He was Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

[3] He was a Principal Computer Architect at Amdahl Corporation (Sunnyvale, California) during 1976–1982.

[5] The history displays are now part of The Bob Doran Museum of Computing.

[7] Doran was made an Honorary Fellow of the New Zealand Computer Society,[3] now the Institute of IT Professionals.

[8] Doran is also a listed inventor on the following US patents assigned to Amdahl Corporation: 4503512 (1985), 4967342 (1990), 5109522 (1992).