Major Product/SVS:
Performance analysis services
Favorite Business Publication:
The Economist
Education Degrees:
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Boston College (1950)
Affiliations Awards:
Association for Computing Machinery; Former Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Industry:
Performance Analysis Consulting
Work History:
Research Staff, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1950-1959)
Throughout the duration of your career, what was the one highlight that stood out the most?:
The highlight of his career was working as a system programmer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and its Lincoln campus laboratory in the 1950s.
Charity:
Catholic Eucharistic Minister, Rehabilitation Hospital of the Cape and Islands, Sandwich, MA
Number Of Years In Profession:
62
Number Of Years In Current Position:
18
What Does He/She Attribute Success To:
He attributes his success to the education he received at Boston College as well as the courses he took at MIT, Boston University and Rivier College. He credits his leadership abilities to the time he spent as a U.S. Navy carrier pilot. Mr. Gilmore maintains that his strongest trait is tenacity.
Why did you become involved in your profession or industry?:
He became involved in his profession as a result of his passion for computers and programming and his experience working on a part-time basis at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Project Whirlwind while attending the college.
Extended Bio Profile:
Mr. Gilmore is the sole inventor of two patents, one for Digital Equipment Corporation and one for his own firm. Both inventions include patented methodologies for utilizing vector analysis and statistics to provide a more effective performance analysis tool to depict the performance strengths and weaknesses of an array of subjects, be they people, features, concepts, places, medicines, patients, strategies, economies, etc.
Prior to forming Comparative Visual Assessments, Inc., Mr. Gilmore's career included a host of positions. He was a research staff member of the MIT Project Whirlwind's Mathematics Group, from 1950 to 1952. For the next four years he served in the United States Navy, first as a naval air cadet and after his commission, as a night carrier pilot in Squadron VS39 on five carriers, completing 146 carrier landings with no accidents. In late 1956, he returned to the MIT research staff, at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory's Advanced Computer Research Group as a research programming engineer until October of 1959. During that period, Lieutenant Gilmore also served as a Reserve Weekend Warrior Navy Pilot in Squadron 912 at the Weymouth, Massachusetts U.S. Navy Air Base.
He also co-founded the software consulting firm, Charles W. Adams Associates in October 1959, as VP and later in 1967 as president, from 1967 to 1974, of the firm's computer time sharing division, Keydata Corporation. In 1974, Mr. Gilmore joined Digital Equipment Corporation for the next 18 years, and served as product manager for its word processing computers and then technical manager of their office automation systems until 1992. After two years of developing a more effective performance analysis software system, he founded Comparative Visual Assessments, Inc. in 1994, and still serves as its president.
Position Responsibilities and Duties:
Managing client projects; Responding to prospect's questions
Awards/Honors:
Elected Member, International Registry of Who’s Who at Geneva, Switzerland (1969); Commendation, Computer Pioneer, 'The Early Years at MIT, Lincoln Lab and Harvard,' Retrospectives, Computer Conference Panel, Siggraph Conference (1989); Professional Inclusion, Lexikon History of Individuals: Computer Pioneers, Scientists, Entrepreneurs; Professional Inclusion for Man Machine Communications Research on a TX-0 Computer, 'The History of Science and Technology,’ Bryan Bunch and Alexander Hellman
Where Will You Be In 5 Years:
In the near future, Mr. Gilmore intends to continue his work in performance analysis consulting. His highest priority is to provide the business community with more sophisticated performance analysis techniques.