Alfred Spector

Alfred Spector Alfred has a account Technical Advisor New York, New York, United States 500+ connections Experience Two Sigma Company NameTwo Sigma Total Duration5 yrs TitleTechnical Advisor Dates EmployedJul 2020 – Sep 2020 Employment Duration3 mos LocationNew York, United States TitleChief Technology Officer and Head of Engineering Full-time Dates EmployedOct 2015 – Jun 2020 Employment Duration4 yrs 9 mos LocationGreater New York City Area Google Vice President, Research and Special Initiatives Company NameGoogle Dates EmployedNov 2007 – Feb 2015 Employment Duration7 yrs 4 mos LocationGreater New York City Area IBM Vice President, Strategy & Technology (CTO) Company NameIBM Dates EmployedAug 1998 – May 2005 Employment Duration6 yrs 10 mos LocationGreater New York City Area I had various roles during my tenure at IBM, beginning as a software executive. I was then vice president of global software and services research before becoming vice president of strategy and technology within IBM's Software Group. Transarc Corp Founder, Chairman, and CEO Company NameTransarc Corp Dates EmployedMay 1989 – Jun 1996 Employment Duration7 yrs 2 mos LocationGreater Pittsburgh Area I co-founded Transarc Corporation to build distributed transaction processing and wide area file systems software. We commercialized the Andrew File System that we developed at CMU. Transarc was acquired by IBM in 1994. Carnegie Mellon University Professor of Computer Science, and Director, Information Technology Center Company NameCarnegie Mellon University Dates EmployedSep 1981 – May 1989 Employment Duration7 yrs 9 mos LocationGreater Pittsburgh Area In my time at Carnegie Mellon I was also Associate Professor of Computer Science with Tenure from 1987 through 1989 and Assistant Professor from 1981 to 1987. I directed the ITC from 1988-1989. Education Stanford University Stanford University Degree NameDoctor of Philosophy - PhDField Of StudyComputer Science Dates attended or expected graduation1977 – 1981 Activities and Societies: Hertz Fellow Dissertation: Multiprocessor Architectures for Local Computer Networks; studied communication architectures for local network-based distributed systems. Harvard University Harvard University Degree NameBachelor of Arts - BAField Of StudyApplied MathematicsGradeMagna cum Laude Dates attended or expected graduation1973 – 1976 Undergraduate Thesis: The Efficiency Enhancement of PPL, a software project leading to a compiler for a previously interpretive-only, extensible language.