Adele Goldberg

Dr. Adele Goldberg is a consultant focused on the use of virtual communities to support more effective teamwork. She is currently involved in projects on drug development, and training in neuroscience and mental health. From 2002 to 2006, Dr. Goldberg served as the CTO and new development manager of AgileMind, Inc., an educational technology company formed to enhance both equity and high achievement in secondary school math and science. Dr. Goldberg was the founding Chairman and CEO of ParcPlace Systems, Inc. ParcPlace was formed in 1988 from technology Adele helped develop while at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center as researcher and laboratory manager of the Smalltalk-80 research team. Dr. Goldberg received a Ph.D. in Information Science from the University of Chicago.

Work Experience

• Founder and Director, Neometron, Inc., present
• Chief Technology Officer, AgileMind
• Chairman of the Board and a founder of ParcPlace Systems, Inc.
• Researcher and Laboratory Manager, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
• President, ACM
• Member, Board of Directors, MIVA, Inc.
• Member, Board of Directors of The San Francisco Exploratorium
• Member, Visiting Committee for the Division of Physical Sciences, University of Chicago

Education

• PhD, Information Sciences, University of Chicago
• MS, Information Sciences, University of Chicago
• BA, Mathematics, University of Michigan

Awards, Honors and Significant Achievements

• Author of books on the Smalltalk-80 programming system
• Author of numerous papers on project management, programming and analysis methodology using object-oriented technology, and on-line project communities
• Recipient, ACM Systems Software Award, 1987
• PC Magazine Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient, 1990
• ACM Fellow, 1994
• Honorary Degree, Doctor of the University, Open University, UK, 1998
• Dr. Dobbs Magazine Excellence in Programming Award, 2000
• Recipient of Howard Vollum Award, Reed College, 1995

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