J.D. Edwards' CEO Retires Again; This Time For Good? P.J. Jakovljevic - January 28, 2002
Event Summary
On January 3, <b>J.D. Edwards</b> & Company (NASDAQ: JDEC), a provider of collaborative enterprise business applications, announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Robert M. Dutkowsky as president and CEO, replacing C. Edward McVaney, the Company's founder and long-time leader, who is retiring. Although McVaney's retirement has been happening for several years and was actually even postponed when erstwhile successor Doug Massingill left abruptly in 2000 (see <a href="http://www.technologyevaluation.com/research/researchhighlights/businessapplications/2000/05/news_analysis/na_ba_pj_05_15_00_1.asp" target="_blank"><b>Yet Another 'Big 5 ERP' CEO Casualty</b></a>), it appears this time that one of the true pioneers of the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) business is leaving for good.
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