John Bates (technology executive)

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John Bates is a British computer scientist, and businessman. Since graduating with a PhD in computer science, he has started several technology companies in the UK.

Education[]

John Bates received his PhD in mobile and distributed computing (computer science) at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory in 1993.[1] His PhD advisor was Jean Bacon.

Career[]

Bates has been CTO of IONA Technologies Limited since December 2009 and its Executive Vice President since 2011. He serves as CEO of PLAT.ONE Inc. He has been the CEO of TestPlant Limited since February, 2017. He has been CTO of Terracotta, Inc. since October 2013. He was a member of the Technology Council at C5 Capital Ltd.[2][3]

Bates was co-founder, President and CTO of Apama, the pioneering streaming analytics company.[citation needed] He was the Chief Marketing Officer at Software AG (alternate name Software Aktiengesellschaft) from 2014 to 2015. He was CTO of Intelligent Business Operations & Big Data at Software AG since October, 2013.[citation needed] He served as Head of Industry Solutions at Software AG. He was an EVP of Progress Software Corp since 3 May 2011 and served as its Divisional General Manager.[citation needed] He was CTO of Progress Software Corp. from 2009 to 2013 and its Decision Analytics Business Line Leader from 2012 to 2013.[citation needed]

Earlier on, he was a lecturer and Fellow of St Catherine's College, Cambridge until 2000.[4] At Cambridge, he led several research projects, often in collaboration with industry, and designed and taught courses covering operating systems, distributed systems, software engineering and mobile computing.[citation needed]

Bates is an entrepreneur in the software industry, focusing on areas such as event-driven architectures, smart environments and business activity monitoring.[citation needed]

In 2011 Wall Street and Technology magazine named him as one of the "10 innovators of the decade".[5] In 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015, Institutional Investor named him in its "Tech 50" of disruptive technologists.[6][7][8][9]

Bates has published a book entitled Thingalytics: Smart Big Data for the Internet of Things.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "Department of Computer Science and Technology: PhD Theses". www.cl.cam.ac.uk.
  2. ^ "Thinkalytics - About The Author".
  3. ^ "Dr. John Bates, staff of Testplant Inc".
  4. ^ "Dr. John Bates - Insider". Business Insider.
  5. ^ "Top 10 Innovators of the Decade for Capital Markets, Wall Street & Technology, 2013".
  6. ^ "The Tech 50: The Difference Makers". Institutional Investor. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  7. ^ "The 2013 Tech 50: John Bates". Institutional Investor. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  8. ^ "The 2014 Tech 50: John Bates". Institutional Investor. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  9. ^ "The 2015 Tech 50: John Bates". Institutional Investor. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  10. ^ Suzanne Kattau (5 May 2015). "Smart Big Data Analytics for the Internet of Things". RTInsights.com.
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