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Juergen Geck leaving Novell to pursue other interests

Novell is going to lose yet another senior SuSE executive as Juergen Geck, former CTO of SUSE Linux is due to leave the company at the end of this week. Novell has not issued a statement on why Geck has decided to leave Novell.

Geck is currently working as the vice president and SUSE Linux CTO at the company and he said in an emailed statement that his contract with Novell officially ends June 30 but would be leaving by the end of this week.

He has been involved with the SuSE for the last 10 years and is not sure what he would be doing next. He said: “I must say that I don’t see it as such bad news. After nearly 10 years at SUSE and now Novell, I think it was time for a change. Novell has been very good to me, and there would have been plenty of good opportunities within the company.”

Geck further added: “At the same time, there is a good amount of work waiting with smaller, emerging companies. Going through growing pains like we did in the years to follow is something where I feel I can help others to do better.”