Ian McPhee (computer scientist)

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Ian McPhee
Nationality Canada
Occupation computer scientist

Ian McPhee is a Canadian computer scientist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.[1][2] He earned a Bachelor of Mathematics in 1983, and his Masters of Mathematics in 1979.

When McPhee was an undergraduate at the University of Waterloo he was a protege of influential professor Wes Graham.[2] Graham assigned McPhee to work on Watfor, a Fortran compiler optimized for efficiently compiling the typical student program. McPhee continued to work for Graham, until 1981 when he co-founded Watcom with other associates of Graham. Watcom is characterized as the first spin-off company to come from Waterloo.

McPhee became Watcom's President, in 1986.[2]

McPhee became an executive at Sybase when it acquired Watcom.[2]

In 1995 McPhee became the first recipient of the annual J.W. Graham Medal, named after his mentor.[2][3] Later he would chair the medal's annual selection committee.

McPee would serve as an executive or director of several more successful software companies, currently being a director at Nexj.[2] He is also a member of the University of Waterloo's Board of Governors, as well as making notable donations.

References

  1. ↑ "nexj systems inc (NXJ:Toronto)". Bloomberg Business Week. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Ian McPhee (BMath '73, MMath '79)". University of Waterloo. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
  3. ↑ "Recipients of the J.W. Graham Medal in Computing & Innovation". University of Waterloo. Retrieved 2015-09-25.


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