David L. R. Stein

Dave Stein lives in Austin, Texas. He is a computer-industry and start-up veteran. Over a career of more than fifty-five years, Dave was a director of ten high-technology start-up companies, including four with combined revenues of more than five billion in US dollars that he cofounded. His track record includes twenty years in the computer industry in a variety of engineering, sales, marketing, and general management positions at Control Data, IBM, Scientific Data Systems, Univac, Systems Engineering Laboratories, and Harris Corporation. In 1979, he cofounded Gartner Inc. where he managed all operations from day one, grew recurring revenues to forty million (one hundred twenty million in current dollars) in six years, and established Gartner’s franchise as the global leader in strategic IT consulting services. In 1985, he cofounded a two hundred and fifty million-dollar venture-capital partnership in Southern California. From 1992 to 2004, he was a management consultant in San Jose. In 2004, he cofounded XSPRADA Corporation, where he was instrumental in the development of a new data algebra that put computer data management on a firm mathematical footing for the first time. He received a BS degree with distinction in Mathematics and Physics and did graduate work in Mathematics at the University of Minnesota Institute of Technology.