Bill Poduska was a founder, V.P. of Research and Director of Prime Computer; the founder, CEO and Chairman of Apollo Computer; the founder, CEO and Chairman of Stellar Computer, the Chairman and CEO of Stardent Computer formed by the merger of Stellar and Ardent, and the Chairman of the Board of Advanced Visual Systems Inc. (AVS). He is now retired.
He has also held the positions of director of the Honeywell Information Systems Center, Chief of the Man Computer Systems Branch of NASA’s Electronic Research Center, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, and 1st Lt. US Army Signal Corp.
Dr. Poduska holds a Sc.D. from MIT and an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Lowell University. His awards include the McDowell Award of the IEEE “for continued creative contributions to hardware and software development and for management expertise in bringing them to products”; and the MIT Corporate Leadership and Distinguished Industrial Achievement Awards. Dr. Poduska was also chosen as Arthur Young Venture Magazine’s Master Entrepreneur in High Technology, and was inducted into the Institute of Entrepreneurs, both in 1987.
He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and of several non-profit Boards including the Boston Ballet, the Boston Lyric Opera and the Citi Performing Arts Center (home of the Wang and Shubert Theatres), where he is Chairman Emeritus. He is a trustee of Lahey Clinic, where he chairs the Finance Committee. He is a Director of the Poduska Family Foundation.
Dr. Poduska also serves on the Board of Directors of Novell, Safeguard Scientifics, Anadarko Petroleum, EXA Corporation, AnyStream, Inc., Echo Inc., and Interactive Supercomputing Corporation.
Bill’s hobbies include piloting airplanes and helicopters, as well as running. His avocations are computer programming and basic research into turbulent fluid flow.
Bill was born and raised in Memphis, TN and attended public schools. He now lives in Weston, MA with his wife Susan and daughter Lily. He also has four married children and thirteen grandchildren.
