Most criticism leveled at intergraph stemmed from the fact that jim meadlock never seemed to do things like anyone else in the cadcam industry, nor like any hardware software vendor. Intergraph article about intergraph by the free dictionary. This is perhaps also the reason why solid edges global headquarters today continues to be in huntsville, al the home of intergraph. Jim meadlock who was also the ceo of intergraph brought solid edge to our attention, and the rest is history. Its innovative pc workstations blended unique graphics processing designs with lowball pricing. I was recently asked by one of our customers to comment on the. James meadlock, intergraph s chairman and chief executive, said the huntsville, ala. Jim meadlock, intergraphs chief executive officer, said he didnt know details of the settlement but hoped it would modify intels behavior toward competitors. James meadlock president intergraph corporation one madison industrial park huntsville, al 358074201. Alabama company intergraph celebrates 50 years as a tech leader. Meadlock, who lost his beloved wife and business partner nancy, is quietly retired. Hexagonintergraph celebrates 50 years of innovative. Intergraph ceo aims to make most of fed market fcw. Intergraph ceo jim meadlock knew he was in a tough spot.
They were jim meadlock, his wife nancy meadlock, terry schansman the s of. Intergraphs lawsuit against intel was last choice for. Contending with intense competition and rapid changes in computer technology, meadlock took an aggressive stance. Wise, a great nephew of the late admiral bull halsey, was previously chief executive officer, north america for solution 6 and directed all. Amfmgis solutions for the utilities industry, including communications, gas, pipeline, electric, and waterwastewater. Intergraph plant management software is a plant maintenance software. We have confidence in the ftc that theyre trying to look out for the industrys interests, meadlock said. At a time when cadcam providers were porting their software to two or more hardware platforms, meadlock refused to. Formed by jim meadlock, the founding ceo of intergraph corporation and lewis graham, founding ceo of zi imaging, geocue group has a long history in providing tools and technology used in creating accurate mapping products from manned aircraft sensor data. The intergraph corporation, a maker of computer work stations and technical software, said yesterday that it had won a court order requiring intel to. Nevertheless, the company had virtually no longterm debt and continued to grow. Most criticism leveled at intergraph stemmed from the fact that jim meadlock never seemed to do things like anyone else in the cadcam industry, nor like any other hardwaresoftware vendor. Intergraph president jim meadlock said the companys distributed publishing system reflects a longterm strategy to build an integrated system for publishing and emerging technology cloud.
At the time, meadlock, now chief executive officer of intergraph corp. Two intergraph veterans, jim meadlock and jeff edson, along with inventors gerk huisma and nacho mazzini, hope to bring back that excitement for di. Alabama company intergraph celebrates 50 years as a tech. Since the founding of intergraph in 1969, meadlock has served as the firms chairman. Hexagonintergraph, the current company, was created when those two. Hexagon intergraph, the current company, was created when those two. The intergraph corporation, a software company in huntsville, ala.
Bill mcclure and dan staples in new positions solid edge. Hexagonintergraph celebrates 50 years of innovative software. Microsoft at least as powerful in the area of pc software as intel is in pc hardware, is in court with the department of justice doj. Nancy broadwater meadlock passed away after an extended and difficult illness on monday, march 18, 2019, at the age of 80 with her husband by her side. High techs other titan going to court but intel has. It was only in 1980 that the name was changed to intergraph, short for interactive graphics. Intergraphs new ceo can he remake the company into the.
Two men whose work with ibm helped create rocket technology created a company in 1969 to provide intelligent graphics software running on enhanced terminals connected to host computers. Jim meadlock, intergraph s chief executive officer, said he didnt know details of the settlement but hoped it would modify intels behavior toward competitors. Army in developing systems that would apply digital computing to real time missile guidance. Intergraph ceo jim meadlock said last week that intels hardball tactics dropped the company from being the top maker of workstations to the fourth or fifth slot. Intergraph chief executive jim meadlock told cnet that his company was laying off 200 people and ceasing sales of servers and. Apr 14, 1998 the intergraph corporation, a maker of computer work stations and technical software, said yesterday that it had won a court order requiring intel to continue supplying it with advanced product. Judge rules against intel in a lawsuit the new york times. Chapter 14 intergraph the engineering design revolution. I worked at intergraph for years and have such respect for nancy. Meadlock and the intergraph board of directors in federal court in 1985.
Intergraph license administration tool 2014 is a full release product that installs the license manager for most intergraph 2014 software. In fact, one of these collaborations led to the formation of the original group that defined the las point cloud format. Intergraph says intel is ignoring court injunction computer. Intergraph s lawsuit against intel is a key part of the federal trade commissions antitrust investigation, but intergraph s chairman, jim meadlock, was loathe to bring the suit because he knew it. Halsey wise stepped into the position as intergraph s ceo in july of this year. Nov 29, 2006 intergraph eschewed the notion that it competed solely in the gis software market and repositioned itself as a solutions provider, beating the drum of open standards. After leaving intergraph in 2002, lewis and jim meadlock his business partner founded the geocue. Initially a computer consulting firm to government agencies, it specialized in computer graphics and changed its name to intergraph in 1980. I am amazed at the degree to which intel ignores the court said intergraph ceo jim meadlock. Host bob pritchard interviews jim meadlock ceo intergraph. Schansman sued intergraph, its stock bonus plan, intergraph officers james and nancy b.
Pty ltd issa is the delivering of software and services for the management and visual representation of complex and spatial information. Intergraph expects to step into the black washington. Products using this licensing include but are not limited to geomedia, geomedia webmap, geomedia smart client, erdas imagine, imagine photogrammetry, erdas apollo, imagestation, pro600, stereo analyst for arcgis as well as all associated products and. Nov 10, 1998 said jim meadlock, chairman and ceo, intergraph. Jul 24, 2019 two men whose work with ibm helped create rocket technology created a company in 1969 to provide intelligent graphics software running on enhanced terminals connected to host computers. View the profiles of professionals named jim medlock on linkedin. Intergraph ceo jim meadlock said the ftc antitrust case.
Scratch for di some of you will have fond memories of the letstakeonthebigboys attitude of longgone intergraph computer systems. Ebscohost serves thousands of libraries with premium essays, articles and other content including intergraph returns to its roots to find its future. Most criticism leveled at intergraph stemmed from the fact that jim meadlock never seemed to do things like anyone else in the cadcam industry, nor like any other hardware software vendor. Windows nt server in the enterprise, said jim meadlock, ceo, intergraph. His company was trying to sell intelbased workstations even as the chipmaking giant was trying to persuade customers to reject intergraph. Intergraph corporation, founded in 1969 by james meadlock, is an american software development and services company. Halsey wise stepped into the position as intergraphs ceo in july of this year. Today intergraph is the sixthlargest private employer in. Intergraph dictionary definition intergraph defined. Oct 30, 20 we then had a meeting with jim meadlock, ceo of intergraph, to present the plan to replace acis with parasolid in solid edge. May 29, 2018 the group consisted of jim meadlock and terry schansman who are the m and the s in the company name besides others. Intergraph corporation develops and sells software, hardware, and services for. Wise, a great nephew of the late admiral bull halsey, was previously chief executive officer, north america for solution 6 and directed. In the past, james has also been known as jim meadlock, james w meadlock, james d meadlock, james william meadlock and meadlock james william na.
Intergraph was second only to ibm in international sales. This was a private effort centered on some work that the team was doing for the us army corps of engineers. James meadlock overview james meadlock has been associated with one company, according to public records. Intergraph ceo claims intel grossly misrepresented facts. Intergraph corporation was an american software development and services company, which. Intergraph corporation of alabama inactive 1977 6 president excel connections for james meadlock. Seventh intergraph worker files suit over retirement plan. The group contended that although a 1972 profitsharing plan set up. They continue to stonewall on information and samples we must have if we are to compete as a. James meadlock william, 86 orange beach, al has court. Not many people can remember where they were and what they were doing at precisely 7. Intergraphs steven cost says hexagon merger benefits both. Intergraph corporation article about intergraph corporation.
James meadlock, intergraphs chairman and chief executive, said the huntsville, ala. He takes over from jim taylor, one of the original founders of intergraph who came back to the company two years ago to replace longtime ceo and founder, jim meadlock. Instead, it opened you to miscreantinthemiddle snooping amd, boffins clash over chip dataleak claims. Intergraph was founded some 40 years ago in huntsville by jim meadlock, who formerly worked on the apollo program as part of ibm. Jim meadlock called keith bentley, and suggested that either they were going to be best friends, or they were going to become serious enemies. Intergraph is a leader in information technologies with solutions that drive productivity and quality across industrial and geospatial enterprise solutions. One of the founders was jim meadlock, the m in the original company. Jim meadlock, cofounder of huntsville computer design company intergraph, speaks to a 50th anniversary crowd at the companys headquarters oct. Intergraph continues to dismantle with scanner sale ee times. In 1969 james meadlock left his position as an engineer at ibm to found the. The group had been working on the saturn rocket for the apollo program.
Keith thought about this a bit, and decided that hed rather be friends, and thereafter, intergraph acquired 50% ownership in bentley. Former intergraph workers awarded millions in stock. The company was incorporated in florida fortythree years ago and is no longer active. Intergraph s success just when experts were predicting doom was due in part to the company s founder and chief executive officer, jim meadlock. Jim suggested that if we were going to make a change this big, we should open a discussion with unigraphics about a joint business strategy. Contributing our resourcesharing technology to the microsoft services for unix addon pack was a natural next step for intergraph that further accelerates the adoption as a whole. Wow, great trip down memory lane, weve been using solid edge since version 3. Nancy was born may 7th, 1938 in athens, alabama to bunyan dee broadwater and mattie pearl leopard broadwater.
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