Isaac Robert "Ike" Nassi, born 1949, is Executive Vice President and Chief Scientist at SAP AG and is based in SAP's Palo Alto location. He is the practice lead of the SAP Research Technology Infrastructure practice, which is focused on guiding SAP's technology infrastructure vision, direction, and execution. His group is also responsible for the SAP Sponsored Academic Research Program. He is probably best known for creating the highly influential Nassi–Shneiderman diagram notation. He also helped design the Ada programming language. Prior to his work at SAP, Nassi helped start three companies: Firetide, InfoGear Technology, and Encore Computer. He co-founded the wireless mesh company Firetide and then served as its Executive Vice President, CTO, and Chairman of the Board. Nassi was the CTO and Head of Product Operations at InfoGear prior to its acquisition by Cisco Systems. He also helped start Encore Computer Corporation, a pioneer in symmetric multiprocessors, forerunner of today's multicore processors. In addition to his start-up experience, Nassi has held executive positions at Cisco Systems and Apple Computer, where he last served as Senior Vice President of Software and Corporate Officer. He also held executive and senior management roles at Visual Technology, Digital Equipment Corporation, and at SofTech. Wikipedia [ - ]

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