San Jose, California-based SGI has announced that Robert Bishop has been
named new chairman and chief executive officer effective immediately. He
succeeds Richard Belluzzo, who resigned last week to accept at position a
Microsoft Online. Bishop joined SGI in 1986 and was responsible for
building its international division. He joined SGI's board of directors in
1993 and continued to be an active member of the management team through
1995. Prior to joining SGI he had similar responsibilities at Apollo
Computer, Inc. from 1982 to 1986 and at Digital Equipment Corporation from
1968 to 1982. Bishop currently serves as a member of the Industry Advisory
Commission, World Intellectual Property Organization and the Governors of
the World Economic Forum for Information Technologies. Former CEO Richard
Belluzzo's resignation comes soon after SGI's announcement that it would
lay off up to 3000 employees. SGI's business, which provides computing and
advanced graphics solutions, has struggled in recent years against
competition by workstation manufacturers such as Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM,
and Sun Microsystems Inc., as well as less costly workstations and high-end
personal computers using Intel chips and Microsoft's Windows NT operating
software.