Greg Clark (businessman)

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Gregory S. "Greg" Clark is an Australian businessman, He founded the computer company Dascom, later to become part of Tivoli Software. He was the CEO of Symantec.

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Clark graduated from Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia, where he obtained a BSc. [1]

Business background

Clark started a computer company called Dascom with labs on the Gold Coast of Queensland and Santa Cruz, California. In 1999, Dascom was acquired by IBM's Tivoli Software division.

Clark has been subsequently associated with the following companies: [2]

He was the CEO of Symantec [8] [9] until May 9, 2019.

Published works

He is the co-author of Security intelligence: a practitioner's guide to solving enterprise security challenges (2015). [10]

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References

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  7. "Symantec Announces Integration of Blue Coat Threat Intelligence into its Global Intelligence Network, Creating Industry's Largest and Most Diverse Set of Threat Data | Business Wire". www.businesswire.com. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  8. "Gregory S. Clark: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  9. "Aussie takes charge as Symantec closes in on $4.6 billion Blue Coat buyout". ARN. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  10. "Book information: Security Intelligence: A Practitioner's Guide to Solving Enterprise Security Challenges". au.wiley.com. Wiley. 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2016.