Stavro Evangelo "Stav" Prodromou was born on May 30,1944 and is a Palestinian Greek American businessman, and the founder and former chief executive officer of Poqet Computer Corporation.
19 Facts About Stav Prodromou
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Stav Prodromou attended elementary school at the Lutheran Church of The Redeemer, then one year of secondary school at St George School, both in Jerusalem.
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Stav Prodromou's family emigrated to the United States in 1956.
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Stav Prodromou attended William L Dickinson High School in Jersey City, New Jersey, followed by New Brunswick High School and graduated from Highland Park High School in Highland Park, New Jersey, in 1960.
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The College of Engineering at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, was the institution where Stav Prodromou earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering in 1964.
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Stav Prodromou continued his graduate studies at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and earned a Master of Science degree in 1967 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1970, both with system science emphasis.
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Immediately following his graduation from Rutgers, Stav Prodromou was employed by General Electric.
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Stav Prodromou was selected for the Advanced Course in Engineering, a graduate program featuring rotating job assignments.
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Stav Prodromou later was assigned increasing engineering responsibilities with the Aircraft Engine Group in Cincinnati, Information Systems Group in Phoenix, Arizona, and the Transportation Systems Division in Erie, Pennsylvania.
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In 1976, Stav Prodromou joined Texas Instruments in Dallas, Texas, as head of the programmable calculator applications group.
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Stav Prodromou led the development of solid-state software modules for the TI-59 and other programmable calculators.
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Shortly after Mattel Electronics was spun out of Mattel to commercialize the Intellivision, Stav Prodromou joined the Hawthorne, CA electronic game manufacturer as its senior vice president of worldwide operations with responsibility for research and development, software development, manufacturing and field service.
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Stav Prodromou founded Poqet Computer Corporation and recruited a small team of engineers that developed the Poqet PC.
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Stav Prodromou was funded in part by Fujitsu which later acquired it and merged it into its Personal Computer Division.
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Stav Prodromou was named CEO of Peregrine Semiconductor in San Diego, California, in early 1999.
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Stav Prodromou had been founded by Dr Ron Reedy and Dr Mark Burgener, along with partner Rory Moore, to commercialize their proprietary SOS technology.
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In September, 2002, Stav Prodromou was named president and chief executive officer of Alien Technology, a firm founded by Prof.
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The Morgan Hill, California, company 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, Stav Prodromou resigned as CEO of Alien Technology.
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Stav Prodromou is married and is the father of four sons, including Evan Stav Prodromou, an internet entrepreneur.