John Ponzo

A pioneer in technology that promotes end-user interaction through mobility, Web programming, Web application middleware, and software tools, Ponzo has served as IBM's CTO and technical leader of Mobile First, a new...

Edwin Earl Catmull

A pioneer of computer graphics and former President of both Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Animation Studios, Catmull has contributed to many important developments in computer graphics. He was born in...

Jerrier A. Haddad

Charged with the complete technical and executive responsibility for the IBM 701 development and design program, Haddad led the effort that featured the first magnetic tape storage system. The technical responsibility included...

Charles (Chuck) Branscomb

Developer of the IBM 1401 Data Processing System and several other successful products, Branscomb spent 39 years at IBM, where he developed and managed successful products, including the IBM System/360 and several...

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...

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...

Keith Uncapher

Pioneer of packet switching and MOSIS, Uncapher spread the ideas that later evolved into the Internet. Under his leadership, ISI provided support for emerging DARPA programs in Information Technology. There, Uncapher assembled...

Barry Schrager

Co-designer and developer of early commercial computer security software products, Schrager is recognized as one of the people who started the concept of data security when he founded and became the first...

Robin Keith Saxby

Guided ARM Holdings to worldwide dominance in embedded applications as its first CEO, Saxby built the Cambridge-based company into "a global giant" with offices round the world. Born in Derbyshire, in central England,...

Cuthbert Corwin Hurd

Pioneer of IBM's development of general-purpose computers, Hurd made contributions that helped transform scientific computing. In 1947 Hurd worked for Union Carbide as a mathematician at the United States Atomic Energy Commission facility...

Werner L. Frank

Co-founder of Informatics General Corporation, one of the first viable software companies, Frank is a pioneering figure and longtime contributor to the United States and international computer industry. Born in the small...

Charles (Garry) Garrett Betty

Instrumental in the success of the original IBM Personal Computer, Betty received the IBM President's Award in 1982 for his work on the original IBM PC. From 1996 until his death in...

Brent Hailpern

Recipient of IBM's Outstanding Innovation Award for his contributions to the IBM NetVista product, Hailpern worked on and managed various projects at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center relating to issues...

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...

Brenda L. Dietrich

Leader of the emerging technologies team in the IBM Watson group, Dietrich has brought a business perspective to projects at the forefront of applied mathematics. She has served as Vice President of...

Gene Frantz

Known as the "father of DSP," Frantz is a recognized leader in Digital Signal Processing technology both within Texas Instruments and throughout the industry. His experience started most notably with the launch of...

Barbara Grant

Vice president and General Manager of the Data Storage Division of Removable Media Storage Solutions at IBM, Grant held that role as part of a 21-year career with the company spanning a...

Mina Spiegel Rees

Pioneer of federally funded computer research and development and the first woman president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Rees transformed the landscape of postwar American science. She was...

Nicholas (Nick) M. Donofrio

Leader of IBM's technology and innovation strategies, Donofrio served as Executive Vice President of Innovation and Technology at IBM from 1997 until his retirement in October 2008. Born in Beacon, New York,...

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...