James H. Clark

Founder of Silicon Graphics and Netscape, Clark is recognized as one of Silicon Valley's most prolific entrepreneurs. His research work in computer graphics led to the development of systems for fast rendering...

Francis (Frank) E. Hamilton

Responsible for the primary organization, design, and construction of the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (Mark I) and the IBM Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator (SSEC), Hamilton was a pivotal figure in early computing....

Bruce Eckel

Author of "Thinking in Java" and "Thinking in C++", Eckel has written numerous books and articles about computer programming. He has also given frequent lectures and seminars for computer programmers. His best...

David Bradley

One of the twelve engineers who developed the original IBM PC, Bradley is known for creating the computer's ROM BIOS code. He is also the author of *Assembly Language Programming for the...

Valentin Fyodorovich Turchin

Developer of the Refal programming language, the theory of metasystem transitions, and the notion of supercompilation, Turchin made foundational contributions to computer science and cybernetics. The philosophical core of Turchin's scientific work was...

Phaedon Avouris

Innovator of the potential for carbon nanotubes to compete with the long-established silicon transistor for important information technology applications, Avouris is a Greek chemical physicist who has served as an IBM Fellow...

Lynda Weinman

Founder of lynda.com, a pioneering online software training website, Weinman built the platform with her husband, Bruce Heavin, before LinkedIn acquired it in April 2015 for $1.5 billion. A self-taught computer specialist, Weinman...

Werner L. Frank

Co-founder of Informatics General Corporation, one of the first viable software companies, Frank is a pioneering figure and longtime contributor to the United States and international computer industry. Born in the small...

Steve Newberry

CEO of LAM Research, a leader in the manufacturing of semiconductors, Newberry has served in that role at the forefront of the semiconductor industry.

Nikolay Brusentsov

Co-creator of Setun, the only modern electronic ternary computer, Brusentsov built the machine in the late 1950s at Moscow State University in the Soviet Union. It had notable advantages over the binary...

Robin Oliver Gandy

A pioneer in recursion theory, Gandy is best known for the Spector-Gandy theorem, the Gandy Stage Comparison theorem, and the Gandy Selection Theorem. A British mathematician and logician, he was a friend,...

Marc Russell Benioff

Founder and CEO of Salesforce.com, Benioff is credited with "turning the software industry on its head" by using the Internet to "revamp the way software programs are designed and distributed." He has...

Mavis Batey (née Lever)

One of Bletchley Park's most effective codebreakers, Batey joined the team in May 1940 at just 19 years old, interrupting her German-language studies at University College London. Working under the eccentric cryptographer...

Joseph (Joe) A. Piscopo

Founder of Pansophic Systems in 1969, Piscopo built the Lisle, Illinois software firm into a major enterprise before retiring as its Chairman and C.E.O. in 1987 after 18 years. Previously, he had...

Donald Becker

Co-creator of the Beowulf clustering software, Becker is known throughout the international community of operating system developers for his contributions to networking software. The Beowulf clustering software connected many inexpensive PCs to...

Jay T. Last

Member of the so-called "traitorous eight" that founded Silicon Valley, Last was born in Butler, Pennsylvania. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Optics from the University of Rochester in 1951 and his...

Evan Sharp

Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Pinterest, Sharp designed the Pinterest grid for the initial product launch. Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool that skyrocketed in popularity due to its innovative concept...

Stanley Mazor

Co-designer of the world's first microprocessor, the Intel 4004, Mazor also co-patented "Symbol," a high-level language computer. Born in Chicago, Illinois, as a youth his family moved to California, where he attended...

Steven (Steve) Gibson

Creator of one of the first adware removal programs, OptOut, Gibson is an American software engineer and security researcher. Born in Dayton, Ohio, he began working on computers as a teenager, and...

Dawson Engler

Co-founder of the Exokernel Operating System Project and co-developer of KLEE, Engler has served as an associate professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Stanford University. He received his Ph.D. from...