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Browsing by Subject "Management Science America, Inc."

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    Oral history interview with Ben Dyer
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 2004-05-07) Dyer, Ben
    Ben Dyer, an industrial engineering graduate from Georgia Tech, describes joining the Computer System Center, one of the earliest computer stores in the United States.. He then switched to providing accounting software for minicomputers which led to Peachtree Software with accounting programs for CP/M computers. IBM identified Peachtree accounting software as a principal product for the IBM PC and provided funding for its development to run under PC/MS DOS. Dyer describes the purchase of Peachtree Software by MSA and its subsequent divestiture. Finally, Dyer discusses his activities post-Peachtree.
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    Oral history interview with John Imlay
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 2004-05-07) Imlay, John
    Imlay describes his parents and his childhood, his overcoming awkwardness as a child to become an outstanding public speaker, and his training in technology and management at Georgia Tech. Upon graduation, he worked at Royal McBee, where he sold their LP-30 computer and then sold computers for Honeywell for eight or nine years. One of his clients at Honeywell was a small Atlanta-based company named Management Science America (MSA). He took over MSA when it entered receivership. Considerable attention is given to his work in getting MSA out of bankruptcy and using bankruptcy as a strategic tool of business. He discusses the growth of MSA and how to manage that growth, and some of the business challenges that this presents, including hiring and retaining employees. Some of the other business issues discussed in the context of MSA was managing technology in a rapidly changing environment, doing business in an international marketplace, software piracy, relations to IBM, the role of the trade association ADAPSO, taking the company public, and competitors such as McCormack & Dodge. Other business issues include the acquisition by Dun and Bradstreet and staving off a hostile takeover by Computer Associates. The interview concludes with discussions of how to run the business and maintain a family life while traveling extensively, and what he has done in retirement.