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Rick Belluzzo

Former President & COO of Microsoft
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Biography

Rick Belluzzo has led several Fortune 500 companies including Hewlett-Packard, Silicon Graphics, Inc., and Microsoft Corporation. Currently the executive chairman of Quantum Corporation, Belluzzo, the son of Italian immigrants, has illustrated how even someone who is faced with opposition can succeed - all it takes is a little ambition.

A 40-year tech industry veteran, Belluzzo was named "Rocket Rick" as a result of his meteoric rise to executive vice president at Hewlett-Packard, where he led the printer business to massive success, followed by his climb to CEO at Silicon Graphics, Inc. While at Microsoft, Belluzzo was responsible for guiding the company's business strategy and directing business operations and development, and is credited as the force behind the growth of Microsoft's .NET, XBox, and MSN efforts. He stepped down as COO of Microsoft in May of 2002.

That same year, Belluzzo accepted the position of CEO at Quantum, seeing it as an opportunity to turn a small but well-known company into a high-profile powerhouse. He achieved success in this goal by combining his innovative managerial style with the solid foundation and team-oriented culture of Quantum.

An expert in adapting and establishing a corporation’s culture, Belluzzo helps lead organizations through change and shows them how to work through the cultural factors that make it difficult. Belluzzo’s extensive experience, both on a national and global scale, allows him to teach what you can’t learn in a classroom: hands-on experience with change, reorganization, and management. His reputation as one of the world's most respected corporate leaders has made him a regular keynote speaker at the huge Get Motivated seminars and at conferences around the world.

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Topics

Cultural Transformation: Principles for Success

Many companies and organizations are struggling to respond to the challenges brought about by disruption and change. New technology, competition, changing regulations, and shifting business models are but a few of the forces that can result in disappointing results and even failure. Often the challenge begins with a culture that was not developed to reflect these new demands and unable to innovate and capitalize on new opportunity.

Belluzzo will lead the audience through a series of principles that he has found to be effective in tackling this problem. These principles are based on specific experiences developed while working in the technology industry and driving cultural change that can become the basis for a world-class company, built for a modern environment. These case studies will capture his experiences at Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, SGI, Quantum, and other companies where efforts to transform a culture was a critical priority.

Leading a Business Transformation

In the fall of 2009, Rick Belluzzo was asked to speak to leaders of the UK National Health System, as they began to embark on massive change as a result of a significant and permanent decline in the government funding for healthcare. Out of this two-hour seminar, Belluzzo has brought together a collection of "lessons learned" on leading organizations through transformation. These lessons can be applied to businesses and organizations in all industries and organizations - large and small.

The material is presented in a positive manner reinforced by successful outcomes. It captures all critical aspects of leading change from business strategy, execution, innovation, and leading people.

Hard Headed & Soft Hearted: A Lifetime of Success

In today's ultra competitive, fast changing business environment, the path to success and achievement requires a long-term approach that is creative, yet grounded in a set of enduring principles. Rick Belluzzo has shared his experience and principles for success to large audiences around the world. These principles are based on his personal story - growing up in an immigrant family and achieving success at the highest level of several global corporations.

These principles are intended to both challenge and motivate people to expand their career horizon.

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