Paul Eisler

Inventor of the printed circuit board, Eisler forfeited rights to his invention when he neglected to read the contract before signing it. In 1941 Paul was able to engage Henderson and Spalding,...

Daniel Paul Siewiorek

Designer or co-designer of nine multiprocessor systems and a key contributor to the dependability design of over two dozen commercial computing systems, Siewiorek has served as the Buhl University Professor of Electrical...

Bijan Davari

Leader of the IBM research team that produced the first generation of high-performance, low-voltage CMOS logic characterizing modern computer chips, Davari's pioneering work in miniaturization of semiconductor devices changed the world of...

Jonathan J. Rubinstein

Instrumental in the development of the iPod, Rubinstein is an American computer scientist and electrical engineer who played a central role in creating the portable music and video device first sold by...

Wolfgang Roesner

Architect of the verification tools and methodologies used across all IBM systems, Roesner is a senior technical staff member in IBM's verification tools development group in Austin, Texas. His accomplishments in the...

Douglas C. Engelbart

Inventor of the computer mouse and early computer pioneer, Engelbart is best known for his work as a pioneer of human-computer interaction whose team developed hypertext, networked computers, and precursors to GUIs,...

Harry Sello

Responsible for the transfer of silicon transistor technology to Societa Generale Semiconduttore in Italy, negotiating cultural and industrial boundaries, Sello is an American chemist born in Russia whose family emigrated to the...

Butler W. Lampson

Developer of the Berkeley Timesharing System for Scientific Data Systems' SDS 940 computer, Lampson was part of Project GENIE at UC Berkeley during the 1960s, where he and Peter Deutsch created that...

Yale Nance Patt

Introducer of the WOS module, the first complex logic gate implemented on a single piece of silicon, Patt is an American professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas...

William (Bill) Worley Jr.

Principal creator of HP's two most important computer architectures, Worley's work includes PA-RISC (Precision Architecture—Reduced Instruction Set Computing) in the 1980s and PA-WW (Wide-Word) in the 1990s. He started programming in 1959 for...

Robert (Bob) E. Watson

Directed such "firsts" for HP as the first HP desktop calculator family, HP's first handheld calculators, HP's first LaserJets, and HP's first ink-jet products, Watson spent 30 years with Hewlett-Packard, serving in...

Helen Greiner

Elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2013 for leadership in the design, development, and application of practical robots, Greiner is an American engineer and businesswoman best known as a co-founder...

Frank P. Carrubba

One of the original designers of the Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) Architecture, Carrubba was named "Inventor of the Year" by the Intellectual Property Owners in Washington, D.C. in 1992. Prior to...

William Mark Goddard

Co-inventor of the "Direct Access Magnetic Disc Storage Device," which gave birth to the modern-day hard disk drive, Goddard is hailed as a contributor to one of the most significant inventions in...

Paul Castrucci

Leader of the team that invented and developed a major paradigm shift in computer storage, Castrucci's work set the stage for current computer memory technology. Born in St. Johnsville, New York on the...

James (Jim) A. Kahle

Key designer for the RIOS processor that launched the RS/6000 family of workstations and servers, Kahle has also served as Chief Architect and Director of Technology at the Center for Cell Technology...

Bob Blainey

Leader in breakthrough innovation in compiler technology, IBM's Java technology, and next-generation systems, Blainey has served as an IBM Fellow and the technical architect of the Hardware Acceleration Laboratory in IBM's Software...

Mary Lou Jepsen

Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of One Laptop per Child, Jepsen helped shape one of the most recognized nonprofit computing initiatives of its era. She also served as Chief Architect of that...

Bob (Boe) Overton Evans

At IBM, Evans led the groundbreaking development of compatible computers that changed the industry. He persuaded IBM's chairman, Thomas J. Watson Jr., to discontinue the company's development of a hodgepodge of incompatible...

Monte M. Toole

Builder of the device testing lab at Fairchild Semiconductor, Toole went on to found Novellus Surface Integrity Group (aka GaSonics International Corporation) in March 1971, serving as its Chairman until April 1998,...