Philip Greenspun
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PhD, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 1993-01-01 - 1999-01-01
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Master of Science (SM), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 1991-01-01 - 1993-01-01
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1982, Mathematics 1979-01-01 - 1982-01-01Work Experience
Harvard Medical School
Current
Harvard Medical School
Patent Litigation Support
Current
Patent Litigation Support
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Current
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
East Coast Aero Club
2005-01-01 - 2021-01-01
East Coast Aero Club
photo.net
1993-09-01 - 2007-04-01
photo.net
ArsDigita
1997-01-01 - 2000-04-01
ArsDigita
MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
1991-01-01 - 1999-01-01
MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Hearst New Media
1995-01-01 - 1998-01-01
Hearst New Media
Symbolics
1983-01-01 - 1985-01-01
Symbolics
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
1982-01-01 - 1983-01-01
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Skills
Summary
From the top of my resume... Business experience: started six companies and buried three. As CEO, grew ArsDigita Corporation to $20 million annual revenue and $3 million in profit in two years with $10,000 in capital. Sold this open-source enterprise software company to a group of venture capitalists. Software product development experience: 20 years. The recurring themes in my software career have been computer-aided engineering and over-the-network collaboration tools. I started building Web applications in 1993. Pedagogy experience: Co-developed "Software Engineering for Internet Applications" with Hal Abelson at MIT; it has been a successful course at MIT and is being used by computer science departments at 10 other universities around the world. Co-authored the textbook, which is available free online or in hardcopy from MIT Press, for the class. Non-profit experience: Started ArsDigita Foundation in December 1998. The Foundation operated the ArsDigita Prize and ArsDigita University programs, with an annual budget of approximately $1.5 million. Photography experience: started photo.net in 1993, an online community for photographers with several hundred thousand members. Aviation experience: holder of Commercial pilot's certificate with instrument rating; has flown a Diamond Star from Boston to the west coast of Alaska, down to Baja California, and back. Am a beginner helicopter pilot. Education: three MIT degrees including a Ph.D. Goals: I'm basically retired but I enjoy helping friends with their new companies. You can learn more about me at http://philip.greenspun.com. Specialties: board-level advice to technology companies, recruiting and building teams of software engineers, software and system design, curriculum design, writing tutorial materials, teaching, taking pictures, flying airplanes, flying helicopters
