Glenn John McQueen

Supervisor of computerized animation on Pixar's early films and hailed as one of the best animators in the field, McQueen's work was central to the studio's success. A Canadian supervisor of digital...

René Descartes

Credited as the father of analytical geometry, Descartes built the bridge between algebra and geometry that proved crucial to the discovery of infinitesimal calculus and analysis. The Cartesian coordinate system—allowing algebraic equations...

Dharma P. Agrawal

Leader of the University of Cincinnati - BlueTooth (UCBT) Bluetooth package, Agrawal was a communications scientist who specialized in wireless sensor networks. He served as the Ohio Board of Regents Distinguished Professor...

Paul Levine

Producer of Telco central office-based voice mail, Levine has served as an Instructor at the Boston University School of Management and a member of the ITEC faculty, and as a Venture Partner...

Ravi Sandhu

Inventor of 29 security technology patents and leader of multiple teams conducting research on many aspects of cyber security, Sandhu has served as Executive Director of the Institute for Cyber Security at...

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...

R. Blair Smith

Head of the IBM project that developed the first airline reservation system (SABRE) for American Airlines, R. Blair Smith also served as Manager of Market Analysis and field testing for all proposed...

Jay Glenn Miner

Father of the Amiga computer, Miner left a major mark on the history of home computing. He started in the electronics industry with a number of designs in the medical world, including a...

Kenneth Ross

Founder of Ross Systems and serial technology CEO, Ross has worked with more than 25 companies as a company founder, board member, venture capitalist, and consultant. He founded and served as CEO...

Charles F. Webb

Major contributor to System/390 and zSeries mainframe processors, Webb was named an IBM Fellow in 2003. He joined IBM in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., in 1983, and worked on processor performance analysis, processor design,...

Linus Benedict Torvalds

Creator of the Linux kernel and key catalyst of the open source movement, Torvalds initiated one of the most influential software projects in history.

Naveen Selvadurai

Co-founder of the location-based social networking site Foursquare.com, Selvadurai is a US internet entrepreneur born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He graduated with degrees from King's College London in the UK and...

Richard E. Pattis

Author of the Karel programming language, Pattis published "Karel the Robot: A Gentle Introduction to the Art of Programming." He received his MS from Stanford University and has served as a professor...

Jagadish Chandra Bose

Named by IEEE as one of the fathers of radio science, Bose pioneered the investigation of radio and microwave optics, made very significant contributions to plant science, and laid the foundations of...

William Gordon Welchman

One of four signatories to an influential letter delivered personally to Winston Churchill in October 1941 asking for more resources for the code-breaking work at Bletchley Park, and teacher of the first...

Doug Chance

Executive Vice President of Hewlett Packard's Network Systems Sector, Chance held various engineering, marketing, and general management positions at Hewlett Packard, sharing responsibility for overall corporate management in that role from November...

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...

Chien-Shiung Wu

Renowned for conducting the Wu experiment, which proved that parity is not conserved, Wu was a Chinese-American particle and experimental physicist whose work reshaped nuclear and particle physics. Her discovery led directly...

Donald F. Ferguson

Chief Architect for IBM's Software Group, Ferguson provided overall technical leadership for IBM WebSphere, Tivoli Software, IBM DB2, Rational Software, and Lotus Software products. He has served as Vice President and CTO...

Percy Edwin Ludgate

Designer of an Analytical Engine, Ludgate helped advance calculators by expanding Charles Babbage's design for the first programmable computer. An Irish accountant working alone in Dublin, he was unaware of Charles Babbage's...