Lotus CTO John Landry dressed in gown and jewels sings "Don't Cry for Me, IBM" to open the first joint IBM / Lotus Sales Meeting in Hollywood '97... IBM CEO Lou Gertsner is in the front row wondering just what he bought for $4.5 billion!
Frank's Funk
Lotus Sales Meeting '93 / San Jose
VP Marketing Frank Ingari grooves with his axe at Lotus Annual Sales Meeting in San Jose '93 in what was probably the best Sales Meeting ever! Themed as "Saturday Night Live" with acts to match, Deb Besemer and Bob Weiler organized a three day extravaganza -- we had a terrific live house band on stage throughout, raucous and hilarious skits by Lotus executives and sales management, and interspersed with great sales training and technology immersion. And luckily we had the Lotus media crew on hand to video it all. Killer time! JL
Two Wild and Crazy Guys
Lotus Sales Meeting '93 / San Jose
SVP of Sales & Marketing Bob Weiler and SVP Development & CTO John Landry covering Dan Aykroyd and Steve Martin's Wild and Crazy guys SNL skit mangled to be a pitch for Lotus Notes replication architecture! Bob and John start off recapping their previous night's search for 'foxes' in San Jose. And for those who've never seen the original SNL bit, you can find it here on Hulu!
