Kenneth Harry Olsen

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Kenneth Harry Olsen was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and longtime president of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), a pioneering company in the minicomputer industry.

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instanceOf entrepreneur
human
associatedWith PDP series of minicomputers NERFINISHED
VAX computer systems NERFINISHED
businessDomain computer systems engineering
minicomputer manufacturing
coFounded Digital Equipment Corporation NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt MIT NERFINISHED
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
employer Digital Equipment Corporation NERFINISHED
familyName Olsen NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork computer hardware
computer industry
minicomputers
fullName Kenneth Harry Olsen NERFINISHED
givenName Kenneth NERFINISHED
hasBusinessPartner Digital Equipment Corporation co-founders
hasEmployer Digital Equipment Corporation NERFINISHED
industry computer hardware industry
information technology
influenced development of networked computer systems
evolution of midrange computing
knownFor co-founding Digital Equipment Corporation
leadership in the minicomputer industry
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American business leaders in technology sector
nationality American
notableAchievement building DEC into one of the largest computer companies of the 20th century
helping popularize time-sharing and interactive computing models
notableIdea affordable computing for organizations via minicomputers
notableRole pioneer of interactive computing
notableWork development and commercialization of minicomputers at DEC
occupation businessperson
computer engineer
electrical engineer
entrepreneur
partOf history of computing
history of the minicomputer industry
positionHeld chief executive of Digital Equipment Corporation
president of Digital Equipment Corporation
sexOrGender male
workLocation Massachusetts NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States

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Ken Olsen fullName Kenneth Harry Olsen