A Software Executive’s Advice to Developers

Bob Kruger is a seasoned engineering executive with more than 36 years of computing industry experience. Mr. Kruger joined DNN after a successful tenure at data management start-up SmApper Technologies.

Mr. Kruger’s background covers a diverse range of technologies, from distributed computing, to systems management, to archiving and data protection, networking, security, and virtualization.

After an almost 11-year stint at Microsoft Corp., Mr. Kruger held executive-level engineering and technology roles at Mimosa Systems, Mendocino Software, Citrix Systems and BMC Software. In these roles, Mr. Kruger drove the creation of highly effective multi-geographic engineering and research, in addition to the creation of new, diverse and valuable product lines.

He was also a major contributor and technical reviewer for Bill Gates' second book, Business @ the Speed of Thought and a contributing author to Aspatore Books, Inside the Minds: Making Critical Technology Decisions.