He came to Queen's University in 1971 on a Commonwealth scholarship to do his Masters in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He and Claudia met on campus and returned together to the U.K. to do their PhDs. In 1975 Adam returned to Canada as Professor of Electrical Engineering at Acadia University. In 1976 he joined the scientific staff at Bell Northern Research, which became Nortel Networks. He made the switch to the engineering management stream and began his long career of leadership in the high tech community. In 1983 he moved to Westchester, PA, to become Commodore's V.P., World Product Development. In 1984 he encouraged the Amiga team to become part of Commodore and was responsible for the development of the Amiga computer, the finest graphic machine of its time. The Amiga computer was launched on July 25, 1985, at the Lincoln Centre with Andy Warhol manipulating the Amiga's graphic design tools to 'paint' Debbie Harry on the Amiga screen. He returned to Ottawa in 1986 as CEO of CALMOS Systems. The company later became Newbridge Microsystems. Of all his achievements he was most proud of TUNDRA Semiconductor, the company he founded in December 1995 and later he became its Founding Chair. He chaired the boards of Zarlink, BelAir Networks and, most recently, Solantro Semiconductor. He served on the boards of numerous other Canadian and U.S. companies, including POET Technologies, SiberCore Technologies, Liquid Computing, Microbridge, GEAC Computer Corporation, Futurecom, and OSI Technologies. In 2010 Adam was recognized by the Computer History Museum in California as one of the founding fathers of the PC. - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ottawacitizen/obituary.aspx?pid=174182268#sthash.peU5QL8u.dpuf