Background
Papadopoulos, Gregory Michael was born on April 30, 1958 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of Michael Nicholas and Imogen (Sherman) Papadopoulos.
information technology executive
Papadopoulos, Gregory Michael was born on April 30, 1958 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of Michael Nicholas and Imogen (Sherman) Papadopoulos.
Bachelor in Systems Science, University of California-San Diego, 1979. Master of Science in Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983,Doctor of Philosophy in electrical engineering, 1988. Programmer Scripps Institute Oceanography, Louisiana Jolla, California, 1977-1979.
Development engineer Hewlett-Packard, Incorporated., San Diego, 1979-1981.
Senior research scientist Honeywell, Incorporated., Minneapolis, 1981-1984;co-founder, chief systems architect PictureTel Corporation, Danvers, Massachusetts, 1984-1986. Company-founder, chief technical officer Artificial Intelligence Architects, Incorporated., Cambridge, 1985-1988.
Project manager Massachusetts Institute of Technology laboratory for computer science, 1988-1990, assistant professor electrical engineering and computer science, 1990-1993, associate professor, 1993-1995. Chief architect Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge, 1993-1994.
Chief scientist server systems engineering Sun Microsyss., Mountain View, California, 1994-1996, vice president, chief technical officer, 1996.
Director Ergo, Incorporated., 1989-1990. Research fellow Charles Stark Draper laboratories, Cambridge, 1981-1983.
Programmer Scripps Institution Oceanography, La Jolla, California, 1977—1979. Development engineer Hewlett-Packard, Inc., San Diego, 1979—1981. Senior research scientist Honeywell, Inc., Minneapolis, 1981—1984.
Co-founder, chief systems architect PictureTel Corporation, Danvers, Massachusetts, 1984—1986. Co-founder, chief technical officer Artificial Intelligence Architects, Inc., Cambridge, 1985—1988. Project manager Massachusetts Institute of Technology Laboratory Computer Science, 1988—1990.
Assistant professor electrical engineering and computer science Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990—1993, associate professor, 1993—1995. Senior architect Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge, 1993—1994. Chief scientist server system engineering Sun Microsystems Computer Company (now Sun Microsystems Inc.), Santa Clara, California, 1994—1995, board directors, since 1994, chief technical officer enterprise servers and storage group, 1995—1996, vice president technical and advanced development, chief technical officer, 1996—1998, vice president, chief technical officer, 1998—2000, senior vice president, chief technical officer, 2000—2002, executive vice president Research and Development, chief technical officer, 2002—2010.
Research fellow Charles Stark Draper Laboratories, Cambridge, 1981—1983. Director Ergo, Inc., 1989—1990. Co-founder Exa Corporation.
Visiting professor electrical engineering and computer science Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002—2003. Member President's Board Science and Innovation University California. Technical advisor BP Alien Technologies.
Member Memorial chapter American Field Service, Houston, 1975—1976. Board trustees Anita Borg. Institute Women and Technology.
Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, Search Extraterrestrial Intelligence (chairman board), Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Elizabeth Ann Woellner, November 26, 1982. Children: Michael Gregory, Kathryn Elizabeth.