1939 died 9/12/2021) is an Australian computer scientist, known as the "Father" of information engineering methodology.
[1][2] In 1961 Finkelstein received his Bachelor of Science from the University of New South Wales in Sydney.
[3] After graduation Finkelstein started working in the field of database processing for IBM in Australia and in the USA.
He wrote the first publication on information technology engineering: a series of six in-depth articles by the same name published by US Computerworld in May - June 1981.
[6] He also co-authored with James Martin the influential Savant Institute Report titled: "Information Engineering", published in Nov 1981.