Glenford Myers was born on December 12,1946 and is an American computer scientist, entrepreneur, and author.
15 Facts About Glenford Myers
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Glenford Myers founded two successful high-tech companies, authored eight textbooks in the computer sciences, and made important contributions in microprocessor architecture.
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Glenford Myers holds a number of patents, including the original patent on "register scoreboarding" in microprocessor chips.
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Glenford Myers has a BS in electrical engineering from Clarkson University, an MS in computer science from Syracuse University, and a PhD in computer science from the Polytechnic Institute of New York University.
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Glenford Myers served as a lecturer in computer science at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, where he taught graduate-level courses in computer science.
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In early 1981 Glenford Myers was hired from IBM by the then-small company called Intel to build a new organization to head off the leadership Motorola seemed to be gaining with its "clean" 68000 chip rather than Intel's more-difficult-to-program 8086.
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Glenford Myers chaired Intel's Microprocessor Strategic Business Segment, part of Intel's strategic long-range planning process.
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In 1983, Glenford Myers moved to Oregon to take personal charge of the design of the i960 microprocessor.
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In 1986, Glenford Myers co-authored an invited paper with Intel senior vice presidents Albert Yu and Dave House that outlined Intel's microprocessor thinking for the next 10 years.
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Glenford Myers took the roles of CEO and Chairman, positions he held until 2002.
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Glenford Myers then grew rapidly, in part because of a series of acquisitions, including a division of Intel, two small operations from IBM, and several other private companies.
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In 2002, after a series of disagreements with the board of directors, Glenford Myers left and formed IP Fabrics, and nine other key RadiSys managers and engineers quickly joined him there.
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Glenford Myers raised $8 million in venture capital from Intel Capital, Ignition Partners, Northwest Venture Associates, and Frazier Technology Partners.
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Glenford Myers serves as chairman of the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions Lawfully Authorized Electronic Surveillance subcommittee, an organization of law-enforcement and other government agencies and telecommunications carriers and equipment suppliers that develops standards for wiretapping.
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Glenford Myers has published a number of technical papers and has authored eight texts.