Postscript:   A year after the Conference (January 2001) Bob became President and CEO of BMC.  His latest bio can be found here.

Bob Beauchamp is the Senior Vice President of Product Management and Development for BMC Software.  In his position, Mr. Beauchamp is responsible for managing BMC’s more than 1800-person research, development, support, product marketing, and quality assurance organizations.  He is also responsible for developing and executing strategies for products including those for e-commerce, distributed systems, and mainframes.   Mr. Beauchamp serves on the Corporate Operating Committee along with the CEO, CFO, and SVP of Worldwide Field Operations.  During the 11 years he has been with the company, Beauchamp has also served as senior vice president of research & development, vice president of strategic marketing and corporate development, director of strategic marketing, sales manager for the Southeastern United States, and senior account representative for one of BMC's largest corporate clients. 

Prior to joining BMC, Beauchamp worked for Memorex/Telex Corporation in various sales and sales management positions. 

BMC Software is among the world's largest independent software vendors, a Forbes 500 company and is a member of the S&P 500, with fiscal year 1999 revenues exceeding $1.3 billion. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas, with offices worldwide. For more information, visit BMC Software's Web site at www.bmc.com, or please call 800-841-2031 or 713-918-8800.