Donald Ferguson
Synopsys Fellow, VP of Physical AI Platform and Solutions at Synopsys, Inc.; Adjunct Professor in Computer Science, Columbia University
- Role
- Ansys Fellow, Chief Sw Architect, Gm Cloud, Solutions, Ai and Developer Enablement Business Unit at Ansys
- Location
- South Salem, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Donald Ferguson
Ansys Fellow and Chief Architect at Ansys, Inc. Additionally, VP and General Manager for Cloud, AI, Solutions and Developer Enablement Unit. Overall responsibility for SW architecture and technical implementation of Ansys products. Additionally, leading a 300+ person product development team building cloud, AI and advanced technology products.Currently also an Adjunct Professor in Computer Science at Columbia University. More than 15 years experience teaching advanced Computer Science classes, primarily in database systems and cloud platforms/applications.More than 40 years experience as a CTO and chief architect in software engineering at startups (seeka.tv) and large software companies (Ansys, IBM, Microsoft, CA Technologies, Dell, Ansys). Primarily focused on large, distributed, cloud software systems, AI, applications and security.
Experience
Ansys Fellow, Chief Sw Architect, Gm Cloud, Solutions, Ai and Developer Enablement Business Unit
Oct 2018 — Present
Education
Columbia University
Bachelor of Arts (BA), MS, Ph.D., Computer Science
1978 — 1989
Skills
- Agile Methodologies
- Software Engineering
- Enterprise Software
- Enterprise Architecture
- Saas
- Software Development
- Unix
- Big Data
- Integration
- Project Portfolio Management
- System Architecture
- Leadership
- Architectures
- Websphere
- Soa
- Virtualization
- Distributed Systems
- Web Services
- Solution Architecture
- IT Strategy
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