Frank Soltis

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Frank Gerald Soltis (born 1940), is an American

System p product lines into IBM Power Systems.[2] Prior to his retirement, he held the title of Chief Scientist at IBM.[3]

Career

In 1968, Soltis completed his

PhD in electrical engineering from Iowa State University.[4] His PhD dissertation was titled "Automatic Allocation of Digital Computer Storage Resources for Time-sharing".[5]

In November 1968, he took a position with IBM in

pSeries
computers.

In the 1990s and early 2000s, in addition to his IBM responsibilities, Soltis served as an adjunct professor of electrical engineering at the University of Minnesota where he taught graduate courses on high performance computer design.[6][7]

Soltis retired from IBM on December 31, 2008[8] after 40 years with the company.

In February 2009, Vision Solutions announced that Soltis had joined their Technology Advisory Board.[3]

Soltis' By Design column appears in iPro Developer magazine.[9] His books include Inside the AS/400 and Fortress Rochester, The Inside Story of the IBM iSeries.

Books

  • Soltis, Frank G. (1997). Inside the AS/400, Duke Press.
    ISBN 1-882419-66-9
  • Soltis, Frank G. (2001). Fortress Rochester: the Inside Story of the IBM iSeries, NEWS/400 Books.
    ISBN 1-58304-083-8

References

  1. ^ Woodie, Alex (23 November 2020). "Frank Soltis Discusses A Possible Future for Single-Level Storage". itjungle.com. IT Jungle. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. ^ Woodie, Alex (2008-12-08). "Soltis Exiting IBM, But He's Not Leaving the '400". itjungle.com. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  3. ^ a b "Vision Solutions Names Dr. Frank Soltis to Advisory Board" (PDF). VisionSolutions.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-02-11. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  4. ^ "Department of Computer Science - Alumni Database". Iowa State University. Archived from the original on 2008-05-12. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
  5. doi:10.31274/rtd-180813-4787. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help
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  6. ^ "The AS/400's Grandfather Talks Past, Present, and Future". ITJungle Volume 17, Number 25 -- June 23, 2008. Archived from the original on September 4, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
  7. ^ University of Minnesota Institute of Technology Bulletin (1997-99) at http://www.catalogs.umn.edu/archive/tcarchive/it4.pdf#page=5
  8. ^ "Frank Soltis Calls It Quits". iprodeveloper.com. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
  9. ^ "By Design". iPro Developer. Archived from the original on 2012-04-28. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
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