William Poduska

Bill Poduska
Born
John William Poduska

Memphis, Tennessee USA
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1959; M.S., 1960; D.Sc., 1962)
Occupation(s)engineer, businessman, professor
Known forfounder of Apollo Computer and Prime Computer
SpouseSusan Poduska
ChildrenAlice Ann Casey, Margo Poduska Kay, John William Poduska Jr., Mary Beth Pandiscio, Lily Ann Poduska[1]

John William Poduska Sr. is an American engineer and entrepreneur. 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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

  1. ^ a b "John W. Poduska". Olin College. Archived from the original on 2015-07-08.
  2. ^ "Management". Anystream. Archived from the original on 2006-04-06.
  3. ^ "Dr. John William Poduska, Sr". National Academy Of Engineering.