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Conference 7.286::digital

Title:The Digital way of working
Moderator:QUARK::LIONELON
Created:Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5321
Total number of notes:139771

3629.0. "MCS VP John Paget Leaves Digital" by GRANPA::LSEARS () Wed Jan 11 1995 17:03

                  I N T E R O F F I C E   M E M O R A N D U M

                                        Date:     11-Jan-1995 09:00am EST
                                        From:     John Rando @OGO
                                                  RANDO.JOHN AT A1 at STOWOA at OGO
                                        Dept:     V.P. Multivendor Customer Svcs.
                                        Tel No:   276-8367

TO: See Below

Subject: MCS AMERICAS                                                

It is necessary to inform you that by mutual agreement John Paget will be 
leaving Digital immediately.  I would like to thank John for the significant 
contribution he made to Digital and MCS during his three years with the 
Company.

It is critical that we maintain the positive business momentum that has been 
created in the Americas.  Much of our Company's and our personal success is 
dependent on MCS performance in the second half of the fiscal year.  I am 
confident that the Americas will deliver on all of their commitments.

I have asked Bob Good to be the Acting Americas MCS Manager as we go through 
the process of selecting a new manager.  Please give Bob and the Americas 
staff your full support as we work through this transition period.

Thank you.



John

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3629.1A Good Story to be Told ???PENUTS::PBAXTERWed Jan 11 1995 20:298
    > It is necessary to inform you that by mutual agreement John Paget will
    > leaving Digital immediately. 
    
    mutual agreement ????
    immediately ???
    
    There must be a good story behind this decision !!!!!
    
3629.2Had an appointment with Personnel?POWDML::KGREENEThu Jan 12 1995 08:596
    Gee, Paget was in the MSO1 lobby when I came in this morning. 
    
    When I asked him if he was going to be attending the (MCS) Change Forum
    next week in Shrewsbury, he said no. 
    
    kjg
3629.3Sorry to see him goSSDEVO::PARRISRAID-5 vs. RAID-1: n+1 << 2n, in $$$Thu Jan 12 1995 12:044
I didn't know Mr. Paget, but once when he visited a customer site and they had
some kind words for me after I'd worked with them on some cluster problems, he
went to the trouble to send me a very nice letter.  I was quite impressed that
a VP in this company who would do that, especially since I wasn't even in MCS.
3629.4livewire ???PENUTS::PBAXTERThu Jan 12 1995 12:401
    Not even an announcement on Livewire yet ???
3629.5I'll second that sorry to see him goSTOHUB::JETRGR::EATONDan Eaton St.Louis,MO,USA, 445-6522Thu Jan 12 1995 12:559
RE: 3629.3

I had an opportunity to work with John onsite a couple of months back. I was 
impressed by the man. He came to site, was approachable, and was genuinely 
interested in the current state of MCS as seen by the folks out on the front 
lines. He recognized the problems MSCS is having and acknowleged that they 
needed to be fixed. I was looking forward to seeing what changes he was going
to bring about. I just hope his successor can measure up to that.

3629.6HDLITE::SCHAFERMark Schafer, AXP-developer supportThu Jan 12 1995 12:554
    >Not even an announcement on Livewire yet ???
    
    nah, that seems to be the "good news channel".  Depending on your
    view, this announcement may be either/both.
3629.7ROWLET::AINSLEYLess than 150 kts. is TOO slow!Thu Jan 12 1995 13:245
If as some people have said, he was aware of MCS's problems, perhaps he was
bucking the "Management is our core competency" mindset pervading this corp-
oration.

Bob
3629.8MAIL1::RICCIARDIBe a graceful Parvenu...Thu Jan 12 1995 17:148
    wow, the rumors are wild and many.  Everything from a to z.  Can't even
    post them, they are just tooooo evil!!
    
    And, I liked him too!  Still do. 
    
    :)
    
    Mark
3629.9CuriousTOOK::MORRISONBob M. LKG1-3/A11 226-7570Wed Jan 25 1995 16:094
  It's been two weeks. Can anyone tell us what happened? I'm concerned because
the memo doesn't say he resigned, only that he has left the company.
  If the facts need to 'age' a few more weeks before they can be posted here,
that's OK.
3629.10Compaq Director of Field Services, John PagetCSC32::S_KIMBROUGHN540SKWed Sep 06 1995 13:278
    
        John Paget shows up as:
        Compaq Director of Field Services.
    
        Artical in "Service News" Sept 1995
        Page 33. Under the Title of: Compaq authorizes Xerox as independent
        support provider"