John Coombs
Education
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
MBA, Marketing and Finance 1979-01-01 - 1981-01-01
Brown University
BA, Honors, magna cum laude, independent concentration in International Economic Politics 1976-01-01 - 1979-01-01
International School of Bangkok
, 1973-01-01 - 1975-01-01Work Experience
NVIDIA
2013-02-01 - 2020-01-01
NVIDIA
John Coombs and Associates
2005-05-01 - 2013-01-01
John Coombs and Associates
Dell Technologies
2003-09-01 - 2005-05-01
Dell Technologies
Accenture
2000-06-01 - 2002-02-01
Accenture
SGI
1994-04-01 - 1998-02-01
SGI
Auspex Systems
1992-04-01 - 1995-04-01
Auspex Systems
Sun Microsystems
1988-12-01 - 1992-04-01
Sun Microsystems
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
1981-07-01 - 1988-12-01
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Skills
Summary
Managed and led the creation of three major technology product lines (Alpha at Digital Equipment, multiprocessor servers at Sun, airline disruption management solutions at CALEB) and launched a fourth technology company (Auspex) in Europe, while serving in a series of increasingly responsible management roles. Instrumental in the introduction and early adoption of two industry standards (OpenMP, OpenACC) for parallel programming. Specialties: Product strategy; market segmentation; sales, alliance management; channel management; education & collateral development; partner recruitment; competitive analysis; industry standards promotion.
