Kevin Rollins
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"Kevin Barney Rollins" is an American businessman and philanthropist. The former President and CEO of Dell/Dell Inc., in 2006 Rollins was named by London's CBR as the 9th Most Influential person in the Enterprise IT sector.[http://www.jdsblog.com/2006/07/25/cbrs-most-influential-people/ CBRs Most Influential People]

Rollins was born and raised in Utah and met his wife Debra while attending Brigham Young University (BYU).[http://ebusiness.byu.edu/biography.php?person=17 Kevin and Debra Rollins Center for eBusiness - Kevin B. Rollins] While at BYU, Rollins earned a bachelors in Humanities and Civil Engineering in 1983 and an MBA a year later.[http://www.nndb.com/people/654/000053495/ Kevin Rollins] Before joining Dell in April 1996, Rollins was vice president and partner of Bain & Company where he specialized in strategies and management for high technology and consumer product clients. He helped develop strategies that propelled Dell into a commanding position in the direct selling of computer systems in the United States.

Rollins and his wife have four children and seven grandchildren.

Rollins became the chairman of the American Enterprise Institute's Board of Trustees on January 1, 2009.

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As we look at the dynamics of the industry...we see normal seasonal trends (and) good growth, healthy growth. And if what people are saying about our competition and the industry being down, we're probably taking more share this quarter than we anticipated.

The market is in a very strange mood, and so with earnings and revenue growth estimates, it's pretty hard to predict how the market's going to react to a company's earnings and revenue growth rate right now.

Dell's growth in Oklahoma City is testament to the superior service that our customers receive from the dedicated employees who have become part of our team here in Oklahoma City.

This move places us closer to our customers in a market that presents excellent long-term growth opportunities for Dell.

The weakest part of our overall business is in U.S. corporate sales in general, probably desktops.

If that agreement and relationship expand, so be it. It could be a good thing, (but) we don't have anything to announce.

If you look at Internet companies today that have no earnings but have a lot of stock value and the high cost to buy them, we can't see in our business model where it makes a whole lot of sense.