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...

Jerry Yang

Co-founder of Yahoo!, Yang is a Chinese American entrepreneur who also served as the company's CEO (Chief Yahoo). Born in Taiwan in 1968, Yang immigrated to the United States with his family at...

Max Palevsky

Founder of Scientific Data Systems, Palevsky was a computer technology pioneer whose company became one of the most successful computer companies of the 1960s. Max Palevsky was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1924....

David E. Liddle

Leader of the development of the groundbreaking Xerox Star computer system, Liddle is credited with establishing the precedent-setting design for graphical user interfaces. He arrived at Xerox PARC in time to help with...

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...

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...

D. (Jim) James Guzy, Sr.

An Angel Investor of numerous computer corporations, Guzy has served as an Intel Board member for 38 years. He has been a Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of SRC Computers, LLC...

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...

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...

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...

Reid Hoffman

Founder of LinkedIn, the world's largest professional network, Hoffman is sometimes called the "Oracle of Silicon Valley" for his track record of identifying transformative technology trends early. Hoffman was born on August 5,...

Sean Parker

Co-founder of Napster and the first President of Facebook, Parker is an American entrepreneur who also co-founded Plaxo, Causes, and Airtime. As of March 2012, his net worth was estimated to be...

Robert (Bob) Melancton Metcalfe

Bob Metcalfe is most famous for his co-invention of the Ethernet in the 1970s as Xerox. He also made the statement that the value of a network is roughly proportional to the...

Robert (Bob) R. Maxfield

Co-founder of ROLM Corporation, Maxfield served as its Executive Vice-President and Director. ROLM (named after the initials of the last names of its founders) was co-founded with three other Rice graduates —...

L.J. Sevin

A significant leader in the founding and growth of the U.S. high tech industry, Sevin co-founded Mostek Corporation in 1969 and later co-founded the venture capital firm Sevin Rosen Funds (SRF) with...

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....

Arthur Rock

A pioneering Silicon Valley venture capitalist, Rock was an early investor in major firms including Intel, Apple Computer, Scientific Data Systems, and Teledyne. Rock graduated with a Bachelor's degree in business administration from...

Gary Morganthaler

Co-founder and former CEO and Chairman of Ingres Corporation, a leading relational database software company, Morganthaler has a national reputation as a successful executive in the software industry and has emphasized investments...

Richard (Rick) L. Crandall

Founder of Comshare, Inc., a pioneer of computer timesharing and decision support software, Crandall is recognized as a pioneer in the Software Services Industry. He received a BS in Electrical Engineering, a...

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...