William Poduska
American engineer and entrepreneur
John William Poduska Sr. is an American engineer and entrepreneur.2
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Born 1937.1
About
He was a founder of Prime Computer, Apollo Computer, and Stellar Computer. Prior to that he headed the Electronics Research Lab at NASA's Cambridge, Massachusetts, facility and also worked at Honeywell.
Poduska has been involved in a number of other high-tech startups. He also has served on the boards of Novell, Anadarko Petroleum, Anystream, Boston Ballet, Wang Center and the Boston Lyric Opera.
Poduska was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1986 for technical and entrepreneurial leadership in computing, including development of Prime, the first virtual memory minicomputer, and Apollo, the first distributed, co-operating workstation. Poduska currently serves as a trustee at Bentley University.
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Companies
- Apollo ComputerFounder10
- Prime ComputerFounder11
Early life and education
Poduska was born in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1955, he graduated from Central High School in Memphis. He went on to earn a S.B. and S.M. in electrical engineering, both in 1960, from MIT. He also earned a Sc.D. in EECS from MIT in 1962.
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Career
Occupation: chief executive officer, computer scientist.6
- Date not recordedFounded Prime Computer4
- Date not recordedFounded Apollo Computer5
Employment
Novell, Inc.
Prime Computer, Inc. Founder and VP, R&D
Honeywell Inc. Dir, Honeywell Info Sciences Cente
Stardent Computer, Inc. President and CEO
Cambridge Technology Partners
Stellar Computers Inc. Founder, Chairman and CEO
Apollo Computer Inc. Founder and Chairman
Advanced Visual Systems Inc.
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Personal life
Awards
- 1988W. Wallace McDowell Award9
Links
Sources
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- 1WikidataWilliam Poduska on Wikidata
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- 10WikidataApollo Computer, Founder
- 11WikidataPrime Computer, Founder