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Donald Haderle is an American computer scientist andIBM Fellow, best known for his work onrelational database management systems (RDBMS). He led the architecture and design ofDB2, one of the first commercial RDBMSs, which led to his moniker "Father of DB2."[1] DB2 debuted onIBM'smainframe systemMVS in 1983 and validated the applicability of relational databases for high performancetransaction processing. With DB2 enterprises store, retrieve, and analyze their business transaction data. The cited reference[2] describes the early technology hurdles, the shift from a monolithic architecture to a distributed architecture portable across many operating systems (Unix, Windows, OS/2, and others) and the technology collaborations with IBM Research. DB2 is used in most enterprises around the world.[3]
Haderle was appointed IBM Fellow in 1989. He was also elected a member of theNational Academy of Engineering in 2008 for contributions to the management of high-performance relational databases and leadership in founding the relational database-management industry. Before his retirement from IBM in 2005, he was vice president andchief technology officer forinformation management. He is afellow of theAssociation for Computing Machinery (2000).
On February 23, 2008, Haderle joinedBoardwalktech (company) as a Technology advisor.[4]
In November 2010, Haderle joinedAerospike, a company working on a NoSQL Database calledAerospike as Technology Advisor. This relationship was formally announced in August 2012.[5]
On March 26, 2013, Haderle joinedParStream (company), a company working on a real-time SQL columnar Database for big data analytics calledParStream database as a Technology advisor.[6]
Haderle was born on Feb. 5, 1944 and raised inSan Francisco, California. He studied atArchbishop Riordan High School and received a B.A. degree in economics from theUniversity of California Berkeley in 1967. He worked at the Port of New York Authority inNew York, New York for a year and then joinedIBM inSan Jose, California as a computer programmer in 1968. He was appointed IBM Fellow in 1989 and Chief Technology Officer for Database Management in 1991. He retired in 2005.
