Dean Morton, one of the kindest, smartest HP managers ever. Never mind the quarrelsome editorial that Wired posted in the nineties, pronouncing Morton and Young as the downfall of HP (no one yet knew the names of Carly Fiorina, Mark Thug (or Hurd or Turd, depending on who did the pronunciation), and Leo Apothekar {who?} or the semi-nameless individuals since).
Dean was, for my taste, the perfect blend of Hewlett's personable-ness and Packard's strategic insights. He didn't have Dave's 'go for the jugular' or Bill's inventive acumen, but he could listen, and reason. And, he had a deceptively quiet manner of getting things done.
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