Relics of the past: Mehdi Ali

[mikey2001]

Looks like his son is on the list too...wonder if he has picked up any of his dad's business acumen?

[Zac67]

Looks like his son is on the list too...wonder if he has picked up any of his dad's business acumen?

Guess so, probably they wouldn't be working with each other otherwise. Makes 'em two :bump:ers.

[terminator4]

"a major operational turnaround"
lol.  Yeah, destroyed an entire company, company that pioneered Personal Computers.   Made them a non-significant player by 1994.  I'd say a steady downhill run since he took over.  (financialy and internally, getting rid of people, cutting projects - watch Dave Haynie's DBV DVD).  I hope his consulting business really bites now.  I wonder if GM got any of his medication and what effect his ideas have / had on Pepsi lol.
The true "genius" must have been Irving Gould who hired the guy...

[smerf]

Still at it...

From http://stoneridgepartners.biz/principals.htm

Mehdi Ali

Mehdi has been a principal of the firm since its inception in 1996. Mehdi’s background includes more than twenty years of operating experience. His prior experience includes serving as the President of Commodore International, where he accomplished a major operational turnaround. Mehdi served as a Vice President at General Motors Corporation, where he was instrumental in improving the performance of a number of GM’s European and Latin American operations. Mehdi was also a Vice President at PepsiCo Inc., where he headed-up a major restructuring which led to the divestiture of all non-core businesses. Mehdi was a Managing Director at Dillon, Read & Co. Inc., where he headed the firm’s restructuring business and performed turnarounds for several clients. Mehdi has a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree from Yale University.

And how he got started...

http://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/02/business/business-people-commodore-fills-job-left-vacant-since-87.html

Hi,

Well what do you expect out of a Yale University graduate, Yale really teaches their students how to Frock up the business world, probably if you looked at all the business going down under they are all Yale graduates, Harvard has more class they only Frock up really big companies like RCA, IBM, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Mobil.

I truly like the operational turnaround. His next step is Ford.

smerf

[asymetrix]

well,

If you read the New York Times article :

"Thomas A. Rattigan resigned as president and chief executive and filed a $9 million lawsuit against Commodore.."

Problems were occuring BEFORE Mr Ali (as he just joined the company in August)

Then:

"Mr. Gould forced out its founder, Jack Tramiel.."

Mr Gould is the Invester and took charge.

Amiga was started after the video game crash, when Commodore ran out of funds. + $9 MILLION lawsuit.

With only a low fund injection Amiga could only last so long.