Donna auguste freshwater software

President and ceo donna auguste founded freshwater software inc in 1996 to bring to market tools that would help companies maintain control over evolving internetintranet environments. Prior to her tenure at apple, she conducted research into artificial intelligence at carnegiemellon university, where she earned a masters. Donna auguste is president and ceo of freshwater software, a company that develops web management tools. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover donnas. She also founded and was the chief executive officer of freshwater software from 1996 to 2001. Black women and success kindle edition by chambers, veronica, karen grisby bates. This is the homepage of donna augustine, where youll find romance, magic, and a little apocalyptic fun. Tech pioneer talks about engaging kids in economic. Auguste finds justice in long fight to free her nephew.

Four of the five freshwater cofounders will remain, while president and ceo donna auguste will leave to pursue philanthropic interests. Tech pioneer talks about engaging kids in economic future. Donna auguste, cofounder of freshwater software in boulder and alpha and omega inc. Black and african americans form the third largest racial and ethnic group in the united states behind white americans and hispanic and latino americans. While working at apple computer, she led a product team that was awarded three patents for work on the apple newton personal digital assistant, a forerunner to the palm pilot.

Prior to freshwater software, she was a senior engineering manager at. She has a ba in electrical engineering and computer science from the university of california, berkeley, and has completed graduate studies in computer science at carnegie mellon university. Donna auguste, software development, artificial intelligence. Donna auguste is an africanamerican businesswoman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Every month, black enterprise delivers timely, useful information on careers, small business and personal finance. Having it all black women and success kindle edition by. This is a list of african americans, also known as black americans or afroamericans. In 2001, she sold freshwater software to mercury interactive corp.

Donna auguste cofounder, president, and ceo, freshwater software inc. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Prior to freshwater software, she was a senior engineering manager at apple computer who helped to coordinate the development of the newton personal. Prior to founding freshwater auguste was senior director for us west advanced technologies where she built and led. Auguste is the founder and ceo of freshwater software, inc. May 21, 2019 donna auguste founded freshwater software, inc. As founder and ceo of freshwater software, she sold the. Four of the five cofounders are expected to remain with the company as well as current employees. Dealipedia mercury interactive acquires freshwater software. Donna auguste, the current president and ceo of freshwater software, will leave the company after a short transition period to pursue philanthropic interests. She went on to found the leave a little room foundation, llc, a philanthropic organization that helps to provide housing, electricity, and vaccinations to poor. Donna auguste, 41 cofounder, ceo, freshwater software, boulder, colo.

The first member of her family to graduate from college, donna auguste, 42, developed her passion for science and technology at an early age. Seven groundbreaking black women in stem the johns hopkins. Donna auguste marie, 61 oceanside, ca background report. As ebusiness grew, so did demand for freshwaters troubleshooting software products. Freshwater software grew rapidly from a tiny startup into a nationally recognized multimilliondollar software provider which boasted fortune 500 clients such as alta vista, ibm, microsoft, and merrill lynch. Donna auguste, atlas phd student, is the first person at cu boulder in roughly a decade to receive the prestigious eminent engineer designation from the nations oldest engineering honor society, tau beta pi. Death isnt as black and white as they say, at least not for me. Donna auguste africanamerican businesswomanentrepreneur. As ebusiness grew, so did demand for freshwater s troubleshooting software products. Mar 01, 2001 donna auguste, 41 cofounder, ceo, freshwater software, boulder, colo. View donna auguste, phds profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community.

Donna auguste is a business woman, entrepreneur, inventor, and philanthropist. An interview with donna auguste founder, leave a little room foundation. Donna auguste, who ran the software organization, and john meier, a software engineer, cofounded freshwater software in boulder. While working as a senior engineering manager at apple computer, she received a patent for the newton personal digital assistant pda. To make a way out of no way national catholic register.

Prior to freshwater software she was a senior engineering manager at apple computer who helped to coordinate the development of the newton personal digital assistant. A software engineer by training, auguste is one of handful of africanamerican women to rise to the top of their professions. Oct, 2019 freshwater software grew rapidly from a tiny startup into a nationally recognized multimilliondollar software provider which boasted fortune 500 clients such as alta vista, ibm, microsoft, and merrill lynch. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover donna s.

Women of all races will see themselves reflected in chambers subjectsthey may also be fascinated by the differences. Auguste was the first africanamerican woman to enter the doctoral program in computer science at carnegie mellon. Donna auguste is an engineer, computer scientist, and founder. Having it all black women and success kindle edition. Donna auguste born 1958 is an africanamerican businesswoman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Mercury interactive expands offering with us acquisition. In the past, donna has also been known as donna marie auguste, donna m auguste, donna m augusta and donna m anguste. Jul 14, 2017 donna auguste, cofounder of freshwater software in boulder and alpha and omega inc. Two software engineers, michael tibbott and peter alley went to hollywood as cto and vp of engineering for liveplanet, ben affleck and matt damons startup. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading having it all. Donna auguste was a leading engineer for apple computer, inc. Alton abraham, former social entrepreneur and business manager for sun ra.

She went on to found the leave a little room foundation, llc, a philanthropic organization that helps to provide housing, electricity, and vaccinations to poor communities around the world. In 2001 she sold freshwater software to mercury interactive corp. Bailey, business owner and inventor tyra banks, television personality, former model lavar ball, owner of the big baller brand sports apparel christiana carteaux bannister, hairdressing business asap bari, co. Auguste was inducted into cu boulders chapter on october. In 1996, she founded freshwater software, a company that provided software solutions for monitoring webbased applications. Other products offered by the company include footprints, remedyforce and controlsa. Prior to freshwater software, she was a senior engineering manager at apple computer who helped to coordinate the development of the newton personal digital assistant. Donna auguste creator of freshwater software, a multimilliondollar technology organization, and leave a little room foundation, a group that works to deliver essential services like housing and vaccinations to highneed communities, auguste has been active in engineering and philanthropy for years. Wally amos, founder of the famous amos chocolate chip cookie brand. I was in disbelief that it was a serious matter, recalled aunt donna auguste, a computer engineer who helped raise her nephew. Donna auguste, former founder of freshwater software.

Freshwater software buyer mercury now in deep water denver. She led an engineering team at apple to develop the newton personal digital assistant ipod predecessor. Freshwater software buyer mercury now in deep water. Seven groundbreaking black women in stem the johns. Prior to founding freshwater auguste was senior director for us west advanced technologies where she built and led an engineering team developing the architecture. Prior to freshwater software, she was a senior engineering manager at apple computer who helped to coordinate the development of the newton personal digital assistant pda. She was the founder and chief executive officer ceo of freshwater software from 1996 to 2001. Donna auguste was born in texas but relocated to louisiana and then to berkeley, california. Prior to freshwater software, she was a senior engineering. Benjamin crump to represent family of stephon clark vibe. This book is a muchneeded contribution to the conversation we all havewith our friends, sisters, mothers, daughtersabout how, as a woman, to lead a. Donna auguste, freshwater president, said, freshwater is excited to provide global monitoring and management solutions to epresence customers, as both our organizations understand the importance of reliable customer service in the ebusiness age. Mar 01, 2001 donna auguste cofounder, president, and ceo, freshwater software inc.

Auguste of leave a little room foundation honored by. Interview with donna auguste national center for women. Donna auguste software engineering, artificial intelligence cofounder of freshwater software, inc. Freshwater built some of the first sophisticated websitemonitoring software tools, and five years after its founding, it was acquired in 2001 by mercury interactive corp. She was the founder and chief executive officer of freshwater software from 1996 to 2001.

Mar 23, 2018 auguste went on to found freshwater software inc. Auguste, president, ceo and founder of leave a little room foundation, said, for more than 16 years, the colorado black chamber of commerce has created opportunities for african american. Jun 26, 2007 an interview with donna auguste founder, leave a little room foundation. Mercury interactive takes a gulp of freshwater enterprise. Donna auguste, atlas phd student, is the first person at cu. Mar 10, 2018 in 1996, she founded freshwater software, a company that provided software solutions for monitoring webbased applications. Donna auguste honored by tau beta pi with eminent engineer title. Feb 24, 2018 donna auguste is an africanamerican businesswoman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Jul 17, 2006 freshwater software buyer mercury now in deep water.

Freshwater software was later purchased by mercury interactive corp. Donna auguste one of the most wellknown of these products, the newton personal digital assistant, owes its development to donna auguste, a former senior engineering manager at apple auguste holds various patents related to her work on the newton. Donna auguste, phd founder and ceo auguste research group. Donna auguste honored by tau beta pi with eminent engineer. The joint property consists of the main residence at 4735 montview blvd. Oct 22, 2018 donna auguste, atlas phd student, is the first person at cu boulder in roughly a decade to receive the prestigious eminent engineer designation from the nations oldest engineering honor society, tau beta pi. She also cofounded an internet startup company freshwater. Control m is a type of workload automation software designed by bmc software. Upon retiring after the sale of freshwater software, auguste founded the leave a. She went on to found the leave a little room foundation, llc.

232 1413 952 1191 1099 927 1023 144 1197 1431 1238 325 293 1127 1392 36 1085 1022 190 1186 713 1114 95 1015 299 2 1320 620 1091 752 110