Death isnt as black and white as they say, at least not for me. Donna auguste is a business woman, entrepreneur, inventor, and philanthropist. I was in disbelief that it was a serious matter, recalled aunt donna auguste, a computer engineer who helped raise her nephew. Mar 23, 2018 auguste went on to found freshwater software inc. She was the founder and chief executive officer of freshwater software from 1996 to 2001.
Jun 26, 2007 an interview with donna auguste founder, leave a little room foundation. May 21, 2019 donna auguste founded 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. She led an engineering team at apple to develop the newton personal digital assistant ipod predecessor. In 1996, she founded freshwater software, a company that provided software solutions for monitoring webbased applications. Tech pioneer talks about engaging kids in economic future. Auguste finds justice in long fight to free her nephew. 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. The first member of her family to graduate from college, donna auguste, 42, developed her passion for science and technology at an early age. Freshwater software was later purchased by mercury interactive corp.
Every month, black enterprise delivers timely, useful information on careers, small business and personal finance. 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. Jul 14, 2017 donna auguste, cofounder of freshwater software in boulder and alpha and omega inc. In 2001 she sold freshwater software to mercury interactive corp. 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.
She also founded and was the chief executive officer of freshwater software from 1996 to 2001. Having it all black women and success kindle edition by. Benjamin crump to represent family of stephon clark vibe. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading having it all. To make a way out of no way national catholic register. Prior to her tenure at apple, she conducted research into artificial intelligence at carnegiemellon university, where she earned a masters. Dealipedia mercury interactive acquires freshwater software. Auguste is the founder and ceo of freshwater software, inc. Women of all races will see themselves reflected in chambers subjectsthey may also be fascinated by the differences. Donna auguste was born in texas but relocated to louisiana and then to berkeley, california. Donna auguste honored by tau beta pi with eminent engineer. Control m is a type of workload automation software designed by bmc software. She also cofounded an internet startup company freshwater. Prior to freshwater software, she was a senior engineering manager at.
Donna auguste africanamerican businesswomanentrepreneur. And this victory goes far beyond cofounding and leading the successful boulderbased freshwater software company, which. 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. As ebusiness grew, so did demand for freshwater s troubleshooting software products. Donna auguste is an africanamerican businesswoman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Auguste was inducted into cu boulders chapter on october. After auguste successfully negotiated the sale of freshwater software in 2001. Donna auguste honored by tau beta pi with eminent engineer title. View donna auguste, phds profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. She went on to found the leave a little room foundation, llc. Donna auguste, the current president and ceo of freshwater software, will leave the company after a short transition period to pursue philanthropic interests. Donna auguste, atlas phd student, is the first person at cu. Donna auguste, 41 cofounder, ceo, freshwater software, boulder, colo.
Donna auguste is an africanamerican businesswoman and philanthropist. Feb 24, 2018 donna auguste is an africanamerican businesswoman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Donna auguste was a leading engineer for apple computer, 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. 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. Having it all black women and success kindle edition. Mar 01, 2001 donna auguste cofounder, president, and ceo, freshwater software inc. In the past, donna has also been known as donna marie auguste, donna m auguste, donna m augusta and donna m anguste. 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. African americans an ethnic group and citizens of the united states who have full or partial ancestry of any black racial groups of africa. Donna auguste marie, 61 oceanside, ca background report. Four of the five freshwater cofounders will remain, while president and ceo donna auguste will leave to pursue philanthropic interests. She was the founder and chief executive officer ceo of freshwater software from 1996 to 2001. Donna auguste software engineering, artificial intelligence cofounder of freshwater software, inc.
Mar 01, 2001 donna auguste, 41 cofounder, ceo, freshwater software, boulder, colo. This is a list of african americans, also known as black americans or afroamericans. Donna auguste, former founder of freshwater software. Jul 17, 2006 freshwater software buyer mercury now in deep water. In 2001, she sold freshwater software to mercury interactive corp. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover donna s. Mercury interactive takes a gulp of freshwater enterprise. 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 apple computer who helped to coordinate the development of the newton personal. This is the homepage of donna augustine, where youll find romance, magic, and a little apocalyptic fun. Black women and success kindle edition by chambers, veronica, karen grisby bates. Upon retiring after the sale of freshwater software, auguste founded the leave a.
Donna auguste, software development, artificial intelligence. As founder and ceo of freshwater software, she sold the. Donna auguste, phd founder and ceo auguste research. Prior to freshwater software, she was a senior engineering. Donna auguste, phd founder and ceo auguste research group. 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. Prior to founding freshwater auguste was senior director for us west advanced technologies where she built and led an engineering team developing the architecture for interactive television applications for us wests fiber optic broadband network. Freshwater software buyer mercury now in deep water. Mar 10, 2018 in 1996, she founded freshwater software, a company that provided software solutions for monitoring webbased applications. Black enterprise is the ultimate source for wealth creation for african american professionals, entrepreneurs and corporate executives. Prior to founding freshwater auguste was senior director for us west advanced technologies where she built and led.
Auguste was the first africanamerican woman to enter the doctoral program in computer science at carnegie mellon. 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. Other products offered by the company include footprints, remedyforce and controlsa. She and her 3 sisters were raised by their single mother. Four of the five cofounders are expected to remain with the company as well as current employees. As ebusiness grew, so did demand for freshwaters troubleshooting software products. James andrews, former senior director at columbia records. Donna auguste is an engineer, computer scientist, and founder. 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. 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. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover donnas. Prior to founding freshwater auguste was senior director for us west advanced technologies where she built and led an engineering team developing the architecture. Donna auguste is 61 years old and was born on 09111958. Donna auguste, who ran the software organization, and john meier, a software engineer, cofounded freshwater software in boulder.
Donna auguste is president and ceo of freshwater software, a company that develops web management tools. Interview with donna auguste national center for women. 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. 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.
A software engineer by training, auguste is one of handful of africanamerican women to rise to the top of their professions. 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. 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. 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. Donna auguste, former founder of freshwater software leonard c. While working as a senior engineering manager at apple computer, she received a patent for the newton personal digital assistant pda. Auguste of leave a little room foundation honored by. 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. Mercury interactive expands offering with us acquisition.
An interview with donna auguste founder, leave a little room foundation. Donna auguste, cofounder of freshwater software in boulder and alpha and omega inc. The joint property consists of the main residence at 4735 montview blvd. Wally amos, founder of the famous amos chocolate chip cookie brand. Tech pioneer talks about engaging kids in economic. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Seven groundbreaking black women in stem the johns. Black and african americans form the third largest racial and ethnic group in the united states behind white americans and hispanic and latino americans. Freshwater software buyer mercury now in deep water denver. 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 cofounder, president, and ceo, freshwater software inc. Donna auguste born 1958 is an africanamerican businesswoman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Alton abraham, former social entrepreneur and business manager for sun ra.
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