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'''Alan N. Trefler''' (born March 10, 1956) is an American [[businessman]] and philanthropist best known as the [[chief executive officer]] (CEO) of [[Pegasystems]],<ref name="forbes-profile"/> a multinational software company he founded in 1983.<ref name=b-week/> He started his career working as a [[software engineer]] for Casher Associates and TMI Systems.<ref name=b-week/> Founding Pegasystems at the age of 27,<ref name=boston-things/> Trefler remained clerk and president until 1999<ref name=b-week/> and afterwards becoming CEO.<ref name="forbes-profile">{{Citation |
'''Alan N. Trefler''' (born March 10, 1956) is an American [[businessman]] and philanthropist best known as the [[chief executive officer]] (CEO) of [[Pegasystems]],<ref name="forbes-profile"/> a multinational software company he founded in 1983.<ref name=b-week/> He started his career working as a [[software engineer]] for Casher Associates and TMI Systems.<ref name=b-week/> Founding Pegasystems at the age of 27,<ref name=boston-things/> Trefler remained clerk and president until 1999<ref name=b-week/> and afterwards becoming CEO.<ref name="forbes-profile">{{Citation|title=Alan Trefler Profile |publisher=''[[Forbes]]'' |url=http://people.forbes.com/profile/alan-trefler/62502 |accessdate=July 5, 2017 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601194434/http://people.forbes.com/profile/alan-trefler/62502 |archivedate=June 1, 2012 }}</ref> With a 52 percent ownership stake in Pegasystems, his net worth surpassed $1 billion in 2013.<ref name=bloombergtwo/> |
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Involved in philanthropy, in 1997 he established the Trefler Foundation.<ref name=trefler-f/> |
Involved in philanthropy, in 1997 he established the Trefler Foundation.<ref name=trefler-f/> |
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Revision as of 15:27, 5 July 2017
Alan N. Trefler | |
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| Born | March 10, 1956 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College |
| Occupation(s) | Business executive, philanthropist |
| Years active | 1977-present |
| Employer(s) | Pegasystems (CEO, founder) |
| Board member of | Pegasystems |
| Spouse | Pamela Trefler |
| Awards | Stevie Award - Software CEO of the Year (2009) |
| Website | Official Profile |
Alan N. Trefler (born March 10, 1956) is an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Pegasystems,[1] a multinational software company he founded in 1983.[2] He started his career working as a software engineer for Casher Associates and TMI Systems.[2] Founding Pegasystems at the age of 27,[3] Trefler remained clerk and president until 1999[2] and afterwards becoming CEO.[1] With a 52 percent ownership stake in Pegasystems, his net worth surpassed $1 billion in 2013.[4]
Involved in philanthropy, in 1997 he established the Trefler Foundation.[5]
Early life and education
Alan Trefler was born in 1956.[4] Trefler was raised in Brookline, Massachusetts[3] with his brother Leon.[4] His mother worked as a schoolteacher.[4] His father, a Holocaust survivor who came to the United States[3] after World War II and founded an antique restoration business in Newton, Massachusetts.[6] Working at his family's store while young[3] he was active in chess, and Trefler would win various regional competitions.[6]
He graduated from Brookline High School.[3] Trefler went on to Dartmouth College, where he studied economics and computer science[4] and remained active in chess.[7][4] In 1975 he tied for first place in the World Open Chess Championship[7][4] Also at Dartmouth, he was the winner of the John G. Kemeny prize in computing.[2] He graduated with a B.S. in 1977.[4]
Business career
After college, with chess Trefler considered going professional,[6] but instead Trefler was a senior project manager for Casher Associates Inc., a business process management company in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.[2] He then worked at TMI Systems, where he led the development of their funds transfer product.[2]
He founded Pegasystems in April 1983, taking on the roles of CEO and chairman[2] at the age of 27.[3] Basing the company in Cambridge, Massachusetts[3]
Inventing a number of patents for use in Pegasystems' software architecture,[2] in 1998 Trefler was granted a United States patent for Pegasystems' distinctive rules-based architecture, which provides the framework for Pegasystems' business process management (BPM) solutions.[8] Trefler remained clerk of Pegasystems Inc. until June 1999, and president until October 1999.[2] He remained CEO and chairman of the company's board of directors.[1]
In 2009 Trefler won the Stevie Award for Computer Software CEO of the Year at the American Business Awards.[9][10] The Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council named him their Public Company CEO of the Year in 2011.[10] With a 52 percent ownership stake in Pegasystems,[3][4] his net worth surpassed $1 billion on November 25, 2013.[4] His Pegasystems salary was $751,526 in 2014.[11]
In 2015, courts ruled in Trefler's and Pegasystems' favor in a copyright infringement suit filed by YYZ, a company the press described as a patent troll.[12] Trefler has been recognized by the Babson College Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs,[2] and he speaks publicly on business and software topics at various events and conferences. Among other publications, he has appeared in Barron's, the BBC, Forbes, Fortune, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Reuters.[2]
Chess career
Trefler competed in the 1975 World Open Chess Championship in New York City. Sill a college student at Dartmouth, he entered the tournament with a 2075 Elo rating, 125 points below the lowest master-rated player, ranking him 115th overall in the tournament.[7] He went on to be crowned co-champion along with International Grandmaster Pal Benko,[10][7] who was rated at 2504. Trefler also placed ahead of Grandmasters such as Walter Browne and Nicolas Rossolimo, as well as future Grandmaster Michael Rohde.[7] Trefler competed in a charity chess tournament in 2010 alongside grandmasters such as Garry Kasparov.[4]
Philanthropy
Trefler and his wife donated $1 million to Dorchester High School in Dorchester, Boston in 1995.[13]
They established The Trefler Foundation in 1997.[5] The Treflers were early supporters of the nonprofit Year Up.[5]
Personal life
Trefler married his wife Pamela in 1992, who at the time was working as an investment banker.[13] The couple reside in Brookline, Massachusetts.[4]
Pulishing history
- Trefler, Alan (June 3, 2014). Build for Change. Wiley. ISBN 978-1118930267.
References
- ^ a b c Alan Trefler Profile, Forbes, archived from the original on June 1, 2012, retrieved July 5, 2017
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Farrell, Michael B. (July 5, 2014). "Seven things you should know about Alan Trefler". Boston Globe.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Coffey, Brendan (November 26, 2013). "Billionaire Chess Master Found as Pegasystems Leaps 122%". Bloomberg. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
- ^ a b c Home / Grantees, Trefler Foundation, retrieved July 5, 2017
- ^ a b c Wallack, Mark (July 30, 2007). "Alan Trefler - Making his moves". Boston Business Journal. Boston. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Chess Life & Review, September 1975, pp. 586-87.
- ^ US patent 5,826,250, Alan Trefler, "Rules bases and methods of access thereof", issued 1988-10-20[dead link]
- ^ Stevie Awards Listed, Stevie Awards, retrieved July 5, 2017
- ^ a b c Trefler, Alan (June 3, 2014). Build for Change. Wiley. ISBN 978-1118930267.
- ^ "Pegasystems CEO Reported Less Compensation". Boston Business Journal. April 2015. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Twentyman, Jessica (January 24, 2016). "'Patent trolls' on the prowl for 'smart' product providers". Financial Times. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
- ^ a b Mehren, Elizabeth (May 12, 1998). "A Million Reasons to Go to School". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 5, 2017.