Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Jack Kuehler (American Businessman)

Jack D. Kuehler (1932–2008) was an American engineer and business executive. He was IBM’s highest-ranking technologist and later president and vice-chair of the company’s board of directors.

Born in Grand Island, Nebraska, Kuehler got a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering and an M.S. in electrical engineering from Santa Clara University. He joined IBM as an associate engineer at the company’s San Jose California Research Laboratory in 1958.

Kuehler advanced through various technical and managerial positions at IBM, becoming president of the General Technology Division in 1980. A member of the Corporate Management Board and the Business Operations Committee since 1983, he subsequently led worldwide product development and U.S. manufacturing. He was a member of IBM’s board of directors 1986–93.

Kuehler was prominent as an engineer in a management system dominated by its blue-suited sales force. He shepherded IBM through a series of alliances that led to the development of the IBM Personal Computer based on an open standard that relied on Intel processors and operating system software from Microsoft.

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It’s a dangerous thing to think we know everything.
Jack Kuehler
Topics: Knowledge, Danger

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