Mitchell Kertzman

Mitchell Kertzman is an American venture capitalist with Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. He is the former CEO of Sybase, Powersoft, and Liberate Technologies.[1]

Early life and education

Kertzman grew up in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, dropped out of Brandeis University in 1968, learned computer programming, and in 1974 founded the company that later became Powersoft.[2]

Executive career

After Sybase purchased Powersoft in 1995, Kertzmann became CEO and president of Sybase, but left after three years to become the president and CEO of Network Computer Incorporated, a company spun out of Oracle Corporation.[3] During Kertzman's tenure, Network Computer Incorporated refocused its business from network computer hardware to interactive television, and changed its name to Liberate Technologies.[4] In 2003, David Lockwood replaced Kertzman as CEO of Liberate Technologies, and Kertzman joined Hummer Winblad Venture Partners.[5]

References
  1. "Mitchell Kertzman". Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. Archived from the original on December 23, 2010.
  2. Rifkin, Glenn (April 4, 1993). "Mitchell E. Kertzman; A Company Founder Who Bet His Ranch". The New York Times. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  3. Fost, Dan (November 4, 1998). "Kertzman Leaves Sybase to Head Oracle Spin-Off". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  4. Fost, Dan (March 5, 2001). "Liberating TV /CEO Kertzman still fighting Microsoft, this time in interactive television". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  5. Kawamoto, Dawn (March 17, 2003). "Liberate gets a new executive team". CNET. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
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