Laurence (Larry) Spitters

Co-founder of Memorex, the first company to manufacture chromium dioxide cassettes in substantial volume, Spitters is an American industrialist in the field of magnetic recording media. He received a B.A. from Western...

George Edward Pake

Founding director of Xerox PARC, Pake led the research center during which time it invented the laser printer and pioneered the use of a computer "desktop" which functioned by clicking on "icons,"...

David M. Kelley

One of America's leading design innovators, Kelley is founder, Chairman, and managing partner of the design firm IDEO and a Professor at Stanford University. He has been recognized as one of America's...

Susan Estrada

Founder of CERFnet, one of the original regional IP networks, Estrada is recognized as an Internet pioneer and named a "thinking nerd" by colleagues, with a deep interest in emerging broadband technologies...

James (Jimmy) Treybig

Founder of Tandem Computers, a pioneering Silicon Valley manufacturer of fault-tolerant computer systems, Treybig built a company that served the growing number of transaction processing customers who used them for ATMs, banks,...

Ron Johnson

Pioneer of the Apple Retail Stores and the Genius Bar, Johnson is an American businessman who served as Senior Vice President of Retail Operations at Apple Inc. from January 2000 to November...

Virginia (Ginni) Marie Rometty

The first woman to serve as Chairman and CEO of IBM, Rometty held the positions of Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of IBM. She was appointed President and CEO effective January...

Jean Paul Jacob

Involved in IBM steel mills projects that developed high-level simulations for NASA, Jacob also created the first IBM Scientific Center of South America in Brazil and the Institute for Software Engineering. A...

John E. Kelly, III

Founder of IBM's Semiconductor Research and Development Center in 1996, Kelly set the pace in IBM's semiconductor technology development, unveiling back-end-of-the-line copper interconnect technology ahead of the industry and introducing the transition...

Richard (Dick) John Egan

Member of the team that developed the Apollo Guidance Computer for the Apollo spacecraft that carried astronauts to the moon, Egan was also a prominent American businessman, political fundraiser, and former US...

Martha Lane Fox

Co-founder of Lastminute.com and the British Government's first Champion for Digital Inclusion, Lane Fox studied ancient and modern history at Magdalen College, Oxford, having previously attended Oxford High School and Westminster School....

John R. Opel

Responsible for obtaining a contract with Microsoft to create an operating system for IBM's first personal computer, Opel transformed the trajectory of the PC industry through a pivotal business relationship. A U.S. computer...

Dennis M. Jennings

Responsible for three critical decisions that shaped the subsequent development of NSFNET, the network that became the Internet, Jennings is an Irish physicist, academic, Internet pioneer, and venture capitalist. In 1985, he...

Ed Colligan

Leader of the marketing campaign that launched the Palm family of PDAs and smartphones, Colligan later served as president and CEO of both Handspring and Palm, Inc. He also worked at the private...

Tsugio Makimoto

A leader in Japan's semiconductor industry, Makimoto is sometimes called "Mr. Semiconductor" in Japan. He participated in the controversy over the trade conflict in the semiconductor industry between Japan and the US...

Paul G. Miller

Responsible for all computer systems at Control Data Corporation (CDC) and for the technical direction of computer and memory development programs, Miller served as Vice President and Group General Manager of CDC's...

Thomas John Watson, Sr.

Former CEO of IBM who oversaw the company's growth into an international force from 1914 to 1956, Watson developed IBM's renowned management style and corporate culture, and turned the company into one...

Jennifer Granholm

The first woman to serve as both Attorney General and Governor of Michigan, Granholm held those offices from 1999 to 2003 and 2003 to 2011, respectively, and later served as the 16th...

Edwin Ronald Nixon

One of the most powerful influences in shaping British industry's response to the technological revolution, Nixon headed IBM's operations in the UK for an astonishing 25-year span from the 1960s to the...

Micael Moritz

Noted Silicon Valley investor, Moritz has been a British-American venture capitalist with Sequoia Capital in Menlo Park, California, a former member of the board of directors of Google, and a philanthropist and...