History (1998): Ex-Soldier Jodi Glore to Command Iomega

The effervescent Jim Edwards was let go, with Jim Sierk at the helm of lomega in the interim, awaiting the nomination of a successor.

That honor goes to Jodie K. Glore, 51, who was president and COO of Rockwell Automation, in charge of operations for Allen-Bradley, Reliance Electric, Dodge and Rockwell Software.

Glore graduated in 1969 from the US Military Academy at West Point, then spent 13 months in Germany before serving in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne division.

This article is an abstract of news published on issue 129 on October 1998 from the former paper version of Computer Data Storage Newsletter.

Note: He left Iomega after 10 months at the helm, citing personal reasons.