Donna Dubinsky
Cofounder, Handspring
Donna Dubinsky cofounded Handspring with Jeff Hawkins in July 1998 to create a new breed of handheld computers for consumers. As president and CEO of Palm Computing, Dubinsky helped make the PalmPilot the best-selling handheld computer and the most rapidly adopted new computing product ever produced. When Dubinsky first joined Hawkins at Palm Computing in 1992, shortly after the company was founded, she brought with her more than 10 years of marketing and logistics experience from Apple and Claris. Dubinsky and Hawkins introduced the original PalmPilot in February 1996, a move that revitalized the handheld computing industry.
In addition to her position as the former CEO of Handspring, Dubinsky currently serves as a director of Intuit Corporation and is a Trustee of the Computer Museum History Center. She earned her MBA. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.
Noteworthy Articles
View from the Top: "Handheld Computing Being Transformed, Handspring Exec Says"
"View from the Top" Video File (
26:10 minutes, RealPlayer® format)