4 Quotes & Sayings By Mark V Hurd

Mark V. Hurd is the President and CEO of Oracle Corporation. He has more than 30 years of experience in IT, marketing, and sales. Mark was previously a Senior Vice President at Cisco Systems, where he provided strategic planning and leadership for the company's enterprise software business Read more

Mark is a member of the IAM Executive Committee, serves on the Board of Trustees for the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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CIOs have earned a strategic seat at the table, but now they've got to hold that seat - and the only way they can do that is to converse in the language of business value and business benefits and business outcomes that all align perfectly with the strategic agenda of the company. Mark V. Hurd
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There's a powerful tendency to overcomplicate the whole notion of leadership. Mark V. Hurd
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It's counterproductive to lower my price, because I have to sell more units to make up for that lost revenue. Generating brand-new products can take a long time. Improving service is typically the quickest way that I can take market share. So aligning technology strategy to better service customers becomes an essential path to revenue growth. Mark V. Hurd