Irwin Mark Jacobs

Pioneer of the OmniTRACS system, one of the world's most technologically advanced two-way mobile satellite communications and tracking systems, Jacobs is also co-founder and former Chairman of Qualcomm Incorporated, an American global...

Peter Naur

Contributor to the creation of the ALGOL 60 programming language, Naur won the 2005 ACM A.M. Turing Award for his work on defining it. In particular, his role as editor of the...

Jef Raskin

Human-computer interface expert best known for starting the Macintosh project for Apple, Raskin first met Apple Computer's Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak following the debut of their Apple II personal computer at...

Mark Eugene Russinovich

Co-developer of the website sysinternals.com, Russinovich wrote and published dozens of popular Windows administration and diagnostic utilities including Autoruns, Filemon, and RootkitRevealer. He has served as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Microsoft...

Carol A. Jones

Responsible for delivering the first releases of WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Studio, Jones is recognized as a visionary and technical leader for WebSphere Portal, driving the initiative across IBM. She was...

Jean Paul Jacob

Involved in IBM steel mills projects that developed high-level simulations for NASA, Jacob also created the first IBM Scientific Center of South America in Brazil and the Institute for Software Engineering. A...

Michael Sean Mahoney

Noted professor of IT history at Princeton University, Mahoney dedicated his 40-year academic career in the history of science to that institution. A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard University, Mahoney came to...

Lawrence J. Shoenberg

Noted for serving as head of three sections of ADAPSO—Software Products, Professional Services, and Information Systems Integration—Shoenberg also spent 20 years on the ADAPSO board and served a term as its chair....

Liane Tarouco

A pioneer in the development of the Internet in Brazil, Tarouco educated a generation of engineers and network specialists across that country, South America, Europe, and Africa. She authored the first book...

William Wang

Founder and CEO of Vizio, Inc., Wang was born and raised in Taiwan, moved to Hawaii, United States at the age of 13 and then to California at the age of 14....

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...

Dimitri P. Bertsekas

Known for his fourteen textbooks and monographs in theoretical and algorithmic optimization and control, and in applied probability, Bertsekas is an applied mathematician and computer scientist who has served as a professor...

Steve McConnell

Named one of the three most influential people in the software industry by Software Development Magazine in 1998, alongside Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds, McConnell has worked on the TrueType project under...

Saul Rosen

Chief software designer for the world's first transistorized computer, the Philco TRANSAC S-2000, Rosen left a significant mark on early computing history. Born in Port Chester, NY, Rosen was elected to Phi Beta...

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...

Charles (Chuck) H. House

A Silicon Valley legend cited by the Smithsonian and the Computer History Museum as one of the top 200 Computer Wizards of America, House participated in creating twelve product lines at Hewlett-Packard...

Sophia Bekele

Founder and CEO of CBS International, a private California-based firm engaged in technology transfer to emerging economies, Bekele is a business executive and writer. She founded SbCommunications Network - SbCNet, in Ethiopia. In...

Mark E. Dean

Co-developer of the ISA systems bus that enables multiple devices such as modems and printers to be connected to personal computers, Dean is an American inventor and computer engineer whose work is...

Lee E. McMahon

Contributor to early versions of the Unix operating system, including the sed stream editor, McMahon worked for Bell Labs from 1963 until 1989. McMahon was a computer scientist who graduated from St. Louis...

Paul Coteus

One of the chief engineers behind BlueGene/L, which rocked the world of supercomputing when it was introduced in 2004 and quickly earned the title "fastest computer in the world," Coteus led the...