Eric,
I've worked indirectly with Willy on a couple projects. He's always impressed me as a person who was willing to "roll up his sleeves and get the job done." He's worked for several NetWare VP's (Has been a consistent force amid the inconsistency). My first exposure to him was when I sent a document to Richard King for review. Richard had is assistant (Donahoo) do the reviewing.
Anyway, here's some official info I pulled from novell.com
(This URL leads to a RealAudio archive of Donahoo's speech)
Keynote address from the IntraNetworking Summit '96, in Washington, D.C.
William Donahoo shares worldwide responsibility for marketing IntranetWare which represents the evolution of Novell's
network operating system into a full-service intranet platform.
Donahoo played a key role in the successful Sept. 1996 launch of the IntranetWare product line at Networld + Interop in
Atlanta. In addition, he has overseen the marketing of NetWare 4, NetWare 3 and NetWare clients. In Dec. 1994, Donahoo
directed the release of NetWare 4.1, which fueled a dramatic increase in market demand for the NetWare 4 network
operating system.
Donahoo joined Novell in 1989 as a product manager for the NetWare transports program. During his tenure at Novell, he
has held various management positions of increasing responsibilities including: director of strategic planning for the NetWare
Systems Group, director of marketing for Personal NetWare and NetWare clients and product line manager for NetWare for
Unix.
Prior to joining Novell, Donahoo worked for Sanyo/Icon, a developer of 68000 and RISC-based hardware, where his
responsibilities included sales support, UNIX ISV porting manager, international sales and UNIX product marketing.
Donahoo earned a bachelor's degree in computer science at Brigham Young University. He later obtained an MBA from
BYU's Marriott School of Management. He is the father of two active boys. His hobbies include traveling, mountain biking and
skiing near his home in Utah. |
