Operations executive recruited from Black & Decker to Amazon as president and COO in 1999, whose management style clashed with Jeff Bezos's culture and who departed after less than a year.
Represents the cautionary case study in Amazon's history of why conventional consumer goods management discipline — the 'adult supervision' model — failed to take root in Bezos's organization, reinforcing the founder-driven culture over professional management.
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