Quark CEO suddenly departs, replacement search underway

Quark chief executive Kamar Aulakh, who was credited with transforming the privately-held firm's strategic direction, has abruptly left the company.

In a prepared statement to the press, the Denver, Col.-based company "announced that effective immediately, Kamar Aulakh is no longer with the company."

Quark said it has initiated an external search for a new CEO and has enlisted the resources of executive search firm Christian & Timbers to do so.

In the interim, Linda Chase, senior vice president of commerce product development, has been appointed by the Board of Directors as acting president of the company.

Chase brings to the table over 20 years experience in the publishing industry and has lead the QuarkCommerce business unit since 1998.

News of the departure first surfaced on the Macworld UK website.

Reasons behind Aulakh's departure have not been disclosed.

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19 Comments

corvette

said about 18 years ago

I don't care as long as Quark 7.0 is x86 compatible and runs faster than a 6.5 does on Tiger right now, being one of the slowest apps on Tiger.

aquamac

said about 18 years ago

Anyone want to take bets on how many years it will take Quark to port over to native X83 code? \ Thank god for Rosetta.
Quark needs new leadership. With no real inovations since Quark 4, InDesign is blowing them away.

marmotton

said about 18 years ago

Quote:

Originally posted by AquaMac
Anyone want to take bets on how many years it will take Quark to port over to native X83 code? \ Thank god for Rosetta.
Quark needs new leadership. With no real inovations since Quark 4, InDesign is blowing them away.

Amen!

I'm surprised he lasted that long. Their board of director must be of very poor quality. The guy had absolutely no strategic skills...

satchmo

said about 18 years ago

Quote:

Originally posted by marmotton
Amen!

I'm surprised he lasted that long. Their board of director must be of very poor quality. The guy had absolutely no strategic skills...

That, or the board wasn't willing to let him implement his vision.
Either way, he probably left a sinking ship.

I'm a long time Quark user, but a few weeks ago tried InDesign on a real project. It was so easy to pick up. Our IT department wants to switch to InDesign because for $1000 you get the whole CS suite instead of just a single copy of Quark Xpress.