Mobile Expert Interview Series: Sybase's Eric Lai

I have read many articles related to enterprise mobility over the past few months from Sybase's Eric Lai.  This is interesting for a number of reasons, 1) Sybase traditionally has not chosen to participate in the social media space, 2) Sybase has not traditionally had full time writers helping educate the public, 3) Sybase has rarely let employees share thoughts and insights publicly as Eric does, and 4) Eric Lai was a writer at Computer World for over five years and is a very good writer.

Sybase's Senior Writer
Eric Lai



For the above reasons, I thought it would be interesting to interview Eric.

Note:  These are not Eric's exact words, but rather my notes from our discussion.



Kevin:  Eric tell me about yourself.

Eric:  I lived in Washington state (Everett area) for many years.  Worked for Computer World for five years.  We have two young boys.  Moved to California nine months ago, where I am now Senior Writer for Sybase.

Kevin:  What mobile device(s) do you carry?

Eric: iPhone 4 (he left his iPhone 3 on the roof of his car in San Francisco), old company issued Dell laptop and a NetBook.  I was a BlackBerry user for many years, but love the iPhone now.  I want an iPad.