Background
Thomas, Michael Ridley was born on October 29, 1948 in Louisville. Son of James Ridley and Virginia Nell (Petty) Thomas.
Thomas, Michael Ridley was born on October 29, 1948 in Louisville. Son of James Ridley and Virginia Nell (Petty) Thomas.
Bachelor, University Texas, 1973; Master of Arts, Washington State University, 1976; Doctor of Philosophy, Washington State University, 1978.
Principal research scientist, Sterling Software, Inc., Rome, New York, 1989-1992; assistant director technical, Grumman Data Systems, Bethpage, New York, 1992-1994; manager information and electronic system Research and Development, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Bethpage, since 1994; co-founder, TXS, Inc., San Antonio, 1984-1989.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (chairman Conference on Technology Transfer New York 1993), Association for Computational Linguistics, Association for Computational Machines.
Married Paula Frances Cox, July 10, 1971. Children: Brian Ridley, Geoffrey Paul.