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Subject: RE: feedback for interview with Tom Boyle
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 14:12:29 -0800
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From: "Maxim Kozlovsky" <maxim.kozlovsky@onstor.com>
To: "Andy Sharp" <andy.sharp@onstor.com>,
	"Tim Gardner" <tim.gardner@onstor.com>
Cc: "Jobi Ariyamannil" <jobi.ariyamannil@onstor.com>

I had kind of similar opinion, he has some big phrases on his resume,
but when asked about them it turned out he was doing "small things"
(that was a phrase he used a several times) and fixing a problem here
and there. I think we should pass.=20

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Andy Sharp
>Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 2:55 PM
>To: Tim Gardner
>Cc: Maxim Kozlovsky; Jobi Ariyamannil
>Subject: feedback for interview with Tom Boyle
>
>Tom showed up fairly early for his interview, so I took him at 9:45 and
>we spoke for about 45 minutes.
>
>One thing is for sure: people skills aren't really his forte.
>
>I get the impression that he is not interested in designing anything or
>creating anything from scratch, that he just likes to be given a rather
>narrow, clearly defined task, which he will complete regardless of how
>much of a technical challenge it might be and probably without much
>hands on management input.  I call these people "fixers."  Sometimes
>you meet a fixer who also likes to take on fresh challenges involving
>definite design cycles.  I asked Tom about such things and it was clear
>that nothing concrete lept into his mind, which I took to mean that
such
>things hold virtually no interest for him.  Quite frankly I wasn't able
>to really pin him down on where the greatest areas of interest are for
>him.
>
>I think he could do many tasks for Onstor, but he would probably best
>fit in the escalations group.  Or just working on escalations.
>
>I'd be interested to hear what other people thought.
>
>Cheers,
>
>a
