Bob Kruger

Who is Bob Kruger?

Bob Kruger has over 30 years experience in the high tech industry mainly in senior roles comprising software engineering and product management. At Mimosa Systems, he is responsible for all facets of engineering, including development, test, publications, and 3rd level support for a high-performance team split between Santa Clara, California and Pune, India. Prior to Mimosa, he was senior vice president of engineering at Mendocino Software, a startup in the “continuous data protection” market. Previous to Mendocino, Bob held chief technology officer and/or senior vice president of engineering roles at NDCHealth, Citrix Systems, and BMC Software. At these companies he drove the creation of highly effective multi-site engineering and research, plus the creation of new, diverse product lines which added measurably to the companies' bottom line. Prior to this, Bob capped a successful, almost 11-year career at Microsoft, at which he last was the general manager of systems management products and, among other duties, drove the creation of the Web-Based Enterprise Management and Common Information Model standards.

Earlier parts of Bob's high tech history began with Northern Telecom and the Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities. Bob was a major contributor and technical reviewer for Bill Gates' second book, Business @ the Speed of Thought, and a contributing author to Aspatore's book, Inside the Minds: Making Critical Technology Decisions. He is a graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), with a degree in International Relations.