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Mihal "Mike" Lazaridis (born March 14, 1961) is a Greek Canadian businessman, investor in quantum computing technologies, and co-founder of Research In Motion, which created and manufactured the BlackBerry wireless handheld device.
Logo as Research In Motion, used prior to January 30, 2013. Research In Motion Limited was founded in March 1984 by Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin. [4] At the time, Lazaridis was an engineering student at the University of Waterloo while Fregin was an engineering student at the University of Windsor. [5]
RIM co-founder Mike Lazaridis, employee Chris Shaw and co-founder Doug Fregin display the Budgie, the company’s first product, at Fairview Park Mall in Kitchener, Ontario, 1984. [ 1 ] Doug Fregin is a Canadian entrepreneur and engineer.
Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre at the University of Waterloo. Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre (also known as Quantum Nano Centre, or simply QNC) is a research and development laboratory for quantum information science and nanotechnology at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
The Institute for Quantum Computing was officially created in 2002, sparked by Research In Motion co-founder Mike Lazaridis and then-president of the University of Waterloo, David Johnston, for research into quantum information. Since inception, Lazaridis has provided more than $100 million in private funding for IQC.
The twin-CEO structure of Lazaridis and Balsillie eventually became cumbersome and inhibited their competition with the Apple iPhone and Google's Android devices. [ 6 ] On March 5, 2007, Balsillie resigned his role as chairman of RIM as the firm reported over US$ 250 million (equivalent to $354 million in 2023) in past stock option accounting ...
In 1999, Howard Burton—who had a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Waterloo—emailed Mike Lazaridis along with 20 CEOs in an attempt to leave his Wall Street job. [9]: 118 Lazaridis then pitched the idea of the Perimeter Institute to Burton as he wanted to use his BlackBerry wealth for a philanthropic endeavour.
DigiSync – a barcode reader used in motion picture production that was invented by Mike Lazaridis; it won an Emmy in 1994 and Academy Award for Technical Achievement in 1998 [47] [48] Electronic sackbut – invented by Hugh Le Caine in 1945 as a precursor to voltage-controlled synthesizers; Five-pin bowling – invented by Thomas F. Ryan in ...