Michael J. Maples, Sr.

Advisor to Microsoft on strategic relationships and management initiatives, Maples is an Angel investor who has been active in the computer industry for more than 30 years, and is sometimes described as...

Stephen (Steve) Walker

Member of the team that developed ARPAnet, the breakthrough packet switching system that evolved into the Internet, Walker is an American engineer who is nationally recognized for his pioneering work on the...

Mochio Umeda

One of the most well-known commentators on IT and Web 2.0 issues in Japan, Umeda is also the author of the best-selling book "Web Shinkaron (Theory of Web Evolution)." He is a...

Luke Nosek

Co-founder of PayPal and creator of the company's "instant transfer" product, Nosek is a Polish-born American entrepreneur. He received a B.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign....

John F. Shoch

Contributor to the development of computer networking — particularly the PARC Universal Protocol (PUP), an important predecessor of TCP/IP — Shoch attended Stanford, where he earned a B.A. in political science (1971);...

Jeffery D. Stein

Jeffery D. Stein has spent six decades building technology businesses. A serial entrepreneur since 1960, he founded and led On-Line Business Systems, Inc. of San Francisco, a pioneer in online real-time transaction...

Ken Howery

Co-founder of PayPal, Howery is an American investor who graduated from Stanford University in 1998 with a B.A. degree in Economics. That same year, he co-founded PayPal with Peter Thiel, Luke Nosek,...

Thomas James Perkins

The first General Manager of HP's computer divisions who helped shepherd Hewlett-Packard's entry into the minicomputer business, Perkins was also one of the founders of the leading venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins...

Jay N. Goldberg

Purchaser of Money Management Systems, Inc. (MMS) in 1986, Goldberg acquired the firm — which sold software and services to banks and broker-dealers for securities trading activities — from Ziff-Davis, later selling...

John Whitaker Fairclough

Co-designer of Pegasus, which pioneered what was called a general register-set architecture now used in modern microprocessors that are a million times more powerful, Fairclough had a brilliant computer career. He also...

H. Berry Cash

Co-founder of Mostek Corporation, which was instrumental in founding the DRAM market, Cash has had over 35 years of experience building successful businesses in the technology industry. He is one of the...

Charlie Bass

Co-founder of Ungermann-Bass (UB), the first large networking company independent of any computer manufacturer, Bass helped commercialize Ethernet, oversaw a successful IPO, and then saw the company purchased by Tandem Computers. In...

Armas (Mike) Clifford Markkula

Angel investor and second CEO of Apple Computer, Markkula provided early critical funding and managerial support to the company. He was introduced to Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak when they were looking...

William Frederick Miller

Contributor to the development of the computer and its applications at Argonne, Miller served as Director of the Applied Mathematics Division at Argonne National Laboratory beginning in 1959, and later as President...

Leonard J. Shustek

Founder of the Computer History Museum, Shustek co-founded Nestar Systems Inc., an early producer of networked client-server computer systems, in 1979. In 1986, Dr. Shustek co-founded Network General Corporation, a manufacturer of...

David F. Marquardt

Co-founder of August Capital in 1995, Marquardt has served on more than 25 boards of directors during his venture capital career, including Microsoft, Sun Microsystems (acquired by Oracle), Seagate, Adaptec, and Grand...

L. John Doerr

Prominent venture capitalist at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in Silicon Valley, Doerr is an American investor based in Menlo Park, California.

Laurence (Larry) Spitters

Co-founder of Memorex, the first company to manufacture chromium dioxide cassettes in substantial volume, Spitters is an American industrialist in the field of magnetic recording media. He received a B.A. from Western...

Frederic (Ted) Withington

Founder board member of the IT History Society and Silicon Valley venture capitalist, Withington began his career as a programmer at NSA in 1953. Over the years he worked for computer makers...

Edward M. Esber, Jr.

Credited with the successful marketing of the first productivity software for personal computing, Esber paved the way for the widespread acceptance of personal computers in business. He served as CEO of Ashton-Tate...