Biography

Carl S. Ledbetter is chief technology officer and senior vice president of Novell, Inc. Joining Novell in 1999, he was chief technology officer and senior vice president, Business and Corporate Development of Novell, responsible for leading Novell's move to a one-Net services approach and championing Novell's open-standards, cross-platform development efforts, including software architecture, strategic partnerships, technology evangelism, and Novell's Venture Fund.

Dr. Ledbetter's experience includes roles as chairman and chief executive office of Hybrid Networks, Inc., an innovator in the wireless broadband industry; as president of AT&T Consumer Products; as leader of Sun Microsystems's PC networking business; and as a principal of Decision Point Consulting. Before joining the computer industry, he taught mathematics at Wellesley College and Clark University, and was academic dean and professor of mathematics at California State University, Sonoma.

Dr. Ledbetter earned his Ph.D. in mathematics from Clark University, his master's degree in mathematics from Brandeis University, and a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Redlands.