Dr. Douglas C. EngelbartDoug Engelbart, Bootstrap Institute founder and Director, has an unparalleled 30-year track record in predicting, designing, and implementing the future of organizational computing. Products spawned from his legendary work have proven to be highly applicable, inspiring a whole new, highly lucrative industry.
Well-known firsts include the mouse, display editing, windows, cross-file editing, outline processing, hypermedia, and groupware. Integrated proto-types were in full operation under the NLS system as early as 1968. In the last decade of its continued evolution, thousands of users have benefited from its unique team support capabilities.
After 20 years directing his own lab at SRI, and 11 years as senior scientist, first at Tymshare, and then at McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Engelbart founded the Bootstrap Institute, where he is working closely with industry and government stakeholders to launch a collaborative implementation of his work.
Engelbart has received numerous awards for outstanding lifetime achievement and ingenuity. His life's work, with his "big-picture" vision and persistent pioneering breakthroughs, has made a significant impact on the past, present, and future of personal, interpersonal, and organizational computing.
Christina EngelbartChristina Engelbart has a background in cultural anthropology, technology transfer, hypermedia-groupware systems, and retail systems. After 4 years working as an NLS/Augment account manager, and 5 years building and managing a Silicon Valley start-up, Ms. Engelbart joined her father as co-founder and Associate Director of BI.
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