Davidson (Software Company)

Davidson & Associates is a Software company, famous for creating the Blaster Learning System series of computer games.

It was started by Bob Davidson and Jan Davidson, who later went on to create the Davidson Institute for Talent Development.

But Bob s career in the corporate world was already on the fast track. He was Executive Vice President of the Parsons Corporation, a New York Stock Exchange engineering and construction company. Fortunately, for Jan and for the company itself, he did. After several weeks of thoughtful consideration, Bob Davidson became Chairman and CEO of Davidson and Associates, Inc. in 1989. At that time, the company s revenues were just shy of eight million dollars a year. Jan continued her role as President focusing her energies on building the product development side of the business, and Bob focused on faster growth for the company than it had experienced before. In the next few years, he formed strategic partnerships with Fisher Price, Simon & Schuster, and made several strategic acquisitions. One was a small entertainment software developer, Blizzard Entertainment, whose products Warcraft, Starcraft, and Diablo became runaway best sellers.