11 times Computacenter's straight-talking CEO told it like it is

Doug Woodburn
clock • 9 min read

Mike Norris has refused to pull his punches in CRN interviews down the years. Here we round up 11 of his top zingers from the last decade...

10) Pim and vigour

Soundbite:

"I never met Pim, and now I guess I never will."

What was he talking about?

Caught off the cuff for a react quote on the departure of Misco boss Pim Dale in 2015, Norris obliged with this typically abrupt one-liner.

Two management overhauls and one change in ownership later, Misco hit the wall in 2018 after encountering severe cashflow difficulties.

No-nonsense rating: 6/10

See following page for Norris' straight-talking take on Computacenter's US expansion...

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