Chris Liddell
Chris Liddell
Christopher P. Liddell CNZMis a New Zealand businessman. He was the Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officerof General Motors. Liddell joined GM in January 2010, and led the company’s global finance operations until March 2011, including the $23billion GM IPO, at the time the largest ever...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth24 April 1958
CountryUnited States of America
expecting launch spike
The analysts were expecting more of a launch spike than we were,
expect generally tolerance
I don't have a tolerance for long meetings. I generally expect to get things over with quickly.
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As we moves closer to the launch on Office 12 we expect corporate customers to increasingly prefer annuity licensing programs when they evaluate purchases.
expecting next number trend
We are not expecting the trend to significantly weaken from that, but expect that moderating number to be more like what we expect for next year.
advertising revenue search strong
Our search advertising revenue has not been as strong as we'd like,
few last market remains reverse share
Our market share remains broadly where it was in the last few quarters, ... It's a monetization issue, and that is something we're going to have to reverse in the future.
switch
I switch on and off very easily; I'm inherently lucky in that sense. I sleep well.
continued corporate demand
We are forecasting continued corporate demand for our server products.
good relevance university
What you learn at university is a good discipline but has little relevance to a real job.
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Frank brings to Microsoft great talent and skills both in finance and business leadership. His work in creating world-class Finance organizations and leadership in the finance community will build upon Microsoft's existing Finance talent and functional excellence.
I don't sit down and relax very much. I don't desire to.
gym morning normally work
My day, normally speaking, is: I go the gym in the morning, I go and work for 10 or 12 hours, I have dinner, I go to sleep.
ability business choose efforts focus group growth innovation places product recent revenue
Revenue growth of 29% in the business group that have had recent product launches demonstrates our ability to choose the right places to focus our innovation efforts and make investments.
clearly financial happy overall
We were clearly happy with the overall financial performance.