She

was cited for introducing the first successful personal digital assistant (PDA) and who is now developing a computer memory system modeled after the human brain.

 Donna

Dubinsky born on 4th july 1955

She

is a business woman who played an integral role in the development of personal digital assistants (PDAs) serving as CEO of Palm, Inc co-founding Handspring with Jeff Hawkins in 1995.

 She

has gone on to co-found the brain research company Numenta in 2005, also with Hawkins
TIME named the pair as part of its Digital 50 in 1999 for their contribution to the development of the PDA.

From a Jewish background,

Dubinsky grew up in Midwest Michigan majored in history and earned her bachelor's degree in 1977

She

Dubinsky

then worked for the Philadelphia National Bank for a while before obtaining an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1981.

 After

graduating from Harvard Business School, she went to Apple Computer where she started work as a customer-support liaison
she was running part of the company's distribution network. However, she became unhappy due to turf warfare within the company.

1985

 In

1986, Bill Campbell recruited her to a senior position in Claris, a software subsidiary of Apple
was responsible for international sales and marketing and within four years, her group was responsible for 50% of Claris's sales.

Dubinsky

Dubinsky decided to leave in 1991 when Apple decided not to spin out Claris into an independent company

On September 27, 2007, Donna Dubinsky was conferred the Harvard Business Schools highest honor, the Alumni Achievement Award, by Dean Jay O. Light.