▁his ▁under grad uate ▁and ▁Masters ▁in ▁Computer ▁Science ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Water lo o ▁in ▁Ontario , ▁Canada . ▁While ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁student ▁and ▁after ▁he ▁earned ▁his ▁master s ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 0 , ▁Bos well ▁worked ▁under ▁J . ▁Wes ley ▁Graham , ▁a ▁senior ▁Computer ▁Scient ist ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Water lo o , ▁who ▁had ▁broad ly ▁managed ▁teams ▁at ▁Water lo o ▁that ▁developed ▁several ▁widely ▁used ▁computer ▁language ▁comp ilers . ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁languages ▁that ▁was ▁his ▁design ▁was ▁the ▁ ″ W ater lo o ▁Systems ▁Language ″ , ▁intended ▁for ▁systems ▁programming , ▁which ▁introduced ▁some ▁new ▁flow ▁control ▁construct s . ▁ ▁Bos well ▁worked ▁in ▁compiler ▁design ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Water lo o ' s ▁Computer ▁Systems ▁Group ▁until ▁ 1 9 8 8 , ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁found ers ▁of ▁Wat com . ▁Wat com ' s ▁other ▁products ▁were ▁written ▁in ▁the ▁Water lo o ▁Systems ▁Language . ▁Wat com ▁developed ▁Wat com ▁C ▁and ▁several ▁other ▁successful ▁products ▁until ▁it ▁was ▁acquired ▁by ▁Pow ers o ft ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁for ▁$ 1 0 0 ▁million . ▁Pow ers o ft ▁was ▁in ▁turn ▁acquired ▁by ▁Sy base ▁and ▁Bos well ▁was ▁made ▁a ▁Sy base ▁vice - pres ident . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁Bos well ▁left ▁Sy base ▁and ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁found ers ▁of ▁Live Page ,