Richard A. DeMillo

Richard A. DeMillo is an American engineer, computer scientist and educator. He is the Charlotte B. and Roger C. Warren Professor of Computing and Professor of Management, former John P. Imlay Dean of Computing, and Director of the Center for 21st Century Universities at Georgia Institute of Technology. He is best known for his pragmatic style of working on technical, business, and policy problems and has helped guide public and private organizations through times of tumultuous change, including the 2002 Compaq-HP merger and the 1990’s divestiture of Bellcore by the Bell Operating Companies.

Author of over 100 articles, books, and patents, he has held academic positions at Purdue University, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Padua. He directed the Computer and Computation Research Division of the National Science Foundation and was Hewlett-Packard's first Chief Technology Officer.

He was named a Fellow of the Lumina Foundation in 2013 "for founding a unique institution, The Center for 21st Century Universities."