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Waterloo has also proved to be a great training ground for Sybase executives. Three former Watcom executives -- David Boswell, Craig Dynes and David Yach -- now hold senior management positions with Sybase in the U.S..
This year the University of Waterloo will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of its computer science department. A key figure from those early days was J. Wesley Graham, a professor who led a team of students to create the Waterloo Fortran IV compiler, also known as WATFOR. Initially developed for the IBM 7040 computer in the summer of 1965, WATFOR later ran on the IBM 360/370, DEC PDP-11 and VAX machines, received rave reviews internationally and led to a spin-off company, WATCOM. Graham died in 1999.
As head of the university's Computer Systems Group, Professor Graham founded the Watcom International Corporation to produce software he developed that makes it easier to learn computer programming. The software has been used by more than one million students worldwide.
Waterloo has also proved to be a great training ground for Sybase executives. Three former Watcom executives -- David Boswell, Craig Dynes and David Yach -- now hold senior management positions with Sybase in the U.S..
LivePage president David Boswell will become executive vice- president of marketing for Janna, based out of the Bay area of California. Boswell described the two companies as being "a natural fit."[dead link]
David held executive management positions with software companies ranging across the spectrum of growth stages, including LivePage Corporation, Sybase Inc., Powersoft Corporation and Watcom.
After graduation, Boswell stayed on campus developing compilers and operating systems at the UW's Computer Systems Group and teaching in the computer science department (now the School of Computer Science). In 1988, Dave joined the management team of UW spin-off WATCOM Systems, which became recognized as an industry leader in PC development tools and database systems.
David held executive management positions with software companies ranging across the spectrum of growth stages, including LivePage Corporation, Sybase Inc., Powersoft Corporation and Watcom.
After graduation, Boswell stayed on campus developing compilers and operating systems at the UW's Computer Systems Group and teaching in the computer science department (now the School of Computer Science). In 1988, Dave joined the management team of UW spin-off WATCOM Systems, which became recognized as an industry leader in PC development tools and database systems.
As head of the university's Computer Systems Group, Professor Graham founded the Watcom International Corporation to produce software he developed that makes it easier to learn computer programming. The software has been used by more than one million students worldwide.
This year the University of Waterloo will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of its computer science department. A key figure from those early days was J. Wesley Graham, a professor who led a team of students to create the Waterloo Fortran IV compiler, also known as WATFOR. Initially developed for the IBM 7040 computer in the summer of 1965, WATFOR later ran on the IBM 360/370, DEC PDP-11 and VAX machines, received rave reviews internationally and led to a spin-off company, WATCOM. Graham died in 1999.
