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Digital Equipment Corporation

COMPANY

Founded 1957 by Ken Olsen and Harlan Anderson. Acquired by Compaq in 1998.

Industry:
Computer

Ticker:
(defunct)

Corporate headquarters:
Maynard, MA

EXECUTIVES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Bruce L. Claflin
Business
c. 1951   CEO of 3Com, 2001-06
Christopher A. R. Darby
Business
c. 1959   CEO of In-Q-Tel
Rita V. Foley
Business
c. 1954   Former VP, MeadWestVaco
Ken Olsen
Business
20-Feb-1925 6-Feb-2011 Founder of Digital Equipment Corporation
Robert B. Palmer
Business
11-Sep-1940   CEO of Digital, 1992-98
Willow B. Shire
Business
c. 1948   Orchard Consulting Group
Michael C. Thurk
Business
c. 1953   COO of Avaya

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Ken Olsen
Business
20-Feb-1925 6-Feb-2011 Founder of Digital Equipment Corporation
Robert B. Palmer
Business
11-Sep-1940   CEO of Digital, 1992-98

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Steve Bourne
Computer Programmer
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Dave Cutler
Computer Programmer
13-Mar-1942   Father of Windows NT

EMPLOYMENT

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jay Adelson
Business
7-Sep-1970   CEO of Digg, 2004-10
Carol Bartz
Business
29-Aug-1948   CEO of Yahoo, 2009-11
Tim Bray
Computer Programmer
21-Jun-1955   Co-Inventor of XML
Dorothy Denning
Scientist
12-Aug-1945   Professor, interest in encryption
Thomas J. Iannotti
Business
c. 1957   Managing Director Americas, HP
Phil Karlton
Computer Programmer
28-Feb-1947 20-Jun-1997 Netscape Principal Curmudgeon
Scott A. McGregor
Business
c. 1957   CEO of Broadcom
Dirk Meyer
Business
1962   President and COO of AMD
Michael Spindler
Business
1942   CEO of Apple Computer, 1994-96
Dorothy A. Terrell
Business
12-Jun-1945   VP at NMS Communications, 1998-2002

EXTRANEOUS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Grace Murray Hopper
Computer Programmer
9-Dec-1906 1-Jan-1992 Computer programming pioneer
Marcus Ranum
Computer Programmer
5-Nov-1962   Tenable Network Security


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