Adam Kolawa

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name = Adam Kolawa

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Adam Kolawa (born June 25, 1957) is CEO and co-founder of Parasoft, a software company in Monrovia, CA that makes software development tools. Recognized by eWeek as one of the 100 Most Influential People in IT, Kolawa has co-authored two books on software development and published articles in The Wall Street Journal, Computerworld, and Dr. Dobb's Journal.

History

Kolawa received a M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Academy of Mining and Metallurgy, Krakow Poland in 1981 and a M.Sc. in Physics from Jagellonian University, Krakow, Poland in 1982." [http://www.socaltech.com/interview__adam_kolawa__parasoft/s-0000180.html Interview: Adam Kolawa, Parasoft] " in socaltech.com, February 9, 2004] After Kolawa emigrated from Poland to the United States, he earned a Ph.D in Theoretical Physics from the California Institute of Technology. While at Caltech, he worked with Geoffrey Fox and helped design and implement the Intel hypercube parallel computer. [“The Implementation of a Dynamic Load Balancer.” Kolawa, A. with G. Fox and R. Williams. In Hypercube Multiprocessors, M. T. Heath, editor. SIAM, Philadelphia, 114-121. 1987. Caltech Report C3P-328] [“Performance of' the Mark II and INTEL Hypercubes.” Kolawa, A. with S. Otto, published in Hypercube Multiprocessors, edited by T. Heath, SIAM, 272. 1986. Caltech report C3P-254]

In 1987, he founded Parasoft with four friends from Caltech. Initially, the company focused on parallel processing technologies. [" [http://www.netlib.org/utk/lsi/pcwLSI/text/node69.html Express] "] Kolawa transitioned the company from a parallel processing system producer, to a software development tool producer, to a provider of automated solutions and infrastructure services that improve software quality and the development process. He has co-authored two books on software development and written or contributed to articles in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, [Kolawa, A., “ Outsourcing Is Not the Enemy”, Wall Street Journal, February 24, 2004] CIO [" [http://www.cio.com/article/31292/Developing_Bug_Free_Software Developing Bug-Free Software] " by Adam Kolawa, CIO, August 15, 2002] , ComputerWorld [" [http://www.computerworld.com/printthis/2003/0,4814,83735,00.html Why Aren't We Doing More to Prevent Errors?] " by Adam Kolawa, Computerworld, August 6, 2003] , and Dr. Dobb's Journal. [" [http://www.ddj.com/architect/184405556 Communicating With Software-Development Managers] " by Adam Kolawa, Dr. Dobb's Journal, February 1, 2004 ] In 2007, eWeek recognized Kolawa as one of the 100 Most Influential People in IT. [" [http://www.eweek.com/slideshow_viewer/0,1205,l=&s=26705&a=203045&po=19,00.asp Top 100 Most Influential People in IT] " in eWeek ] In 2001, Kolawa was awarded the Los Angeles Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Software category. [" [http://www.thefreelibrary.com/ENTREPRENEUR+OF+THE+YEAR-a076144683 Entrepreneur of the Year] " Los Angeles Business Journal June 18, 2001 ]

Kolawa has been granted 15 patents for software technologies he has invented. His patents include runtime memory error detection technology (Patent 5,842,019 and 5,581,696 - granted in 1998), statically analyzing source code quality using rules (Patent 5,860,011 - granted in 1999), and automated unit test case generation technology (Patent 5,761,408 and 5,784,553 - granted in 1998). [ [http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=0&f=S&l=50&TERM1=kolawa%2C+adam&FIELD1=INNM&co1=AND&TERM2=&FIELD2=&d=PTXT Patent search for Kolawa, Adam] at www.uspto.gov]

Publications

Books

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Selected Articles

*" [http://www.stpmag.com/issues/stp-2008-01.pdf#page=37 Want to Automate Regression Testing? Get Development and QA in Sync] " STP, January, 2008
*" [http://www.ddj.com/architect/202802988 Software Development: Then and Now] " DDJ, December 2007
*" [http://soa.sys-con.com/read/219090.htm SOA Best Practices: Four Steps to Securing Your Web Services] " SOA World, April 17, 2007
* " [http://www.ecnmag.com/article.aspx?id=139503 Strategies for overlapping the development of embedded systems software and hardware] " ECN, April 9, 2007
* " [http://www.sdtimes.com/article/column-20070301-01.html Security as a Requirements Issue] " SD Times, March 1, 2007
* " [http://www.dmreview.com/dmdirect/20060602/1055720-1.html BPEL in a Service-Oriented Architecture] " DM Review, June 2006
* " [http://webservices.sys-con.com/read/164547.htm Choosing the Best Testing Tools to Increase Project Productivity] " SOA World December 27, 2005
* " [http://www.stpmag.com/issues/stp-2005-11.pdf#page=35 Hold the Line Against Application Attacks"] Software Test and Performance November, 2005
* " [http://sys-con.com/read/99704_1.htm Java Application Security in the Corporate World] " JDJ, June 13, 2005
* " [http://www.ddj.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=184415174 Prevention's The Cure] " Software Development, August 1, 2004

References

External links

* [http://www.parasoft.com/jsp/products/article.jsp?label=Biographies&itemId=266 Parasoft Executive Biographies]
* [http://java.sys-con.com/read/43948.htm Exclusive JDJ Industry Profile: Dr Adam Kolawa, CEO, Parasoft]
* [http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid92_gci1283763,00.html Parasoft's Adam Kolawa: Software quality is a continuous process]
* [http://webservices.sys-con.com/read/473911.htm Unlocking the Power of Automation: Exclusive Q&A with Dr Adam Kolawa, Co-founder & CEO of Parasoft]

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