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Philippe Courtot Featured at Executive Luncheon Series
The France-born Courtot studied physics at the University of Paris and came to the United States in 1981. Prior to becoming CEO of Qualys, he was Chairman and CEO of Signio, an electronic payment start-up and President and CEO of Verity, a leader in enterprise knowledge retrieval solutions.
According to Courtot, the current economic crisis illustrates the interdependence we have on each other in the business world. Interdependence gives people no choice but to come together and share ideas, and the Internet has made this a reality, he explained.
The Internet has also forced companies to change their goals. While the former model was to take as much money as you could from customers, a new age of the informed consumer brought about by the information made available on the Internet has changed many business’ perspectives.
“The new recipe for success is using what you have learned to bring value to customers,” Courtot said. “The Internet helps that. Companies don’t survive if they are not useful to customers.”
Courot’s lecture was the first in this year’s monthly Executive Luncheon Series. G. Steven Burrill, CEO of Burrill & Company will discuss biotech looking toward the year 2020 at the next event on November 5. For more information, see the MBA Alumni Society website.
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