This former Finance Executive spent his early years supporting DAO Operations. His last role before leaving Dell was supporting the M&A Function.
Who is Perry Coughlin?
100
It was the amount of start up capital that Michael Dell used to initially fund the company.
What is $1,000?
100
As a freshman at the University of Texas, Michael Dell began his college career majoring in this field of study.
What is pre-med?
100
A long time staple of the Cost Planning organization, it is what FPC stands for.
What is Forecasted Product Cost?
100
When in meetings at Dell, it never ceases to amaze this person that someone will bring up the topic of how they can’t explain it briefly because it’s too complicated.
Who is Mark Mendrys?
200
After spending a number of years supporting the Sales Segments in the Americas, this former Finance Executive went to work for Tatum, and was involved in projects supporting Dell as a client.
Who is Rod McDonald?
200
Number of available digits in the accounting flex field divided by the number of Michael Dell direct reports (as of June 10, 2014).
What is 3.5? (35 divided by 10)
200
It is the profession of Dr. Steven Dell, Michael's brother, who also lives in Austin.
What is Ophthalmology?
200
It's the term often used in Dell when a process or situation goes from one extreme to the other; if you did this in your car, you would get quite banged up!
What is "going guardrail to guardrail"?
200
Among the things that this person has eaten include fish stomach, roach floss, and sea worms.
Who is Tom Gresham?
300
He served as "interim" CFO until Brian Gladden joined the company in June 2008.
Who is Don Carty?
300
Generating $1 million in sales per day, just six months after the site went live, Dell.com was launched in this year.
What is 1996?
300
At 22,000 square feet, it is reported to be the 15th largest in the world.
What is the Dell family home?
300
Dell's global financial and external reporting application running on an Oracle Essbase cube; it was implemented as part of the EDGE project in 2010.
What is FDM, or the Finance Data Mart?
300
At the age of 16, this individual traveled from Texas to Canada with nothing but a backpack.
Who is Wade Baze?
400
Currently on the senior leadership team at Comcast, the former Finance Executive's last role at Dell was as VP of Global Audit and Transformation.
Who is Cindi Hooks?
400
It was Michael Dell's age when he was named "Entrepreneur of the Year" by Inc. magazine.
What is 24?
400
In 2012, Michael's daughter, Alexa, posted her high school graduation dinner party invitation on this social media site before it was spotted by her family's online guardians and taken down.
What is Twitter?
400
Not a term you would have learned in your introductory accounting class, this phrase was used in the late 1990s and early 2000s when referring to credits and debits to the P&L; you might also hear this phrase used in an old western movie.
What are "good guys and bad guys"?
400
During college, this individual took a road trip to Denver in the winter, and wound up sliding into a snow filled ditch in the mountains!
Who is David Synstegard?
500
At Dell from 2000 to 2001 as VP of Finance over the company's Consumer division, he later went on to serve in finance leadership roles at Tyco and Eastman Kodak. He is currently the CFO of PPG Industries
Who is Frank Sklarsky?
500
It is the number of active LOBs being used after the implementation of the Project Pandora LOB Hierarchy.
What is 110?
500
Michael's wife, Susan who is also an accomplished athlete, broke her toe shortly after the start of this event in 2003, yet she still managed to finish the entire race.
What is the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon World Championship?
500
The World Wide INSPIRED Council provides opportunities to lead, coordinate, deliver, and participate in a number of significant activities; the "E" in INSPIRED stands for this.
What is "Enrich your career" or "Career Enrichment"?
500
The Tottenham Spurs if this person's favorite sports team.