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Mark Leslie

Lecturer in Management

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Teaching Statement

Mark Leslie is a successful retired entrepreneur and continues to be active in the Silicon Valley community. In his relationship with Stanford GSB he focuses on course and case development in the areas of entrepreneurship, and he co-developed and teaches the school’s seminal course on sales organizations. His courses cover many topics related to the growth of Silicon Valley companies, as well as companies around the United States and abroad. He is an energetic and devoted teacher, and states that his aspiration is “…to impact all and to inspire a few."

Mark Leslie is a Lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he teaches courses in Entrepreneurship, Ethics and Sales Organization. He is also the managing director of Leslie Ventures, a private investment company, and serves on the boards of two public companies, six private companies, and three nonprofit organizations.

Mark Leslie was the founding Chairman and CEO of Veritas Software. During his tenure as CEO, the company went from 12 employees to 5,500 employees deployed globally, and from a revenue base of $95,000 per year to $1,500,000,000 per year. In 2000, Veritas was the 10th largest independent software company by revenue, third largest by market capitalization, and achieved the distinction of becoming a Fortune 1000 company.

From 1980 until 1990 he served as president and chief executive officer of two Silicon Valley high-tech start-up companies. His prior experience included sales management, sales executive, systems engineer, and OS programmer.

Mark currently serves on the board of Model N Corporation (NYSE: MODN), and a number of privately held high-technology corporations, including Big Switch, Interana, Liquid Robotics, Nebula, Nutanix, PernixData, Pure Storage, Skybox Imaging, Model N Software (NYSE: MODN), SugarCRMa and Zerto.  Mark is on the boards of nonprofit organizations NYU Board of Trustees, Board of  Overseers, NYU Science Advisory Board (Chairman) and Leslie Family Foundation.

Mark received a Bachelor of Arts degree in physics and mathematics from New York University in 1966 and completed Harvard Business School’s Program for Management Development (PMD)in 1980.

Academic Degrees

  • PMD Executive Management Program, Harvard Business School, 1980
  • BA, New York University, 1966

Academic Appointments

  • At Stanford University since 2001
  • Lecturer in Management Science and Engineering, Stanford School of Engineering, 2002
  • Lecturer in Business, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, 2001
  • Fellow at Judge Business School, Cambridge University

Professional Experience

  • Founder, President, CEO, and Chairman, Veritas Software, 1990-2001
  • Chairman, President, and CEO, Rugged Digital Systems, Inc., 1984-1989
  • Founder, President, and CEO, Synapse Computer Corp., 1980-1984

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Checkr (A) | E612A Mark Leslie, Sara Rosenthal2017

Checkr (B) | E612B Mark Leslie, Sara Rosenthal2017

Clover (A) | SM283A Mark Leslie, Mike Speiser, Julie Makinen2017

Dawn Lepore | E576 Background Mark Leslie, Sara Rosenthal2015

Dawn Lepore (A) | E576A Mark Leslie, Sara Rosenthal2015

Dawn Lepore (B) | E576B Mark Leslie, Sara Rosenthal2015

Dawn Lepore (C) | E576C Mark Leslie, Sara Rosenthal2015

Nebula: The Fall of a Company | E574 Robert Siegel, Mark Leslie, Matthew Saucedo2015

SeaMicro | E409 Mark Leslie, Sara Rosenthal2015

Blue River Technology A | E480A Mark Leslie, Russell Lewis Siegelman, Austin Kiessig2013

Blue River Technology B | E480B Mark Leslie, Russell Lewis Siegelman, Austin Kiessig2013

Sage Networks | E453 Mark Leslie, Kirk Bowman, Sara Rosenthal2012

SeaMicro - Moment of Decision | E459 Mark Leslie, Sara Rosenthal2012

Progreso Financiero: Growing Sales | E395 Arar Han, James Lattin, Mark Leslie2011

Traction Ventures - Part A | E428A Mark Leslie2011

Traction Ventures - Part B | E428B Mark Leslie2011

Traction Ventures - Part C | E428C Mark Leslie2011

Kevin Donnelly at New Wave Ventures | E391 Mark Leslie, Andrew Rachleff2010

Mary Simmons (A) | E382A Jocelyn Hornblower, Mark Leslie2010

Mary Simmons (B) | E382B Jocelyn Hornblower, Mark Leslie2010

Note on IPO Share Allocation | E377 Mark Leslie, Claire Magat, Michael Marks2010

Valley Systems (A) | E385A Jocelyn Hornblower, Mark Leslie, John Morgridge2010

Valley Systems (B) | E385B Jocelyn Hornblower, Mark Leslie, John Morgridge2010

Vocera Communications (B) | E152B James Lattin, Mark Leslie, Brett Lang2010

Westpac, Offshore Bank Accounts in the Cook Islands (A) and (B) | E400 Mark Leslie, Robert Joss2010

Better Place | E349 Jocelyn Hornblower, Mark Leslie2009

Jive Software | E360 Mark Leslie, Mark Stevens, Claire Magat2009

Levi Strauss & Co. (A) | E350A Mark Leslie, Katherine Bose2009

Levi Strauss & Co. (B) | E350B Mark Leslie, Katherine Bose2009

Levi Strauss & Co. (C) | E350C Mark Leslie, Katherine Bose2009

Levi Strauss & Co. (D) | E350D Mark Leslie, Katherine Bose2009

XenSource (C) | E267C Mark Leslie, Katherine Bose2009

Mercado | E296 James M. Lattin, Mark Leslie, Bethany Coates2008

XenSource (B) | E267(B) Mark Leslie, Katherine Bose2008

NetApp, The Day-to-Day of a DM | E263 Mark Leslie, Patrick Arippol2007

XenSource (A) | E267A Mark Leslie, Katherine Bose2007

Xsigo Systems | E270 Mark Leslie, Andrew Rachleff, Victoria Chang2007

Clearion Software | E232 Mark Leslie, James Lattin, Mike Harkey2006

Connetics and Relaxin | E200 Robert Chess, Mark Leslie, Joshua Spitzer2006

Nektar Therapeutics | E230 James Lattin, Mark Leslie, Joshua Spitzer2006

Presidio Solutions | E209 Mark Leslie, James Lattin, Joshua Spitzer2006

Scalix Corporation, The Evolution of a Sales Model | SM147 Mark Leslie, James Lattin, Mike Harkey2006

Avaya (A) - How To Go To Market | E184A Mark Leslie, Alex Tauber2005

Avaya (B), Implementing The New Go-To-Market Model | E184B Mark Leslie, Alex Tauber2005

Bausch & Lomb Sales Force Reorganization | E213 Mark Leslie, James Lattin, Angie Strange2005

Implementing Sales Force Automation at Quantium Technology | M311 James Lattin, Mark Leslie, Dana Nunn2005

Lundberg Systems, 3 Vignettes | E186 Mark Leslie, James Lattin, Mike Harkey2005

OuterBay and EMC | E177 James Lattin, Mark Leslie, Alicia Seiger2005

Veritas 1999 (B): Integrating Sales Forces | SM120B Tom Federico, Mark Leslie2005

Veritas 1999 (C): Integrating Sales Forces | SM120C Tom Federico, Mark Leslie, Erin Yurday2005

ComStar, Reinventing The Channel | E172 Mark Leslie, Alicia Seiger2004

Crystal Decisions | E169 Mark Leslie, Alex Tauber2004

Philip Reade | E183 Mark Leslie, Alicia Seiger2004

Inkra Networks | E157 James Lattin, Mark Leslie, Jamie Earle, Robert Magowan2003

Med-Mart, Transitioning The Business Model (A) | E163A James Lattin, Mark Leslie, Erin Yurday2003

Med-Mart, Transitioning The Business Model (B) | E163B James Lattin, Mark Leslie, Erin Yurday2003

Med-Mart, Transitioning The Business Model (C) | E163C James Lattin, Mark Leslie, Erin Yurday2003

OuterBay Building a Sales Force | E161 James Lattin, Mark Leslie, Alicia Seiger2003

Veritas 1999 (A): Integrating Sales Forces | SM120A James Lattin, Mark Leslie, Erin Yurday2003

VMware | E149 Mark Leslie, Jamie Earle2003

Vocera Communications | E152 James Lattin, Mark Leslie, Jamie Earle2003

Zaplet | OIT37 Jeff Eisen, Charles Holloway, Mark Leslie2003

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