Ashton-Tate
In June 1982 Cole hired Rod Turner as the director of OEM sales for Ashton-Tate. In a few weeks Turner solved a sales commission plan issue, that had been bothering George Tate for some time, with the top performing salesperson (Barbara Weingarten, now Guerra), and Tate and Cole promoted Turner to be Vice President of world-wide sales three weeks after his initial hire. Turner was approximately the 12th employee of Ashton Tate. Since the company was truly boot-strapped, using no external venture capital, the founders did not make a practice of hiring experienced veterans, and most of the team at Ashton-Tate were young and enthusiastic, but inexperienced. Jim Taylor was responsible for product management in the early days, and worked closely with Wayne Ratliff and the other key developers on dBASE II. In 1982 Perry Lawrence and Nelson Tso were the two developers who were employed at Ashton-Tate, while Wayne Ratliff employed Jeb Long from his royalty stream.
Totes Isotoner
Totes was a company founded in 1923 as the Roll-o Radio Company. Originally based in Oakley, Ohio, it moved to Loveland, Ohio in 1942. When Chicago businessman, Brad Phillips, purchased the company in 1961, the company changed its name to Totes on the premise that tote bags were the lead selling product at the time. ARIS»ISOTONER was a company founded in 1910 as the "'Aris Glove Company" 'Manufacturer:Aris (French, founded 1910), whose name was likewise changed to include the name of its lead selling product, the ISOTONER nylon/spandex glove. 
Three years later, Totes, under Bain’s ownership, acquired ARIS»ISOTONER, a producer of leather gloves. The totes ISOTONER corporation was formed in 1997 as a result of the merger of Totes corporation and ARIS»ISOTONER Incorporated.