Daniel Singer Bricklin (born on July 16, 1951) is an American businessman and engineer who is the co-creator, with Bob Frankston, of the VisiCalc spreadsheet program.
He earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1973, where he was a resident of Bexley Hall. Upon graduating from MIT, Bricklin worked for Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) where he was part of the team that worked on WPS-8 until 1976, when he began working for FasFax, a cash register manufacturer.
He earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1973, where he was a resident of Bexley Hall. Upon graduating from MIT, Bricklin worked for Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) where he was part of the team that worked on WPS-8 until 1976, when he began working for FasFax, a cash register manufacturer.
In 1977, he returned to education, and was awarded a Master of Business Administration from Harvard University in 1979. While a student at Harvard Business School, Bricklin co-developed VisiCalc in 1979, making it the first electronic spreadsheet readily available for home and office use.
In 1977, he returned to education, and was awarded a Master of Business Administration from Harvard University in 1979. While a student at Harvard Business School, Bricklin co-developed VisiCalc in 1979, making it the first electronic spreadsheet readily available for home and office use.
This could turn 20 hours of work into 15 minutes and allowed for more creativity. ==Career== ===Software Arts=== In 1979, Bricklin and Frankston founded Software Arts, Inc., and began selling VisiCalc, via a separate company named VisiCorp.
Personal Computer." Bricklin was awarded the Grace Murray Hopper Award in 1981 for VisiCalc.
Bricklin could not patent VisiCalc, since software programs were not eligible for patent protection at the time. Bricklin was chairman of Software Arts until 1985, the year that Software Arts was acquired by Lotus.
He left and founded Software Garden. ===Software Garden=== Dan Bricklin founded Software Garden, a small consulting firm and developer of software applications, in 1985.
He remained the president of the company until he co-founded Slate Corporation in 1990.
In 1992, he became the vice president of Phoenix-based Slate corporation, and developed At Hand, a pen-based spreadsheet.
He currently serves as the chief technology officer of Alpha Software. His book, Bricklin on Technology, was published by Wiley in May 2009.
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