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To: Scumbria who wrote (68536)	11/13/1998 2:09:00 PM
From: John Koligman	Respond to of 186894

OT Some more info on EP for your reading pleasure... To: Mohan Marette (78411 ) From: rudedog Thursday, Nov 12 1998 9:02AM ET Reply # of 79929 this dude was probably peddling 'farfagnewgen' or 'knocwurst' whatever in Bavaria at that time Pfeiffer was working for TI in germany when CPQ was founded. Nearly all of the original CPQ employees were from TI. He was one of the earliest European employees and joined the company a few months after it was founded. He was responsible for building the highly successful European CPQ organization (you know, the one that still out-sells Dell by more than 2 to 1 in Europe). He was brought in to the houston management by Ben Rosen (who was the guy who actually funded the CPQ startup - he is chairman of the CPQ board and always has been). Pfeiffer shared the top spot with Rod Cannion for a while, then Rosen booted Cannion when Cannion could not get costs under control. So Pfeiffer is a CPQ original, not quite a founder but still in from near the beginning. Also, our friend Uncle Frank has already given the lowdown to Mary... To: Mary Cluney (78356 ) From: Uncle Frank Thursday, Nov 12 1998 5:01AM ET Reply # of 79935 Mary, You wrote How did he (Eckhard Pfeiffer) get to where he is now - anybody know? Eckhard's degree is in Finance. He became a star in TI's semiconductor sales organization, and got tapped to run their European Consumer Division in the mid 70's. I worked for him in 1978, and found him to be ambitious and intense, but also to have a great deal of integrity. He was a straight shooter, with an immense capacity for work, and his management style was consensus building. When TI didn't fulfill their promise to become a factor in the PC business, which he had championed, he moved to Compaq. As I understand it, he was the major player in convincing them to move into the low end, which had not been their traditional market. I'm sure he wants to make Compaq the industry leader, and I don't like his TV persona either, but I don't see him as scary. IMO he's too smart to kill the market to gain share; he saw the futility of that strategy in the semiconductor business <g>. I think he may be prone to biting off more than he can chew, which is apparent based on integration of the Tandem and DEC acquisitions so far. Frank Next Previous \| Previous \| Next \| Respond \| Quotes - 100-Day Chart - New