Adam Kazimierz Kolawa (June 25, 1957 – April 26, 2011) was CEO and co-founder of

Parasoft Parasoft (officially Parasoft Corporation) is an independent software vendor specializing in automated software testing and application security with headquarters in Monrovia, California. It was founded in 1987 by four graduates of the Californ ...

, a software company in Monrovia, CA that makes software development tools.

History

Kolawa received a M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the

AGH University of Science and Technology AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, (abbreviated as ''AGH UST'') is a public university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1913, its inauguration took place in 1919. The university focuses on innovation, innovative technologies, its ...

in 1981 and a M.Sc. in Physics from

Jagiellonian University The Jagiellonian University (Polish: ''Uniwersytet Jagielloński'', UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and the 13th oldest university in ...

in 1982.Interview: Adam Kolawa, Parasoft
in socaltech.com, February 9, 2004 After Kolawa emigrated from Poland to the United States, he earned a Ph.D in Theoretical Physics from the

California Institute of Technology The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech or CIT)The university itself only spells its short form as "Caltech"; the institution considers other spellings such a"Cal Tech" and "CalTech" incorrect. The institute is also occasional ...

. While at Caltech, he worked with Geoffrey Fox and helped design and implement the Intel hypercube

parallel computer Parallel computing is a type of computation in which many calculations or processes are carried out simultaneously. Large problems can often be divided into smaller ones, which can then be solved at the same time. There are several different for ...

known as the

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. In 1987, he founded Parasoft with four friends from Caltech. Initially, the company focused on parallel processing technologies. Kolawa co-authored two books on Development Testing and

Software Testing Software testing is the act of examining the artifacts and the behavior of the software under test by validation and verification. Software testing can also provide an objective, independent view of the software to allow the business to apprecia ...

In 2001, Kolawa was awarded the Los Angeles Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Software category. Kolawa was granted 20 patents for software technologies he has invented. His patents include runtime memory error detection technology (Patent and - granted in 1998), statically analyzing source code quality using rules (Patent - granted in 1999), and automated unit test case generation technology (Patent and - granted in 1998). Kolawa died suddenly on April 26, 2011. "Remembering Adam Kolawa From Parasoft"
by Alan Zeichick, SD Times, May 2, 2011

Publications

Books

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References

External links

Parasoft Executive Biographies

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kolawa, Adam Businesspeople in software American computer businesspeople American technology chief executives California Institute of Technology alumni American technology writers 1957 births 2011 deaths