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Raymond John "Ray" Noorda (June 19 1924 – October 9 2006) was a U.S. computer businessman. He was CEO of Novell between 1982 and 1994. He also served as chairman of Novell until he was replaced in 1994. Noorda is credited by many as having coined the term coopetition.
Early life Noorda was born in Ogden, Utah, the third son of Dutch immigrants Bertus and Alida Noorda. He attended Weber State College in Ogden. During World War II he served in the Navy for two years as an Electronics Technician, working with radar systems. He graduated cum laude with a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from the University of Utah in 1949. Noorda married Lewena (Tye) Taylor on August 4 1950. Noorda worked for General Electric from graduation until 1971, after which he worked at a number of California companies. Novell In 1983 he assembled the SuperSet team whose members included Drew Major, Dale Niebaur and Kyle Powell. The team was originally assigned to create a CP/M disk sharing system but instead came up with a successful file sharing system for the newly introduced IBM-compatible PC. This Network operating system was later called Novell NetWare. Noorda ran Novell until 1993. Noorda received honorary doctorates from the University of Utah (1994) and Weber State University (1995). Later life Up to his death, Noorda owned the Canopy Group. As a consequence of age and associated health issues (Alzheimer's disease and heart disease), he did not participate in the day-to-day management of Canopy's affairs after 1998. * Noorda had four sons and one daughter. On March 17 2005, Val Noorda Kreidel, his daughter, committed suicide. She was 49 and left behind her husband, four daughters, and a son (*). See Yarro case. Noorda was a lifelong member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Noorda died October 9 2006 at his home in Orem, Utah, aged 82. | ||||||||
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