A chief operating officer (COO) is an executive in charge of the daily operations of an organization, i.e., personnel, resources, and logistics. COOs are usually second-in-command immediately after the CEO, and reports directly to them and acts on their behalf in their absence.
Charles Brewer is an American entrepreneur.
William R. Johnson is an American businessman and is the former president, CEO and chairman of H. J. Heinz.
Delbert W. Yocam is an American businessman who was CEO and chairman of Borland, former president, COO and director of Tektronix and a former Apple Computer executive. At Apple, during the 1980s, Yocam ran the Apple II group and later became Apple's first chief operating officer (COO). He served on the board of directors at Adobe Systems.
Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. is an American telecommunications company. Known as Citizens Utilities Company until 2000, Citizens Communications Company until 2008, and Frontier Communications Corporation until 2020, as a communications provider with a fiber-optic network and cloud-based services, Frontier offers broadband internet, digital television, and computer technical support to residential and business customers in 25 states. In some areas it also offers home phone services.
Jeff Stibel is an entrepreneur, having started numerous technology and marketing companies, and a venture capital investor, as co-founder of Bryant Stibel.
Steven S. Reinemund is an American businessman who was chairman and chief executive officer of PepsiCo between 2001 and 2006 and dean of the Schools of Business at Wake Forest University between 2008 and 2014. Reinemund spent 22 years working for PepsiCo in various capacities. During his CEO tenure at PepsiCo, revenues grew by $9 billion, net income rose 70%, earnings per share were up 80% and PepsiCo's market cap exceeded $100 billion. He led the acquisitions of several other food and beverage companies including Quaker Oats, Naked Juice, Izze and Stacy's Chips.
EarthLink is an American Internet service provider.
Richard William Costolo is an American businessman. He was the CEO of Twitter, Inc. from 2010 to 2015; he also served as the COO before becoming CEO.
SMTP, Inc. is a provider of transactional email relay services.
Autonomous Fusion, formerly WHEEGO Technologies, is an American company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. WHEEGO develops vehicle technologies including: software, systems, tools for self-driving cars or autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence/machine learning, and IoT connected devices for the home, business and roadway. The company is led by CEO Mike McQuary.
Harvey M. Schwartz is an American businessman and philanthropist. He is CEO of The Carlyle Group, the world’s fifth-largest private equity firm. He is also group chairperson and non-executive director of The Bank of London, a clearing and transaction bank. He is on the board of SoFi, a San Francisco-based fintech company, and One Mind, a mental health and brain research nonprofit organization. He formerly worked at Goldman Sachs from 1997 to 2018, with his last post there being president and co-chief operating officer.
Peter Zaffino is an insurance industry executive. He is the Chairman and CEO of AIG.
Thomas A. Fanning is a former executive chairman of Southern Company, the second largest utility company in the United States in terms of customer base, with 9 million gas and electric utility customers served by subsidiaries in nine states.
Magnus Böcker was a Swedish businessman. He served as the CEO of the Singapore Exchange (SGX), the President of Nasdaq, and the CEO of OMX. He was also the founder and Executive Chairman of Blibros Capital Partners, an investment company based in Singapore and Stockholm, and the Chairman and co-founder of Tryb.
Workhorse Group Incorporated, originally AMP Electric Vehicles, is an original equipment manufacturer and technology company headquartered in Sharonville, Ohio, U.S. Workhorse makes electric delivery vans, drones, and telematics software designed for last-mile delivery. Their products include commercial electric vehicles, Horsefly delivery drones, and a Metron telematics software system.
Robert (Bob) Holmes Swan is an American business executive. He was CEO of Intel Corporation from January 2019 until February 15, 2021. He joined Intel as CFO in October 2016 from General Atlantic, after spending years as CFO at eBay, Electronic Data Systems, and TRW Inc. Following the resignation of Brian Krzanich as Intel CEO, he was named interim CEO on June 21, 2018, and appointed to full-time CEO on January 31, 2019. As of February 15, 2021, Swan was replaced by VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger. In July 2021, Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz announced that Swan will be joining the firm.
The Wheego LiFe was an early-2010s limited-production all-electric city car developed by American automobile manufacturer Wheego Technologies from the bodyshell of the Chinese-made Shuanghuan Noble. The Wheego LiFe was unveiled at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show and was sold in the United States at a price of US$32,995 before any applicable tax credits and other incentives.
Carol B. Tomé is an American business executive who is the chief executive officer of United Parcel Service (UPS). She is formerly of The Home Depot, where she worked from 1995 to 2019, as Vice President and Treasurer and later as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. She has been a board member for UPS since 2003.
