This week Sun Microsystems named a new vice president of Marketing for the Services Business – Amy O'Connor.  Amy has had an illustrious career at Sun in Engineering and Marketing – most recently hailing from the Software Marketing Leadership Team where she ran business planning & strategy (no small task at Sun).  I am really lucky to have crossed paths with Amy in my career.  Her knowledge, technical prowess, business acumen and sense of humor are unlike many – absolutely no arrogance or eccentricity in this leader!  We are all excited about Amy's leadership and passion and know this is a great day for Sun.  

Along the way, I got to know Amy as a person and while we did not always agree on her choice of sock colors, she did teach me a few things about fashion; and a lot about being a leader.  We will miss her in software-land more than she will ever know, but the great thing is she is not going very far.