Stav Prodromou
Encyclopedia
Stavro Evangelo "Stav" Prodromou (born May 30, 1944) is a Greek American
businessman, and the founder
and former chief executive officer
of Poqet Computer Corporation. Prodromou has served as CEO of Alien Technology
, Peregrine Semiconductor
, and Integrated Circuit Systems and Executive Vice President of Fairchild Semiconductor
Corporation.
, then one year of secondary school at St. George School
, both in Jerusalem. His family emigated to the United States in 1956. He attended William L. Dickinson High School
in Jersey City, NJ
, followed by New Brunswick, NJ
High School, and graduated from Highland Park, NJ
High School in 1960.
in New Brunswick, NJ was the institution where Prodromou earned a Bachelor of Science
degree in Electrical Engineering
in 1964. He continued his graduate studies at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (now known as Polytechnic Institute of New York University) and earned a Master of Science
degree in 1967 and a Doctor of Philosophy
degree in 1970, both with System Science
emphasis. His dissertation was titled "Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Almost Sure Sample Stability of Linear Ito Equations."
. His 11-year stint with GE began in its Missile & Space Division in Philadelphia and Valley Forge, PA
. He was selected for the Advanced Course in Engineering, a graduate program featuring rotating job assignments. The 3-year program, which was later named the Edison Engineering Development Program
was more familiarly known as the ABC Course. Prodromou later was assigned increasing engineering responsibilities with the Aircraft Engine Group in Cincinnati, Information Systems Group in Phoenix, AZ
and the Transportation Systems Division in Erie, PA
.
in Dallas, TX as head of the Programmable Calculator applications group. He led the development of solid-state software modules for the TI-59
and other programmable calculators. Later, in TI's Consumer Products Group in Lubbock, TX
he was promoted to General Manager for the Educational Products Division, known for its learning aids including the Little Professor
, Speak & Spell
, Speak & Read
and Speak & Math
.
to commercialize the Intellivision
, Prodromou joined the Hawthorne, CA
electronic game
manufacturer as its Senior Vice President of Worldwide Operations with responsibility for Research & Development
, Software Development
, Manufacturing
and Field Service. During his tenure, the company developed the Intellivision II and numerous game cartridges
(see List of Intellivision games).
to head the Analog & Microprocessor Group headquartered in Mountain View, CA. The product portfolio included the Clipper architecture
RISC microprocessor Later, the Gate Array Division was added to his oversight. In 1987, Schlumberger
sold its semiconductor subsidiary to National Semiconductor
.
. The core team included John Fairbanks, Leroy Harper, Ian Cullimore
and Shinpei Ichikcawa, all of whom were later recognized with the 1989 Technical Excellence Award from PC Magazine. The company was funded in part by Fujitsu
which later acquired it and merged it into its Personal Computer Division. The Poqet PC
has been recognized as a notable milestone in portable computer history.
alumni including Leroy Harper, which designed portable computer products for companies such as Digital Equipment Corporation
, Intel Corporation
, Micro Center
and Zenith Data Systems.
designed and manufactured frequency timing generator (FTG) chips (also called clock
chips) that are used in personal computer
s, laptop
s, peripheral
s and network
communication products. Following his departure as CEO, Prodromou mounted an unsuccessful proxy vote to oppose a management-led buyout of ICS.
in San Diego, CA
in early 1999. The company had been founded by Dr. Ron Reedy and Dr. Mark Burgener, along with partner Rory Moore, to commercialize their proprietary SOS
technology. During his tenure, Prodromou raised venture capital
financing and used a portion of the funds to acquire a wafer fabrication facility in Sydney
, Australia
.
, a firm originally founded by Prof. John S. "Steve" Smith of the University of California, Berkeley
. During his tenure at Alien
, the company ramped production of its Fluidic Self Assembly (FSA) process, secured major orders for RFID tags and readers from the DoD
, Gillette and Wal-Mart
. The Morgan Hill, California
company also raised venture capital
financing to establish a production facility in Fargo, North Dakota
, acquire Quatrotec LLC, a provider of integration services for baggage handling and screening systems, and open an RFID Solutions Center in Dayton, Ohio
Following withdrawal of Alien's IPO
due to market conditions, Prodromou resigned as CEO of Alien Technology.
and Identi.ca
. For the past two decades, he has resided in the Bay Area
.
Greek American
Greek Americans are Americans of Greek descent also described as Hellenic descent. According to the 2007 U.S. Census Bureau estimation, there were 1,380,088 people of Greek ancestry in the United States, while the State Department mentions that around 3,000,000 Americans claim to be of Greek descent...
businessman, and the founder
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
and former chief executive officer
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
of Poqet Computer Corporation. Prodromou has served as CEO of Alien Technology
Alien Technology
Alien Technology is a manufacturer of RFID technology. The company is headquartered in Morgan Hill, California, with a RFID tag manufacturing facility in Fargo, North Dakota, the Alien RFID Solutions Center, in the Dayton, Ohio area, and sales offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. As of...
, Peregrine Semiconductor
Peregrine Semiconductor
Peregrine Semiconductor is a San Diego-based manufacturer of high-performance RF CMOS integrated circuits. The company's UltraCMOS™ process technology is a proprietary implementation of SOS substrates that enables high levels of monolithic integration...
, and Integrated Circuit Systems and Executive Vice President of Fairchild Semiconductor
Fairchild Semiconductor
Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. is an American semiconductor company based in San Jose, California. Founded in 1957, it was a pioneer in transistor and integrated circuit manufacturing...
Corporation.
Early years
Prodromou attended elementary school at the Lutheran Church of The RedeemerLutheran Church of the Redeemer, Jerusalem
The Lutheran Church of the Redeemer is the second Protestant church in the Old City of Jerusalem . It is a property of the Evangelical Jerusalem Foundation, one of the three foundations of the Evangelical Church in Germany in the Holy Land...
, then one year of secondary school at St. George School
St. George's School, Jerusalem
St. George's School is a boys' school in East Jerusalem run by the Anglican Jerusalem diocese. It is located next to St. George's College, just outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. The school was established in 1899. The author of the Thomas the Tank Engine series of books, Rev...
, both in Jerusalem. His family emigated to the United States in 1956. He attended William L. Dickinson High School
William L. Dickinson High School
William L. Dickinson High School is a four-year public high school located in Jersey City, New Jersey, as part of the Jersey City Public Schools...
in Jersey City, NJ
Jersey City, New Jersey
Jersey City is the seat of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.Part of the New York metropolitan area, Jersey City lies between the Hudson River and Upper New York Bay across from Lower Manhattan and the Hackensack River and Newark Bay...
, followed by New Brunswick, NJ
New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Brunswick is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA. It is the county seat and the home of Rutgers University. The city is located on the Northeast Corridor rail line, southwest of Manhattan, on the southern bank of the Raritan River. At the 2010 United States Census, the population of...
High School, and graduated from Highland Park, NJ
Highland Park, New Jersey
Highland Park is a borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 13,982....
High School in 1960.
Education
The College of Engineering at Rutgers UniversityRutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
in New Brunswick, NJ was the institution where Prodromou earned a Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
degree in Electrical Engineering
Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
in 1964. He continued his graduate studies at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (now known as Polytechnic Institute of New York University) and earned a Master of Science
Master of Science
A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...
degree in 1967 and a Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
degree in 1970, both with System Science
Systems engineering
Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering that focuses on how complex engineering projects should be designed and managed over the life cycle of the project. Issues such as logistics, the coordination of different teams, and automatic control of machinery become more...
emphasis. His dissertation was titled "Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Almost Sure Sample Stability of Linear Ito Equations."
General Electric (1964-1975)
Immediately following his graduation from Rutgers, Prodromou was employed by General ElectricGeneral Electric
General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...
. His 11-year stint with GE began in its Missile & Space Division in Philadelphia and Valley Forge, PA
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
The Village of Valley Forge is an unincorporated settlement located on the west side of Valley Forge National Historical Park at the confluence of Valley Creek and the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania, United States. The remaining village is in Schuylkill Township of Chester County, but once...
. He was selected for the Advanced Course in Engineering, a graduate program featuring rotating job assignments. The 3-year program, which was later named the Edison Engineering Development Program
Edison Engineering Development Program
The Edison Engineering Development Program is one of General Electric's six corporate entry level programs. Focused on engineering, the program aims to "develop technical problem-solving skills through advanced courses in engineering and technical projects that are aligned with business...
was more familiarly known as the ABC Course. Prodromou later was assigned increasing engineering responsibilities with the Aircraft Engine Group in Cincinnati, Information Systems Group in Phoenix, AZ
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
and the Transportation Systems Division in Erie, PA
Erie, Pennsylvania
Erie is a city located in northwestern Pennsylvania in the United States. Named for the lake and the Native American tribe that resided along its southern shore, Erie is the state's fourth-largest city , with a population of 102,000...
.
Texas Instruments (1976-1981)
In 1976, Prodromou joined Texas InstrumentsTexas Instruments
Texas Instruments Inc. , widely known as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, United States, which develops and commercializes semiconductor and computer technology...
in Dallas, TX as head of the Programmable Calculator applications group. He led the development of solid-state software modules for the TI-59
TI-59
The TI-59 was an early programmable calculator, manufactured by Texas Instruments from 1977. It was the successor to the TI SR-52, quadrupling the number of "program steps" of storage, and adding "ROM Program Modules" and a magnetic card reader for external storage...
and other programmable calculators. Later, in TI's Consumer Products Group in Lubbock, TX
Lubbock, Texas
Lubbock is a city in and the county seat of Lubbock County, Texas, United States. The city is located in the northwestern part of the state, a region known historically as the Llano Estacado, and the home of Texas Tech University and Lubbock Christian University...
he was promoted to General Manager for the Educational Products Division, known for its learning aids including the Little Professor
Little Professor
The Little Professor is a backwards calculator designed for children ages 5 to 9. Instead of providing the answer to a mathematical expression entered by the user, it generates unsolved expressions and prompts the user for the answer.-Usage:...
, Speak & Spell
Speak & Spell (toy)
The Speak & Spell line is a series of electronic handheld educational toys created by Texas Instruments that consist of a speech synthesizer, a keyboard, and a receptor slot to receive one of a collection of ROM game library modules...
, Speak & Read
Speak & Read
Speak & Read was an electronic learning aid made in 1980, by Texas Instruments. Speak and Read was part of a family of learning toys aimed at different subjects, i.e. "Speak & Math" and "Speak and Spell"....
and Speak & Math
Speak & Math
The Speak & Math was a popular and revolutionary electronic toy created by Texas Instruments in 1980. Speak & Math was one of a three-part talking educational toy series that also included Speak & Spell and Speak & Read...
.
Mattel Electronics (1981-1983)
Shortly after Mattel Electronics was spun out of MattelMattel
Mattel, Inc. is the world's largest toy company based on revenue. The products it produces include Fisher Price, Barbie dolls, Hot Wheels and Matchbox toys, Masters of the Universe, American Girl dolls, board games, and, in the early 1980s, video game consoles. The company's name is derived from...
to commercialize the Intellivision
Intellivision
The Intellivision is a video game console released by Mattel in 1979. Development of the console began in 1978, less than a year after the introduction of its main competitor, the Atari 2600. The word intellivision is a portmanteau of "intelligent television"...
, Prodromou joined the Hawthorne, CA
Hawthorne, California
Hawthorne is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California. The city at the 2010 census had a population of 84,293, up from 84,112 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
electronic game
Electronic game
An electronic game is a game that employs electronics to create an interactive system with which a player can play. The most common form of electronic game today is the video game, and for this reason the terms are often mistakenly used synonymously. Other common forms of electronic game include...
manufacturer as its Senior Vice President of Worldwide Operations with responsibility for Research & Development
Research and development
The phrase research and development , according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, refers to "creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of...
, Software Development
Software development
Software development is the development of a software product...
, Manufacturing
Manufacturing
Manufacturing is the use of machines, tools and labor to produce goods for use or sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to industrial production, in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale...
and Field Service. During his tenure, the company developed the Intellivision II and numerous game cartridges
ROM cartridge
A ROM cartridge, sometimes referred to as a cart, is a removable enclosure containing read-only memory devices designed to be connected to a computer or games console....
(see List of Intellivision games).
Fairchild Semiconductor (1985-1987)
Following a 2-year consulting period, Prodromou was recruited by Don Brooks to Fairchild SemiconductorFairchild Semiconductor
Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. is an American semiconductor company based in San Jose, California. Founded in 1957, it was a pioneer in transistor and integrated circuit manufacturing...
to head the Analog & Microprocessor Group headquartered in Mountain View, CA. The product portfolio included the Clipper architecture
Clipper architecture
The Clipper architecture is a 32-bit RISC-like instruction set architecture designed by Fairchild Semiconductor. The architecture never enjoyed much market success, and the only computer manufacturers to create major product lines using Clipper processors were Intergraph and High Level Hardware...
RISC microprocessor Later, the Gate Array Division was added to his oversight. In 1987, Schlumberger
Schlumberger
Schlumberger Limited is the world's largest oilfield services company. Schlumberger employs over 110,000 people of more than 140 nationalities working in approximately 80 countries...
sold its semiconductor subsidiary to National Semiconductor
National Semiconductor
National Semiconductor was an American semiconductor manufacturer, that specialized in analog devices and subsystems,formerly headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA. The products of National Semiconductor included power management circuits, display drivers, audio and operational amplifiers,...
.
Poqet Computer Corporation (1988-1991)
Prodromou founded Poqet Computer Corporation and recruited a small team of engineers that developed the Poqet PCPoqet PC
The Poqet PC is a very small, portable IBM PC compatible computer, introduced in 1989 by Poqet Computer Corporation with a price of $2000. The computer was discontinued after Fujitsu Ltd. bought Poqet Computer Corp. It was the first subnotebook form factor IBM-PC compatible computer that ran...
. The core team included John Fairbanks, Leroy Harper, Ian Cullimore
Ian Cullimore
Ian Cullimore is an English-born mathematician and computer scientist who has been influential in the pocket PC arena.-Biography:Cullimore has a degree in Mathematics from King's College London, and a PhD in Cognitive and Computer Science from the University of Sussex.He was the original founder ...
and Shinpei Ichikcawa, all of whom were later recognized with the 1989 Technical Excellence Award from PC Magazine. The company was funded in part by Fujitsu
Fujitsu
is a Japanese multinational information technology equipment and services company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is the world's third-largest IT services provider measured by revenues....
which later acquired it and merged it into its Personal Computer Division. The Poqet PC
Poqet PC
The Poqet PC is a very small, portable IBM PC compatible computer, introduced in 1989 by Poqet Computer Corporation with a price of $2000. The computer was discontinued after Fujitsu Ltd. bought Poqet Computer Corp. It was the first subnotebook form factor IBM-PC compatible computer that ran...
has been recognized as a notable milestone in portable computer history.
PADSystems (1992-1996)
Palo Alto Digital Systems, also known as PADSystems was a design services firm founded by Prodromou and several Poqet PCPoqet PC
The Poqet PC is a very small, portable IBM PC compatible computer, introduced in 1989 by Poqet Computer Corporation with a price of $2000. The computer was discontinued after Fujitsu Ltd. bought Poqet Computer Corp. It was the first subnotebook form factor IBM-PC compatible computer that ran...
alumni including Leroy Harper, which designed portable computer products for companies such as Digital Equipment Corporation
Digital Equipment Corporation
Digital Equipment Corporation was a major American company in the computer industry and a leading vendor of computer systems, software and peripherals from the 1960s to the 1990s...
, Intel Corporation
Intel Corporation
Intel Corporation is an American multinational semiconductor chip maker corporation headquartered in Santa Clara, California, United States and the world's largest semiconductor chip maker, based on revenue. It is the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most...
, Micro Center
Micro Center
Micro Center is an American computer department store founded in Columbus, Ohio in 1979 by two former Radio Shack employees. The first Micro Center store was a . storefront located in the Lane Avenue Shopping Center in Upper Arlington, Ohio...
and Zenith Data Systems.
Integrated Circuit Systems (1997-1998)
ICS, based in Valley Forge, PAValley Forge, Pennsylvania
The Village of Valley Forge is an unincorporated settlement located on the west side of Valley Forge National Historical Park at the confluence of Valley Creek and the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania, United States. The remaining village is in Schuylkill Township of Chester County, but once...
designed and manufactured frequency timing generator (FTG) chips (also called clock
Clock signal
In electronics and especially synchronous digital circuits, a clock signal is a particular type of signal that oscillates between a high and a low state and is utilized like a metronome to coordinate actions of circuits...
chips) that are used in personal computer
Personal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
s, laptop
Laptop
A laptop, also called a notebook, is a personal computer for mobile use. A laptop integrates most of the typical components of a desktop computer, including a display, a keyboard, a pointing device and speakers into a single unit...
s, peripheral
Peripheral
A peripheral is a device attached to a host computer, but not part of it, and is more or less dependent on the host. It expands the host's capabilities, but does not form part of the core computer architecture....
s and network
Computer network
A computer network, often simply referred to as a network, is a collection of hardware components and computers interconnected by communication channels that allow sharing of resources and information....
communication products. Following his departure as CEO, Prodromou mounted an unsuccessful proxy vote to oppose a management-led buyout of ICS.
Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation (1999-2002)
Prodromou was named CEO of Peregrine SemiconductorPeregrine Semiconductor
Peregrine Semiconductor is a San Diego-based manufacturer of high-performance RF CMOS integrated circuits. The company's UltraCMOS™ process technology is a proprietary implementation of SOS substrates that enables high levels of monolithic integration...
in San Diego, CA
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
in early 1999. The company had been founded by Dr. Ron Reedy and Dr. Mark Burgener, along with partner Rory Moore, to commercialize their proprietary SOS
Silicon on sapphire
Silicon on sapphire is a hetero-epitaxial process for integrated circuit manufacturing that consists of a thin layer of silicon grown on a sapphire wafer. SOS is part of the Silicon on Insulator family of CMOS technologies...
technology. During his tenure, Prodromou raised venture capital
Venture capital
Venture capital is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as...
financing and used a portion of the funds to acquire a wafer fabrication facility in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
Alien Technology Corporation (2002-2007)
In September, 2002, Prodromou was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Alien TechnologyAlien Technology
Alien Technology is a manufacturer of RFID technology. The company is headquartered in Morgan Hill, California, with a RFID tag manufacturing facility in Fargo, North Dakota, the Alien RFID Solutions Center, in the Dayton, Ohio area, and sales offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. As of...
, a firm originally founded by Prof. John S. "Steve" Smith of the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
. During his tenure at Alien
Alien Technology
Alien Technology is a manufacturer of RFID technology. The company is headquartered in Morgan Hill, California, with a RFID tag manufacturing facility in Fargo, North Dakota, the Alien RFID Solutions Center, in the Dayton, Ohio area, and sales offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. As of...
, the company ramped production of its Fluidic Self Assembly (FSA) process, secured major orders for RFID tags and readers from the DoD
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
, Gillette and Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. , branded as Walmart since 2008 and Wal-Mart before then, is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world's 18th largest public corporation, according to the Forbes Global 2000...
. The Morgan Hill, California
Morgan Hill, California
Morgan Hill is a city located in the southern part of Santa Clara County, California, United States. Founded on November 10, 1906, the city was named after Hiram Morgan Hill, a San Franciscan who built a country retreat home there in 1884...
company also raised venture capital
Venture capital
Venture capital is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as...
financing to establish a production facility in Fargo, North Dakota
Fargo, North Dakota
Fargo is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Cass County. In 2010, its population was 105,549, and it had an estimated metropolitan population of 208,777...
, acquire Quatrotec LLC, a provider of integration services for baggage handling and screening systems, and open an RFID Solutions Center in Dayton, Ohio
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...
Following withdrawal of Alien's IPO
Initial public offering
An initial public offering or stock market launch, is the first sale of stock by a private company to the public. It can be used by either small or large companies to raise expansion capital and become publicly traded enterprises...
due to market conditions, Prodromou resigned as CEO of Alien Technology.
Awards and recognition
- PC MagazinePC MagazinePC Magazine is a computer magazine published by Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings Inc. A print edition was published from 1982 to January 2009...
Technical Excellence Award - World Economic ForumWorld Economic ForumThe World Economic Forum is a Swiss non-profit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva, best known for its annual meeting in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland....
Technology Pioneers
Personal life
Prodromou is married and is the father of four sons, including Evan Prodromou, founder of WikitravelWikitravel
-External links:* *...
and Identi.ca
Identi.ca
identi.ca is an open source social networking and micro-blogging service. Based on StatusNet, a micro-blogging software package built on the OpenMicroBlogging specification, Identi.ca allows users to send text updates up to 140 characters long...
. For the past two decades, he has resided in the Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
.
External links
- Identi.ca/stav Stav Prodromou's Identi.ca profile
- Inc Magazine "The Littlest PC"
- New York Times May 14, 1989 "The Big News in Tiny Computers" by John MarkoffJohn MarkoffJohn Markoff is a journalist best known for his work at The New York Times, and a book and series of articles about the 1990s pursuit and capture of hacker Kevin Mitnick.- Biography :...
- Release 1.0 PC Forum 28-Jan-1990
- New York Times Prodromou becomes Vice Chairman of Poqet
- IEEE Hot Interconnects conference Keynote Presentation
- Interview Mark Roberti: An Interview with Stav Prodromou in RFID JournalRFID JournalRFID Journal is an independent media company devoted solely to radio frequency identification and its business applications. A bi-monthly print publication and online news and information source, the journal offers news, features that address key adoption issues, case studies, and white papers...
- NDSU Magazine, Spring 2004, pp. 26-27 Excerpts Alien Technologies CEO Stav Prodromou
- DoD Presentation Prodromou speaks at DoD RFID Summit for Industry
- RFID Journal Tipping Point Is Closer, Says Alien CEO
- Release 1.0 Esther DysonEsther DysonEsther Dyson is a former journalist and Wall Street technology analyst who is a leading angel investor, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and commentator focused on breakthrough innovation in healthcare, government transparency, digital technology, biotechnology, and space...
writes about RFID: Logistics Meets Identity pp. 17–19 - SEC Filings Alien Technology Files S-1