
Paul Borrill
Founder/Chairman/CTO at REPLICUS Software Corporation
TED Attendee
Palo Alto, California, United StatesAbout Paul
I am a…
Architect, Atheist, Brainstormer, Business leader, Change Agent, Idea generator, Inventor, Scientist, Startup, Technologist
Bio
Paul Borrill is the Founder of Replicus Software Corporation - a startup focused on revolutionizing the Storage Industry. Dr. Borrill was VP and CTO at VERITAS Software, he was responsible for developing common technology infrastructures. Prior to VERITAS, Paul worked on the NASA Space Shuttle, where he developed the computer systems and software for CHASE, a Solar UV Spectrometer, which flew on Spacelab 2 in 1985. He then spent eight years at Sun Microsystems as Distinguished Engineer, Director, and Chief Scientist for IR. From 1997 to August 1999, he was at Quantum Corporation as Vice President & Chief Architect.
BSc. (Hons) Manchester University (UK).1 1979.
Ph.D. Physics. University College London, 1986.
Stanford Executive program, 1999.
I'm passionate about
Learning, Growing, Inventing, and making a Contribution to the conciousness of civilization.
An idea worth spreading
To paraphrase Bertrand Russell: everything uninteresting should be done by machines, reserving human beings for work involving variety and initiative.
Areas of expertise
Business Development, Computer Science, entrepreneurship, Physics, Team Building
The TED story
Awsome organization! The video's are awe inspiring, and humbling at the same time. Deep thinking people, on a mission, without crass advertising & commercializm.
Things you might not know
Skydviving. Scuba Diving.