Edson de Castro

Edson de Castro (born 1938) is a computer engineer perhaps best known for designing the Data General Nova series of computers.
De Castro was founder and CEO of Data General Corporation throughout the 1970s, the 1980s and into the 1990s when he was replaced by Ronald L Skates, a former Price Waterhouse Coopers partner. He also was the project manager in charge of developing the PDP-8 mini computer at Digital Equipment Corporation, before leaving to form Data General Corporation.
DeCastro was married to Jean DeCastro in Norwich Ct in 1963. Jean was a school teacher and Edson worked at Digital Equipment. They divorced in 1980.