Bill Dawson (software engineer), Date of Birth

Bill Dawson (software engineer)

American software engineer and co-founder of Xoom

Date of Birth: 16-Mar-1958

Profession: businessperson

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

William "Bill" Dawson (born March 16, 1958) is an American software engineer and co-founder of early Web giant Xoom, which at one time ranked as the 7th largest Internet site in the world.
Dawson is credited for creating over 30 products for a dozen companies ranging from scientific research tools to video games.
Early in his career, Dawson was the Chief Science Officer at Apple Inc.
and a member of the Macintosh Development Team.
He also helped launch the optical media industry by producing the world's first CD-ROMs and DVDs, authoring both the media and development systems that mastered them.