Mark Leslie
Lecturer in Management
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Biography
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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
Videos
Mark Leslie on intuition and self belief
Mark Leslie on how Veritas kept re-inventing itself
Mark Leslie: Leadership in Entrepreneurial Companies
Oral History of Mark Leslie
Mark Leslie on importance of Storytelling
Mark Leslie on Veritas early days
The Next Chapter of Success with Mark Leslie
Read about executive education
Cases
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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