Rene Pardo is an inventor, creator and entrepreneur. A visionary driven by innovating world firsts to impact and help people, his entire life he has been supporting advanced R&D and building tech companies around exceptional, bright people.
He is most recognized for co-inventing and developing the world's first electronic spreadsheet (1969), as well as Forward Referencing, the cornerstone functionality of modern spreadsheets and reactive programming.
The spreadsheet was licensed to and used by the budgeting department of AT&T and every telephone company in North America throughout the early 1970’s, including Bell Canada, as well as by General Motors in Warren, Michigan.
A pioneer in Human-Computer interactions and interfaces, he is also recognized for his advancements and major contributions to education and multimedia.
Norman McLaren (National Film Board in Montreal, Quebec) and Ken Knowlton (Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey) became Pardo's role models. Inspired by the environment of the NFB and Bell Labs which offered complete creative freedom to outstanding individuals, Rene continues to strive to replicate in business settings the same environments fostering creativity and innovation.
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The Internet
Startups
Entrepreneurship
Systems in Business
Destiny
Rhythm of Life
Lessons from Others (Rene's mother, Norman McLaren, and more)
How to Stay Young Forever
The Difficulty of Patent Lawsuits
Rene's Journey in Business
Lanpar
Brainwave Technologies
Design
Technology
Web3
NFTs
Creativity + Innovation
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