Steve Lukasik

Chief Scientist of the Federal Communications Commission, Lukasik advised the Commission on technical issues in communication regulation and the management of non-government use of the electromagnetic spectrum. He received a B.S. in Physics...

Jack P. Ruina

Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) from 1961 to 1963, during which the idea of an information processing program was initiated, Ruina held a position that proved foundational to what...

Donna Dubinsky

A pioneer in the development of personal digital assistants (PDAs), Dubinsky served as CEO of Palm, Inc. and co-founded Handspring with Jeff Hawkins. She went on to co-found the brain research company...

Yoky Matsuoka

A 2007 MacArthur Fellow, Matsuoka founded Yohana, an independent subsidiary of Panasonic, and co-founded Google X. Her research at the University of Washington combined neuroscience and robotics, a field she termed neurobotics,...

Bernard Meyerson

Founder and developer of IBM's highly successful Analog and Mixed Signal business, Meyerson has served across a series of science, engineering, and business leadership roles throughout his career at IBM. Born in New...

Charles M. Herzfeld

Director of DARPA who personally authorized the creation of the ARPANET, the predecessor of the Internet, Herzfeld was an American scientist and scientific manager, particularly for the US Government, best known for...

Joseph (Joe) M. Tucci

CEO of EMC Corporation, Tucci is more popularly known as Joe Tucci. He has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer of EMC, having taken on...

William (Bill) V. Campbell

A Silicon Valley entrepreneur who mentored leaders at Apple, Intuit, and Google, Campbell was born and raised in Homestead, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, son of a local school official. He attended Columbia University...

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...

Walter F. Bauer

Pioneer in the use of electronic computers and founder of Informatics General Corporation, Bauer distinguished himself as a research digital computer engineer. During World War II, he served as a weather officer...

Ken Kutaragi

Known as "The Father of the PlayStation," Kutaragi developed the PlayStation and its successors and spinoffs, including the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and the PlayStation 3. He has served as Chairman and...

John Russell Patrick

An influential force behind IBM's early adoption of the Internet and World Wide Web, Patrick led the team that created IBM's intranet and the IBM.com website. He was born in Salem, New...

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...

John Aris

Part of the original team that built the LEO computer, Aris later served as Director of the National Computing Centre (NCC) 1985–90, where he championed the importance and the skills of computer...

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...

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...

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...

Bill Hilf

Leader of product planning, product management and technical product management for Microsoft's Cloud computing platform, Windows Azure, Hilf has also served as a Senior Vice President at Hewlett-Packard for the HP Helion...

Sandra (Sandy) Carter

A key leader responsible for setting the direction for IBM's Social Business initiative, Carter served as IBM's worldwide General Manager, Ecosystem Development and Social Business. A recognized leader in social business, influential...

Timothy (Tim) D. Cook

CEO of Apple, Cook has led the company since succeeding Steve Jobs on August 24, 2011. He joined Apple in March 1998 as SVP of Worldwide Operations and also served as EVP...