John S. Watson (Chevron CEO) John S. Watson (Chevron CEO) John S. Watson (born 1956) is an American businessman. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Chevron Corporation from January 1, 2010 to January 31, 2018. John S. Watson was born in California in 1956. In 1978, he graduated with a B.A. in Agricultural Economics from the University of California, Davis, and in 1980 he received an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. In 1980, he joined the Chevron Corporation. He served as its Chief Financial Officer from 2001 to 2005. From 2009 to
Dr. Watson (debugger) Dr. Watson (debugger) Dr. Watson is an application debugger included with the Microsoft Windows operating system. It may be named codice_1, codice_2 or codice_3, depending on the version of Windows. It is named after Doctor Watson of Sherlock Holmes fame, the idea being that it would collect error information (symptoms) following a program crash. The use of the word "Watson" has since been expanded to include general end-user feedback services. The original name of this diagnostic tool was "Sherlock". The information obtained and logged by Dr. Watson is the information needed by technical support personnel to diagnose a program error