Why ProtoGenie™?

ProtoGenie came into being in the course of a five-year series of vision studies conducted by Pasadero, Inc. and the School of Optometry, University of California at Berkeley as a reaction by project researchers to constant communication problems with software developers and runaway programming costs. See Communication Gap ProtoGenie was both designed and written by researchers. This innovative course of action was made possible by grants from the National Eye Institute and the facilities and expert assistance provided by the UCB School of Optometry.

About The Developer

ProtoGenie Online was designed and developed by Pasadero, Inc., under the direction of Dr. Lawrence H. Boyd. Dr. Boyd was a Professor, School of Social Welfare, The University of California at Berkeley and co-owner of Berkeley Systems, Inc. He is owner and President of Pasadero, Inc., Tempe, Arizona.

Special Thanks go to the following groups and individuals who were contracted to provide information on the needs of researchers in the field and to carry out programming and testing tasks as employees or subcontractors of Pasadero.

The School of Optometry, The University of California at Berkeley, provided valuable advice on the computer support needs of researchers under the enthusiastic leadership of Dr. Ian Bailey and enthusiastic assistance of Dr. Scott Fitz and Dr. Kuang-Mon Tuan, also of the School of Optometry.

Wesley L. Boyd, former president of Berkeley Systems, Inc. and President, Moveon, Inc., Berkeley, California.

Dr. Scott Fitz, School of Optometry, The University of California at Berkeley

Stephen Boyd, President, Webdraulics® LLC, Tucson, Arizona.

Tammy Hong, School of Optometry, The University of California, Berkeley.

William Boyd, Professor, College of Law, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.

Development was funded in part by the Small Business Innovation Research Grant Program of the National Eye Institute, Phase I and II, R44 EY12444- (01-02), entitled “Software Toolkit for Basic & Applied Vision Research.” Without this support, it is likely that ProtoGenie would not have happened. Read or download the Final Report on this research