Peter Coad (pronounced "code") is senior vice president and chief strategist of Borland (http://www.borland.com) Software Corporation. Coad collaborates with fellow Borland execs in formulating long-term business and product strategies. Peter also represents Borland worldwide as a thought leader, industry luminary, and evangelist among CXOs, technical department managers, and developers. Peter is globally recognized as an accomplished business strategist, model builder, and thought leader. As business strategist, Peter formulates long-term competitive strategies for Borland. Previously, as Chairman, CEO, and President of TogetherSoft, he led in growing that company 11.6 times revenue in the span of two years, overall profitably. As model builder, Peter has built hundreds of models for nearly every business imaginable, fully focused on building-in strategic business advantage. As thought leader, Peter writes books (six to date) on building better software faster; he speaks at industry events worldwide; and he is the Editor-in-Chief of The Coad Series, published by Prentice Hall; in addition, Peter was an invited speaker on business strategy at the 2003 "Future in Review" conference. Coad attended the Stanford Executive Program for Growing Companies and received a Master of Science in Computer Science (USC) and a Bachelor of Science with Honors in Electrical Engineering (OSU). |