Jack messman biography

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In 2003, Novell CEO Jack Messman increased shareholder value by a whopping 185 percent.

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Jack Messman, Novell

Main Pitch:

What it means: After struggling for several years, Novell envisions a world in which networks of all types work together as one Net, securely connecting employees, customers, suppliers and partners across organizational boundaries. To do that, the company wants to combine end-to-end professional services with cross-platform Net-services software to deliver solutions that make the one Net vision a reality.

VARBusiness' View: With the help of vice chairman Chris Stone, Messman has tried to make Novell a more exciting and stable company. It bought SilverStream Software to appeal to developers, and it's readying a new version of its directory. Problem is, fewer people depend on Novell with each passing day. On the channel front, Novell's Clear Channel initiative, which outlines how partners can ally with the company, is drawing praise. With a stock at record lows and a consulting business in the tank, hurdles remain. Messman is trying, but a winning formula has yet to be found.

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Ron Hovsepian, promoted to president and chief operating officer of Novell on Tuesday, is likely to replace Jack Messman as chief executive as well, according to a regulatory filing published on Thursday.

The server software company revealed the information in a disclosure that its board on Monday amended the agreement that defines Hovsepian's severance benefits. The change describes new benefits he'll receive "in the event that Mr. Hovsepian does not succeed Jack L. Messman as the chief executive officer of Novell" and in the event that he resigns within a year of when Messman ceases to be CEO.

A change in the company's top leader adds a significant new element to other changes at the Waltham, Mass.-based company. Novell announced a major restructuring Wednesday that cuts 600 jobs and likely will mean at least 400 more are shed through the divestiture of the company's Celerant consulting division.

Hovsepian's promotion to president and COO, and now his stroll toward the CEO office, contrasts sharply with desires Messman expressed in a Fe

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Telogis

Telogis was a privately-held US-based company that develops location-based software to manage mobile resources.^[2] Telogis sold software as a service (SaaS) which incorporated location information into applications for fleet owners as well as geospatial software development toolkits.^[3]

In 2016, Telogis was acquired by Verizon.^[4]

History

Telogis was founded in 2001 by Newth Morris, Jason Koch and Ralph Mason, as a trunked radio hardware and software provider. Former Novell Inc. Chairman and CEO Jack Messman was chairman of the board of directors.^[5]^[6] The company was started with investments from its founders, and by 2012 the privately-held company had approximately $69 million in revenue.^[7]

Wall Street Journal reporter Don Clark stated of the company's technology that, "Telogis exploited the evolution of software-as-a-service–placing data from vehicles in the cloud ... so that companies that own vehicle fleets can track their cars and trucks without the need to set up their own servers for t