Donald Brown

About Donald Brown

Don is one of the most successful serial software entrepreneurs in the Midwest. His first company was acquired by EDS in 1986. He founded Software Artistry in 1988 which became the first software company in Indiana ever to go public and was later acquired by IBM for $200 million. Don then founded and served as CEO of Interactive Intelligence which went public in and was acquired by Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories in 2016 for $1.4 billion. He is also an active technology and business advisor, investor, and philanthropist. In 2016, Don donated $30 million for the establishment of the Brown Immunotherapy Center at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Don received a bachelor’s in physics from Indiana University in 1978, a master’s in computer science from IU in 1982, an MD from the Indiana University School of Medicine in 1985, and a master’s in biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University in 2017. Don is an avid outdoorsman who loves hiking, rock climbing, skiing, and snowshoeing with his eight children – especially in and around Park City, Utah. He was named Sagamore of the Wabash by Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels in 2012. Don is the author of Understanding Life published in 2022.

Experience

1. CEO

   Lifeomic

   Nov 2016 — Present

Education

• Indiana University Bloomington

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Physics

  1974 — 1978

• Indiana University Bloomington

  Master of Science (MS), Computer Science

  1980 — 1983

• The Johns Hopkins University

  Master of Science (MS), Biotechnology

  2013 — 2017

• Indiana University School of Medicine

  Doctor of Medicine (MD)

  1979 — 1985