Adriana Neagu
Encyclopedia
Adriana Neagu is a Romanian-born American entrepreneur
and software architect
. Since July 2009 she has been president and CEO of Formotus, Inc., a start-up company she co-founded in 2005 specializing in cross-platform mobile application development
and cloud computing
. She holds several patents and is co-inventor of both Formotus FormoPublish and Microsoft Office InfoPath.
, Mike Schroepfer
, Lynn Jurich
, and moderator Scott Case
, head of the Startup America Partnership organizing the event.
In 2007 Neagu received the national Stevie Award for Women in Business for Technology Innovator of the Year. She has also been named regionally as one of the top 100 women in technology.
, she moved to Vienna in 1990 where she pursued doctoral studies at the Universität Wien and worked on a joint Soviet/American project for the International Atomic Energy Agency
.
’ and moved to the Seattle area to work at Microsoft. There she collaborated and co-wrote papers with XML pioneer Adam Bosworth
.
Neagu was co-inventor along with Jean Paoli
and others of Microsoft Office InfoPath and is named on several related Microsoft patents (as Ardeleanu) involving XML and other markup languages and structured data.
Neagu co-founded Formotus in 2005 to take her XML expertise into mobile operating systems and smartphones. As CTO she was the principal architect of the patent-pending ‘FormoPublish’ technology, which uses cloud-based servers to convert XML forms into mobile applications and deploy them to mobile devices. Gordon Bell
is an advisor to the company. Neagu's platform first supported Windows Mobile
devices, then in 2010 added support for Android and iOS.
Enterprises use FormoPublish technology to put forms on mobile devices that can dispatch
workers to jobs, capture electronic signature
s, and connect to data on SharePoint
, Oracle
, SAP
and other enterprise software
servers.
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
and software architect
Software architect
Software architect is a general term with many accepted definitions, which refers to a broad range of roles. Generally accepted terminology and certifications began appearing in connection with this role near the beginning of the 21st century.-History:...
. Since July 2009 she has been president and CEO of Formotus, Inc., a start-up company she co-founded in 2005 specializing in cross-platform mobile application development
Mobile application development
Mobile application development is the process by which application software is developed for small low-power handheld devices such as personal digital assistants, enterprise digital assistants or mobile phones...
and cloud computing
Cloud computing
Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility over a network ....
. She holds several patents and is co-inventor of both Formotus FormoPublish and Microsoft Office InfoPath.
Awards and Recognition
In April 2011 Adriana Neagu was invited by the White House to participate in a panel discussion about entrepreneurship that was broadcast on Facebook as part of President Obama’s town hall meeting event. Panel participants included Austan GoolsbeeAustan Goolsbee
Austan Dean Goolsbee is an American economist, formerly serving as the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and the youngest member of the cabinet of President Barack Obama. Goolsbee is from the University of Chicago where he is the Robert P...
, Mike Schroepfer
Mike Schroepfer
Mike Schroepfer is an entrepreneur, technical architect and manager who is the Vice President of Engineering at Facebook since his appointment in August 2008...
, Lynn Jurich
Lynn Jurich
Lynn Jurich is the co-founder and president of SunRun, a residential solar financing company headquartered in San Francisco, California...
, and moderator Scott Case
Scott Case (business)
Scott Case is CEO and vice-chairman of Malaria No More. He also serves as chairman of Network for Good. He was co-founder of Priceline.com, the Name Your Own Price Internet service. Previously, Case co-founded Precision Training Software. He is a named inventor on dozens of U.S...
, head of the Startup America Partnership organizing the event.
In 2007 Neagu received the national Stevie Award for Women in Business for Technology Innovator of the Year. She has also been named regionally as one of the top 100 women in technology.
Early Career in Europe
Neagu earned her degree in Computer Science at the Politehnica University of Bucharest. After the fall of Romanian President Nicolae CeaușescuNicolae Ceausescu
Nicolae Ceaușescu was a Romanian Communist politician. He was General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and as such was the country's second and last Communist leader...
, she moved to Vienna in 1990 where she pursued doctoral studies at the Universität Wien and worked on a joint Soviet/American project for the International Atomic Energy Agency
International Atomic Energy Agency
The International Atomic Energy Agency is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. The IAEA was established as an autonomous organization on 29 July 1957...
.
Inventing InfoPath and FormoPublish
In 1995 Neagu won the ‘green card lotteryDiversity Immigrant Visa
The Diversity Immigrant Visa program is a United States congressionally mandated lottery program for receiving a United States Permanent Resident Card. It is also known as the Green Card Lottery. The lottery is administered on an annual basis by the Department of State and conducted under the terms...
’ and moved to the Seattle area to work at Microsoft. There she collaborated and co-wrote papers with XML pioneer Adam Bosworth
Adam Bosworth
Adam Bosworth was a Vice President of Product Management at Google Inc. from 2004–2007; prior to that, he was senior VP Engineering and Chief Software Architect at BEA Systems responsible for the engineering efforts for BEA's Framework Division. Bosworth had co-founded Crossgain, a software...
.
Neagu was co-inventor along with Jean Paoli
Jean Paoli
Jean Paoli was one of the inventors of XML. Along with Tim Bray and Michael Sperberg-McQueen, Paoli co-edited the XML 1.0 recommendation for the World Wide Web Consortium starting in 1997 and until at least 2008....
and others of Microsoft Office InfoPath and is named on several related Microsoft patents (as Ardeleanu) involving XML and other markup languages and structured data.
Neagu co-founded Formotus in 2005 to take her XML expertise into mobile operating systems and smartphones. As CTO she was the principal architect of the patent-pending ‘FormoPublish’ technology, which uses cloud-based servers to convert XML forms into mobile applications and deploy them to mobile devices. Gordon Bell
Gordon Bell
C. Gordon Bell is an American computer engineer and manager. An early employee of Digital Equipment Corporation 1960–1966, Bell designed several of their PDP machines and later became Vice President of Engineering 1972-1983, overseeing the development of the VAX...
is an advisor to the company. Neagu's platform first supported Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft that was used in smartphones and Pocket PCs, but by 2011 was rarely supplied on new phones. The last version is "Windows Mobile 6.5.5"; it is superseded by Windows Phone, which does not run Windows Mobile software.Windows Mobile is...
devices, then in 2010 added support for Android and iOS.
Enterprises use FormoPublish technology to put forms on mobile devices that can dispatch
Dispatch (logistics)
Dispatch is a procedure for assigning employees or vehicles to customers. Industries that dispatch include taxicabs, couriers, emergency services, as well as home and commercial services such as maid services, plumbing, HVAC, pest control and electricians.With vehicle dispatching, clients are...
workers to jobs, capture electronic signature
Electronic signature
An electronic signature, or e-signature, is any electronic means that indicates either that a person adopts the contents of an electronic message, or more broadly that the person who claims to have written a message is the one who wrote it . By comparison, a signature is a stylized script...
s, and connect to data on SharePoint
Microsoft SharePoint
Microsoft SharePoint is a web application platform developed by Microsoft. First launched in 2001, SharePoint is typically associated with web content management and document management systems, but it is actually a much broader platform of web technologies, capable of being configured into a wide...
, Oracle
Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...
, SAP
SAP ERP
The SAP ERP application is an integrated enterprise resource planning software manufactured by SAP AG that targets business software requirements of midsize and large organizations in all industries and sectors...
and other enterprise software
Enterprise software
Enterprise software, also known as enterprise application software , is software used in organizations, such as in a business or government, contrary to software chosen by individuals...
servers.