming that one of his only contributions to the IT world is coining the commonly used "eat your own dog food" phrase.
  11. "Microsoft's Maritz to take lesser role". CNet news. July 28, 1999. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
  12. Sandeep Junnarkar and Mike Ricciuti (September 14, 2000). "Microsoft Loses Another Key Executive". CNet news. Retrieved May 30, 2016.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  13. "Paul Maritz to Retire After 14 Years at Microsoft". September 13, 2000.
  14. Nick Wingfield (October 8, 2013). "Gates's Future Fuels Speculation as Microsoft Seeks New Chief". New York Times. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
  15. "The Pi Team". PI Corporation executive bios. Archived from the original on December 13, 2007. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
  16. Daniel Lyons (June 23, 2006). "Computer Hardware & Software: Opening Up Windows". Forbes Magazine. Archived from the original on July 18, 2006. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
  17. "EMC Acquisition of Pi Corporation, Developer of Personal Information Management Technology". Press Release. EMC Corporation. February 21, 2008. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
  18. Rohrer, J. Tyler. "Lessons Learned In The First Decade Of Building A Tech Company". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  19. Gara, Antoine. "The 15-Year Odyssey Behind VMware's Ascent To Corporate Greatness". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
  20. "VMware Announces Change in Executive Leadership". VMware. 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
  21. Quentin Hardy (April 24, 2013). "Pivotal's Audacious Plan". New York Times Bits. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
  22. at 01:58, Simon Sharwood 19 Aug 2015. "Paul Maritz retires from Pivotal, says his time as a manager is over". www.theregister.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
  23. "Tech vet Paul Maritz joins BoldIQ board, sees new era of smart scheduling for on-demand economy". GeekWire. 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
  24. "Paul Maritz". Mifos Initiative. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
  25. "In-Text Media Links Service Apture Gets $4.1 Million Funding". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  26. "Paul Maritz, Marc Benioff, Andy Jassy | Point of Control: The Cloud". 2013-07-29. Archived from the original on 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
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  28. "2011 Morgan Stanley Leadership Award Winner". Computerworld. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  29. Diana Samuels (December 30, 2011). "Executive of the Year: VMware CEO Paul Maritz". Business Journal. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
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