When a great chef leaves an established restaurant to venture off on his own, people often wonder how many of the recipes from the old haunt that chef has taken with him. I wonder if it works the same way in tech. Consider the case of Tien Tzuo, a co-founder and current CEO of software as a service startup Zuora. When Tzuo first jumped on board the Zuora train, he brought with him nearly a decade’s worth of experience from salesforce.com, where he had been the 11th employee of the company. He was instrumental in helping build salesforce’s original billing system and was recognized as being a master of his craft by the CMO Council and BusinessWeek in 2004. It shouldn’t be too terribly surprising then to know that Zuora’s primary business isn’t that far removed from that of salesforce.com – Zuora allows users to more easily set up subscription and billing payment services. The move to CEO for Tzuo marks a full transition from engineer (he’s a double E by education) to executive.
When a great chef leaves an established restaurant to venture off on his own, people often wonder how many of the recipes from the old haunt that chef has taken with him. I wonder if it works the same way in tech. Consider the case of Tien Tzuo, a co-founder and current CEO of software as a service startup Zuora. When Tzuo first jumped on board the Zuora train, he brought with him nearly a decade’s worth of experience from salesforce.com, where he had been the 11th employee of the company. He was instrumental in helping build salesforce’s original billing system and was recognized as being a master of his craft by the CMO Council and BusinessWeek in 2004. It shouldn’t be too terribly surprising then to know that Zuora’s primary business isn’t that far removed from that of salesforce.com – Zuora allows users to more easily set up subscription and billing payment services. The move to CEO for Tzuo marks a full transition from engineer (he’s a double E by education) to executive.