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Joseph Rodney "Rod" Canion (born January 19, 1945) is an American computer scientist and businessman who co-founded Compaq Computer Corporation in 1982 and served as its first President and CEO.
View Rod Canion’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members. What started in 2010 as a project to write a book to tell the story of Compaq's early…
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Mar 6, 2014 · Rod Canion, co-founder of Compaq, recounted the tale during a conversation Wednesday night with Brett Hurt, Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Texas. The Longhorn Entrepreneurship Agency sponsored the event as part of its UTEWeek.
May 27, 2014 · Rod Canion was one of the co-founders of Compaq back in the early 80s, and he was there for the real world PC wars. He’s written a book about the time period, Open: How Compaq Ended IBM’s PC Domination and Helped Invent Modern Computing.
Sep 23, 2016 · Rod Canion, one of Compaq’s co-founders, says the story starts pretty simply. He and two friends had quit their jobs at Texas Instruments, and had nothing lined up. “We bought an entrepreneur’s manual to try to figure out what the basics were,” Canion says.
In February 1982, Rod Canion, Bill Murto, and Jim Harris, three Texas Instruments alumni, founded Compaq Computer Corporation, launching what has become the fastest growing company in U.S....
Mar 25, 2019 · In 1981, engineer Rod Canion left Texas Instruments and co-founded Compaq, which created the first IBM-compatible personal computer. This opened the door to an entire industry of PCs that could...
