Dov (Bentchkowsky) Frohman

Inventor of the erasable programmable read only memory (EPROM), which eventually led to today's flash memory technology, Frohman is an Israeli electrical engineer and business executive, a former Vice President of Intel...

Gordon Eubanks

Designer of CBASIC and CP/M tools, Eubanks is recognized as a microcomputer industry pioneer and one of the founding figures of the personal computer software era. While serving in the U.S. Navy, Eubanks...

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...

Charles (Charlie) A. Zraket

Designer of the hardware and software system for the Whirlwind computer that permitted the machine to accept real-time inputs, Zraket made a truly groundbreaking contribution at that time. A pioneer in the...

Milo S. Medin

Helping to deliver the first large-scale residential broadband access service in partnership with major cable operators, Medin has been part of the Internet development community for more than 25 years. He has...

Mark E. Dean

Co-developer of the ISA systems bus that enables multiple devices such as modems and printers to be connected to personal computers, Dean is an American inventor and computer engineer whose work is...

Arthur (Dick) Kittredge Watson

President of IBM World Trade Corporation, Watson guided the expansion of the international business and later served as United States Ambassador to France. His father, Thomas J. Watson, was President of International...

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,"...

Edward (Ed) R. McCracken

Instrumental in putting the IMAGE database on every HP 3000, McCracken is recognized as a key figure in turning that system into a successful commercial platform. He later served as Chief Executive...

David (Kitping) K. Lam

Co-inventor of a plasma-produced solid lubricant patented under the title "Fluorine Plasma Synthesis for Carbon Monofluoride," Lam is also the founder of Lam Research Corporation. He has served as Chairman of Multibeam...

Dan Warmenhoven

Under his leadership, NetApp grew from a start-up to a multibillion-dollar company and a recognized market leader in networked storage. Warmenhoven has served as Executive Chairman of NetApp Inc., as well as...

Ram Chillarege

Inventor of Orthogonal Defect Classification (ODC) technology, Chillarege has fundamentally enriched the management of software engineering. While at IBM Research, he founded the Center of Software Engineering and authored the seminal IBM...

Lawrence (Larry) A. Rowe

Founding director of the Berkeley Multimedia Research Center (BMRC), Rowe is a computer scientist who served as a professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley from...

Elizabeth (Jake) Jocelyn Feinler

Leader of the group that became the overall naming authority of the Internet, Feinler directed the Network Information Systems Center at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) from 1972 until 1989. Her group...

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...

Doug Chance

Executive Vice President of Hewlett Packard's Network Systems Sector, Chance held various engineering, marketing, and general management positions at Hewlett Packard, sharing responsibility for overall corporate management in that role from November...

Stephen (Steve) T. Kent

Designer and developer of user authentication and access control systems as well as other network security systems, Kent has served as Vice President and Chief Scientist for Information Security at BBN Technologies....

Luba Cherbakov

Co-inventor and chief evangelist behind Service-Oriented Modeling and Architecture (SOMA), the industry's first SOA modeling method, Cherbakov is also a 2012 IBM Fellow — the 13th woman (and among only seventeen women)...

Bernard (Barney) M. Oliver

Co-developer of pulse-code modulation (PCM) and leader of the team that produced the first hand-held calculators at Hewlett-Packard, Oliver was a scientist who made contributions in many fields, including radar, television, and...

Robert (Bob) William Galvin

CEO of Motorola and instrumental, along with Motorola engineer Bill Smith, in implementing the Six Sigma Quality System, Galvin served as Motorola's chief executive from 1959 to 1986. A US executive, Robert...