Dan Bricklin of Trellix and Bob Frankston To Receive Engineering's Prestigious Washington Award.Business/Technology Editors CONCORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2001 VisiCalc Marked Start of Bricklin's Life-Long Commitment to Developing Usable and Life-Changing Technologies for the Masses Trellix Corp's Founder and Chief Technology Officer Dan Bricklin Daniel S. Bricklin (born 16 July 1951) is the co-creator, with Bob Frankston, of the VisiCalc spreadsheet program. He also founded Software Garden, Inc., of which he is currently president, and Trellix Corporation, which is currently owned by Web.com. , along with co-inventor Bob Frankston Robert (Bob) M. Frankston (born June 14, 1949 in Brooklyn New York) is the co-creator with Dan Bricklin of the VisiCalc spreadsheet program and the co-founder of Software Arts, the company that developed it. , will join the likes of President Herbert Hoover, Orville Wright, Henry Ford and Neil Armstrong on February 22, when they receive engineering's prestigious Washington Award The Washington Award is an American engineering award. Since 1916 it has been given annually for "accomplishments which promote the happiness, comfort, and well-being of humanity". , for developing the first electronic spreadsheet, VisiCalc. The Washington Award was founded in 1916 and is given to engineers whose professional attainments have preeminently advanced the welfare of humankind. The Western Society of Engineers presents the Award on behalf of a number of leading engineering organizations, including the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Not to be confused with the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE). The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE (pronounced as eye-triple-e (IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. ) and the National Society of Professional Engineers The National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) is a professional engineering organization in the United States. From their press releases: . The Award is being presented on Thursday evening, February 22, at a black tie banquet held at the Union League Club in Chicago. Bricklin has devoted much of his career to bringing easy to use, useful technologies to millions. In addition to co-developing VisiCalc, Bricklin helped develop one of the first word processing systems in the mid 1970s; programmed the most popular prototyping tool of the MSDOS MSDOS Microsoft Disk Operating System world; and helped introduce the capabilities of electronic ink on pen computers. Currently in his role as CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. of Trellix, Bricklin is again developing revolutionary, life-changing technology - in this case browser-based web site publishing software - for millions. Trellix' software, available through leading destination sites like About, iVillage, Terra Lycos and ZDNet, enables individuals and small businesses to create rich, multi-page web sites. "I'm honored and humbled to receive this year's Washington Award with my friend and colleague, Bob Frankston," said Bricklin. "My passion in life is developing useful technologies that are highly usable so that they have a direct and substantial impact on people's daily The People's Daily (Chinese: 人民日报; Pinyin: Rénmín Rìbào), a daily newspaper, is the organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, published worldwide lives. I realized the true impact the spreadsheet was having when it entered into people's everyday routine. As I look ahead, I'm excited that the web site publishing technologies we're working on at Trellix have a similar opportunity to transform the way people communicate everything from the passionate to the mundane." About Trellix Trellix Corp. is the leading private-label provider of web site publishing software and management services for top consumer destination sites and small business providers. As a key infrastructure provider, Trellix enables premier sites like About, Inc., BizLand, iVillage, Terra Lycos' Tripod, and ZDNet to increase user acquisition and retention, revenue and brand affinity, while containing costs. As web site publishing emerges as the next form of mass communication on the Internet, Trellix provides the richest, most technologically superior, most customizable and easiest to use tools and services available. Massachusetts-based Trellix is privately held, with world-class investors. For more information visit http://www.trellix.com. Trellix is a registered trademark of Trellix Corporation. |
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