Kapali Eswaran

Career

Eswaran is a graduate of Stanford University and University of California, Berkeley. He was an architect of International Business Machines Corporation System R, the precursor to DB2. Eswaran was one of the inventors of structured query language language.

The Eswaran principle relating to database locking and transactions is a contribution that he made along with Jim Gray and Irv Traiger while working as a scientist at International Business Machines Corporation Research.

Subsequently he launched Esvel, Incorporated. (acquired by Cullinet Software in 1987, which itself was acquired by Computer Associates) and Kaps Corporation (technology acquired by subsidiary of Boite Postale, Hewlett-Packard and by Carlysle Library Systems).

He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Integrated Informatics Incorporated.

Integrated Informatics develops and markets solutions for Paperless Browser Based Pharmacy Order Management, Medication Administration & Bedside Scanning, Medication Reconciliation and Patient Centric Health Records.

Achievements

• Eswaran pursued his career primarily working as a researcher and software designer International Business Machines Corporation Research where he contributed to several major database and transaction processing systems, including the System-R. He was founder and Chief Executive Officer of Esvel, Incorporated. and Integrated Informatics Incorporated.