Steve Sakoman is an American computing executive who retired from Apple Computer in 2005 and is now an independent consultant. He originally worked at Hewlett-Packard as a manufacturing engineer and project manager for the industry's first battery-powered portable MS-DOS PC, the HP 110. He moved to Apple Computer in 1984 to oversee the hardware groups responsible for the Apple II and Mac product lines, and in 1987 he formed the team behind the Apple Newton. He left Apple in 1990 before the Newton shipped to set up Be Inc. with former Apple executive Jean-Louis Gassée, where he led development of the original BeBox and eventually served as chief operating officer.
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In 1987 he formed the team behind the Apple Newton to realize his vision of the world's first PDA.
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Be was founded by former Apple Computer executive Jean-Louis Gassée in 1990 with Steve Sakoman (with capital from Seymour Cray) after being ousted by Apple CEO John Sculley.
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