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Piscopo, Joseph A.,. An inverview with Joseph Piscopo, 3 May 2002 / conducted by Thomas Haigh.

Title: An inverview with Joseph Piscopo, 3 May 2002 / conducted by Thomas Haigh.

After attending the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, Joseph A. Piscopo founded Pansophic Systems in 1969 and led it until his retirement in 1987. Pansophic grew rapidly during the 1970s, as its Panvalet source code management system and Easytrieve report generation software ranked among the industry's most successful products. Piscopo discusses his background as a data processing manager, the founding of Pansophic, the development of Panvalet and the acquisition of Easytrieve. Considerable attention is paid to the strategic elements of Pansophic's growth: customer relations, international expansion, product development, staffing, market position, and stock market offerings. At the conclusion of the interview, Piscopo explains the circumstances behind the firm's stumble in the late 1980s and acquisition by Computer Associates in 1991. He also deals briefly with his subsequent career as an "angel" investor in technology firms. This oral history was sponsored by the Software History Center in conjunction with the Center's ADAPSO reunion (3 May 2002).

ArchivalResource: Sound cassettes : 3 (60 min.) : analog, mono.Transcript : 24 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62702376 View

Welke, Lawrence,. An inverview with Lawrence Welke, 3 May 2002 / conducted by Thomas Haigh.

Title: An inverview with Lawrence Welke, 3 May 2002 / conducted by Thomas Haigh.

Lawrence Welke played a critical role in helping to define and advance the early software industry through publishing ICP (International Computer Programs) Quarterly, a subscription-driven catalog of software products that soon evolved into an advertising-driven software directory. Welke discusses his early work at IBM and in the banking industry, and how these experiences led him to form ICP. He reflects on advertising and marketing in the early software services and products industries, and the evolution of these trades in the mini and microcomputing eras. He also details the growth of ADAPSO and its significance to the software industry's development. He concludes with remarks on societal impacts and the future potential of computing technology. This oral history was sponsored by the Software History Center in conjunction with the Center's ADAPSO reunion (3 May 2002).

ArchivalResource: Sound cassettes : 2 (60 min.) : analog, mono.Transcript : 24 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63319129 View

Schachter, Oscar, 1915-2003,. An interview with Oscar Schachter, 2004 May 7 / conducted by Thomas Haigh.

Title: An interview with Oscar Schachter, 2004 May 7 / conducted by Thomas Haigh.

After getting his law degree from Harvard, Oscar Schachter worked on international licensing agreements for a small law firm before going to work for Charles Lecht, the founder of ACT, an early professional services firm. Oscar describes Lecht's flamboyant personality and some of the unusual projects which ACT performed. ACT had an extensive logistics contract in Iran and Oscar tells about running this project in the Middle East. He talks about ACT's attempts to diversify and then its gradual business decline. He describes running Creative Socio-Medics and then returning to the general practice of law. Finally, he discusses his extensive activities within ADAPSO.

ArchivalResource: Sound cassettes : 2 (110, 60 min.) : analog, mono.Transcript : 27 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/68568693 View