Delbert W Yocam was born on December 24,1943 and is a former US chairman and CEO of Borland, former president, COO and director of Tektronix and a former Apple Computer executive.
16 Facts About Del Yocam
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At Apple, during the 1980s, Yocam ran the Apple II group and later became Apple's first chief operating officer.
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Del Yocam served on the board of directors at Adobe Systems.
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Del Yocam has a master's degree in business administration and a bachelor's degree from California State University and was honored as a "distinguished alumnus" in 1988 and 1999.
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Del Yocam completed Directors' College at Stanford Law School in 1996 and 2003, and at the University of Delaware in 2005.
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Del Yocam completed Harvard's Executive Education program "Making Corporate Boards More Effective" at Harvard Business School in 2005.
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Del Yocam started his business career with management positions at the Ford Motor Company in the 1960s and moved into technology in the 1970s.
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Del Yocam joined Apple Computer in 1979 as vice president of manufacturing and operations.
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Del Yocam was the executive vice president and general manager of the Apple II group from 1983 until 1985.
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Del Yocam retired from Apple on his tenth anniversary in 1989.
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Del Yocam was president, chief operating officer, and a board director of Tektronix, Inc He joined the Beaverton, Oregon, manufacturer of test and measurement equipment, computer graphics products, and television systems in 1992.
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Del Yocam is credited with turning around the company, providing eight consecutive quarters of improved core operating income and with refocusing the company's research and development spending, so that more than 50 percent of revenues came from new products, compared with 22 percent in 1991.
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Del Yocam was originally tapped to replace the CEO, Jerry Meyer, on Meyer's retirement, but when Meyer put those plans on hold, Yocam quit.
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Del Yocam resigned after the acquisition of Visigenics Software was completed in 1999 and the company posted a $10.5 million loss for the 3rd quarter.
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Del Yocam served on the board of directors of Adobe Systems Inc, Oracle Corp.
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Del Yocam served on the board of directors of The Tech Museum of Innovation on the national board of directors of the American Electronics Association, and on the special advisory council to the Office of Technology Assessment of the United States Congress.