Tom Harper
NEON Enterprise Software


Biographical Sketch:
Pretty much a fossil at this point. Laid down my first line of code in 1960, fifty-two years ago...graduated with a BS in Mathematics from UC Davis, worked twelve years with the State of California, helped start BMC Software for twelve years, worked at Neon Enterprise Software for seventeen years, back at BMC Software now. Hold eleven US software patents and have written products that have sold over $1Bn. Two of my six children, Kristine and Warren, are in the mainframe software business, have been a SHARE volunteer for thirty-one years, have served on the SHARE BOD, Program Manager, etc.