Laszlo (Les) A. Belady

Author of the most-cited paper in software over two decades, Belady's 1966 article on Virtual Memory Systems set a landmark acknowledged by the Citation Index Classic. A design engineer and veteran senior...

Erich Bloch

Pioneering developer of the IBM System/360, which helped revolutionize the data processing industry, Bloch is recognized for contributions that earned him the first National Technology Medal from U.S. President Ronald Reagan. On...

Robert B. Palmer

Member of the founding team at Mostek, where he pioneered the use of ion implantation technology for the manufacture of MOS circuits, Palmer is also known as the last Chairman and Chief...

Lisa T. Su

Inducted into the WITI Hall of Fame in 2021, Su became Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Since taking the helm in 2014, she led a major transformation...

Frank Raleigh Lautenberg

Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Lautenberg also served as the senior United States Senator from New Jersey and a member of the Democratic Party. He...

Robert (Bob) J. Frankenberg

Leader of the revival of HP's personal computer unit, Frankenberg is an American computer engineer and business executive. He spent much of his career at Hewlett-Packard (HP), starting there in 1969. While...

Moshe Yanai

Leader of the development of the EMC Symmetrix enterprise storage array, the flagship product of EMC Corporation in the 1990s, Yanai is considered one of the most influential contributors in the history...

Frederick M. Hoar

A Silicon Valley public relations and marketing executive legend, Hoar died January 2 after a three-year bout with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. He was 77. Hoar was one of Silicon Valley's most visible public...

Larry Smarr

Advocate for a high-speed network linking the National Science Foundation and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications — which became the NSFnet, one of the significant predecessors of today's Internet — Smarr...

David Tresman Caminer

Pioneer in bringing the LEO computer into active use for the UK catering enterprise J. Lyons and Company, Caminer took a leading role in developing the business applications and was in charge...

Alex Morrow

Instrumental in establishing an international standard for the APL language and the ACIS 4.2 operating system for IBM's first workstations, Morrow has been recognized as both an IBM Fellow and a Lotus...

John (Jack) Sebastian Frey

Contributor to IBM's successful defense against antitrust actions in the United States and Europe, Frey built a distinguished 32-year legal career with the company. Born in Hornell, NY, he grew up in Corning,...

Joe Schoendorf

Board member for industry pioneers such as Authorware/Macromedia, Schoendorf has been active in high-technology industries for 45 years. He holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University and has served on...

Robert M. Price

Leader of Control Data's early strategic expansion into international operations and marketing, Price also drove the strategic move into information and systems integration services. He graduated from Duke University in 1952, and...

Meg Whitman

Longtime chief executive of eBay and Hewlett Packard, Whitman held senior business leadership positions at some of the most prominent companies in American technology and media, including The Walt Disney Company and...

Francine Berman

A pioneer in grid computing, Berman is one of the two founding Principal Investigators of the National Science Foundation's TeraGrid project. She also directed the National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure (NPACI),...

John A Gosden

Pioneer of LEO software development and EDP standards, Gosden was a key figure in the world's first business computing applications. John joined J. Lyons as a trainee programmer in 1953 just a few...

Paul V. Mockapetris

Inventor of the Domain Name System, Mockapetris is sometimes acknowledged, together with Jon Postel, as the creator of DNS. Mockapetris received his Bachelor's Degrees in Physics and Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute...

James (Jim) T. Healy

A career leader in building success for U.S.-based and international companies in the semiconductor space, Healy has served as General Manager of Sony LSI Design Inc., a provider of turnkey services for...

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...