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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. Poduska has been involved in a number of other high-tech startups.
Oral History of John William (Bill) Poduska Sr. Interviewed by: Gardner Hendrie. Recorded: October 9, 2002 Weston, Massachusetts. CHM Reference number: X2724.2004. 2002 Computer History Museum. Gardner Hendrie: I’d like to start with your very early history. Where were you born and brought up?
Apollo Computer Inc., founded in 1980 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, by William Poduska (a founder of Prime Computer) and others, developed and produced Apollo/Domain workstations in the 1980s. Along with Symbolics and Sun Microsystems, Apollo was one of the first vendors of graphical workstations in the 1980s.
May 30, 2024 · Profile. John William Poduska founded Stellar Computer, Inc. in 1985, where he worked as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer from 1985 to 1989. Dr. Poduska also founded Prime Computer, Inc., Apollo Computer, Inc., and Anystream, Inc., where he worked as Director.
He co-founded Prime Computer in 1972. In 1979 he founded Apollo Computer, which was one of the first creators of graphical workstations in the 1980s (the company was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 1989).
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.
John William "Bill" Poduska was interested in electronics from an early age. He received his Bachelor, Masters and doctorate in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in seven years. He taught at MIT and served in the Army Signal Corps.
