Donald F. Ferguson
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| education = Columbia University (BA, MS, PhD)
| occupation = Professor, businessman
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| known_for = CTO for software of Dell
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Donald Ferguson (born 1960) is a Technical Fellow and Chief SW Architecthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/fergusondonald/ {{Self-published source|date=August 2022}} at Ansys, Inc. Before joining Ansys, Ferguson was a Professor of Professional Practice in Computer Science at Columbia University.{{cite web |url=https://ieor.columbia.edu/news/new-faculty-2018-19 |title=Columbia Engineering Adds 13 New Faculty in 2018 |date=30 August 2018 |publisher=Columbia University |access-date=11 May 2019}} Before joining Columbia in 2018, he was vice president and CTO for software at Dell. Previously he was CTO, Distinguished Engineer and Executive VP at CA, Inc., formerly known as Computer Associates.
Education
Ferguson graduated with a BA from Columbia University in 1982, a MS in 1984, and a PhD in computer science in 1989.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=October 2008|title=CCT Donors 2007-08|url=https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/archive/sep_oct08/features2|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914065951/https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/archive/sep_oct08/features2 |archive-date=2016-09-14 |access-date=August 19, 2020|website=Columbia College Today}} His thesis studied the application of economic models to the management of system resources in distributed systems.{{Cite web|title=Donald F. Ferguson joins department as Professor of Practice {{!}} Department of Computer Science, Columbia University|url=https://www.cs.columbia.edu/2018/donald-f-ferguson-joins-department-as-professor-of-practice/|access-date=2020-08-20|website=www.cs.columbia.edu}}
Career
=IBM=
From 1985 to 2007, Ferguson worked for IBM, being appointed IBM Fellow in 2001, and chief architect for IBM's Software Group (SWG). He provided overall technical leadership for IBM WebSphere, Tivoli Software, IBM DB2, Rational Software and Lotus Software products. He also chaired the SWG Architecture Board (SWG AB). The SWG AB focused on product integration, cross-product initiatives and emerging technology. Some of the public focus areas were web services, patterns, web 2.0 and business-driven development. Ferguson guided IBM's strategy and architecture for SOA and web services, and co-authored many of the initial web-service specifications.
Previously, he had been the chief architect for WebSphere and the WebSphere products, which provide support for dynamic web applications. Prior to transferring to IBM SWG, Ferguson was a research staff member at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center.
=Microsoft=
From 2007 to 2008, he worked at Microsoft as a technical fellow in platforms and strategy in the office of the CTO.{{cite web | last = Geelan | first = Jeremy | title = Microsoft Snags Don Ferguson, Former IBM Chief Architect – "Father of WebSphere" | publisher = dotNet Journal | date = January 15, 2007 | url = http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/323311.htm}}
=CA=
=Dell=
=Awards=
Ferguson received the 2013 Columbia School of Engineering and applied Science Alumni Association Egleston Medal for Distinguished Engineering Achievement.{{cite web|url=http://cuengineeringalumni.org/2013/04/23/ceaa-to-honor-two-alumni-with-egleston-medal/ |title=CEAA to Honor Two Alumni with Egleston Medal |accessdate= April 8, 2017 }}
=Ansys=
Ferguson focuses on product integration, additional of new capabilities and strategic initiatives.
Books
- Web Services Platform Architecture: SOAP, WSDL, WS-Policy, WS-Addressing, WS-BPEL, WS-Reliable Messaging, and More, Prentice Hall PTR, {{ISBN|0-13-148874-0}}, March 22, 2005
References
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External links
- [http://www.wwisa.org/wwisamain/referral/ferguson.htm WWISA]
- [http://websphere.sys-con.com/read/43095.htm Birth of a Platform]
- [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/arcjournal/bb491122.aspx The Architecture Journal]
- [https://archive.today/20051229215803/http://bpm2006.tuwien.ac.at/ BPM 2006 Keynotes]
- [http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/foa/TEAAWEB/index-Dateien/page0008.html Trends in Enterprise Application Architecture 2006]
- [http://icsoc.dit.unitn.it/# 2nd International Conference on Service Oriented Computing]
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Category:Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni
Category:Columbia College (New York) alumni
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