Peter Coad

Background

Coad, Peter was born on December 30, 1953 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Peter Senior and Raylene Elizabeth (Adams) Coad.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, 1977; Master of Science in Computer Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1981.

Career

He is notable for his role in defining what have come to be known as the UML colors, a color-coded notation chiefly useful for simplifying one's understanding of a design or model. In 1986, Peter Coad founded Object International, a software consulting firm where he served as President. During the 1990s Coad co-authored six books on the analysis, design, and programming of object-oriented software.

He is considered a supporter of the lightweight methodology called Feature Driven Development (FDD), which was developed primarily by co-author Jeff De Luca. In 1999, Coad was one of the founders of the software company TogetherSoft, where he served as Chairman, CEO, and President. From about 2000 to 2004 Coad was Editor-in-Chief of the Coad Series of books from Prentice Hall.

This series of books were in the field of software development. Coad became senior vice president and chief strategist of Borland Software Corp. when Borland bought TogetherSoft in January 2003. Coad left Borland before the end of 2003 and turned his attention to interests outside of the software development field, especially simplified teaching techniques for learning to read The Bible in its original languages.

Achievements

• During this time Coad became famous through his work on the Coad/Yourdon method for Object-oriented analysis (OOA) which he had developed together with Edward Yourdon.

Works

• book

  • Object-Oriented Design

    ( Designed as a companion volume to the acclaimed Object-...)

Membership

Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Association Computing Machinery.

Interests

• Avocations: swimming, lifecycling, railroading.

Connections

Married Judy Ellen Thomas, July 26, 1978. Children: Benjamin Peter, Amy Ellen, David Thomas.