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Jonathan J. Rubinstein (born October 1956) is an American computer scientist and electrical engineer who played an instrumental role in the development of the iMac and iPod, the portable music and video device first sold by Apple Computer Inc. in 2001. He has been elected to serve as a member of the National Academy of Engineering〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Members Directory )〕 and is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He is a director of Amazon.com.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=97664&p=irol-govmanage )〕 He left his position as senior vice president of Apple's iPod division on April 14, 2006. He became executive chairman of the board at Palm, Inc., after private equity firm Elevation Partners completed a significant investment in the handheld manufacturer in October 2007. He became CEO of Palm in 2009, replacing former CEO Ed Colligan. Following Hewlett-Packard Co.'s purchase of Palm on July 1, 2010, Rubinstein became an executive at HP. On January 27, 2012, Rubinstein announced he had officially left HP. In May 2013, Rubinstein was named to the board of directors of semiconductor company Qualcomm Inc. Rubinstein is married to Karen Richardson, a technology-industry veteran who is currently on the board of BT Group plc. ==Early years and education== Rubinstein was born and raised in New York City. He is a graduate of the Horace Mann School, class of 1974. He went to college and graduate school at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., where he received a B.S. in electrical engineering in 1978 and a master’s in the same field a year later. He later earned a M.S. in computer science from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. Rubinstein’s first jobs in the computer industry were in Ithaca, where he worked at a local computer retailer and also served as a design consultant to an area computer company. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jon Rubinstein」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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