George Robert Stibitz

Recognized as one of the fathers of the modern digital computer for his work with Bell Labs in the 1930s and 1940s, Stibitz completed a relay-based calculator in November 1937 he dubbed...

Jerry D. Hutcheson

Researcher of several types of semiconductor devices, Hutcheson joined the electronics industry in 1959 and advanced through a succession of research and manufacturing posts in several companies that involved him with the...

Ernest J Kaye

Member of the original LEO computer design team, Kaye was jointly responsible for much of the early circuit design of the LEO computer. Born in London on 20th June 1922 of Simon...

Milo S. Medin

Helping to deliver the first large-scale residential broadband access service in partnership with major cable operators, Medin has been part of the Internet development community for more than 25 years. He has...

Alan F. Shugart

A pioneer in managing programs and companies in the disk drive industry, Shugart made lasting contributions to the field over several decades. Al Shugart started at IBM in 1951 and over 18 years...

Gerrit (Gerry) Anne Blaauw

One of the principal designers of the IBM System/360 line of computers, Blaauw worked alongside Fred Brooks, Gene Amdahl, and others on this landmark project. In 1947, he won an exclusive scholarship funded...

Gordon Kidd Teal

Developer of the first silicon transistor, Teal transformed the semiconductor industry. Born in South Dallas, Texas, he was Valedictorian at the Bryan Street High School in Dallas, Texas. He earned his undergraduate...

George F. Daly

Co-developer of the IBM 285 and 297 series accounting machines and co-inventor of the automatic multiplying machines known as Types 600 and 601, Daly was a pivotal figure in IBM's early engineering...

Lubomyr T. Romankiw

Co-inventor of a technique that produced the first practical and manufacturable thin film magnetic head, Romankiw helped increase the density of data stored on magnetic disks and dramatically reduced the cost of...

Evan Thomas Spiegel

Co-founder and CEO of the mobile application Snapchat, Spiegel launched the platform alongside Bobby Murphy and Reggie Brown while they were all students at Stanford University. Snapchat started as a project for...

John Murphy

Lead development engineer on ARCNET, the first commercial networking system, Murphy has served as a principal engineer and entrepreneur in the networking industry. ARCNET was originally developed in 1976 to connect groups...

Charles (Chuck) Harwood

CEO of Signetics, a Corning subsidiary and one of the largest integrated-circuit manufacturers in the world, Harwood led the company as sales grew from $35 million to $720 million during his tenure...

Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli

Co-founder of Cadence Design Systems and Synopsys—the two largest companies in Electronic Design Automation (EDA)—Sangiovanni-Vincentelli is a world-renowned authority on integrated circuit and system design who has been instrumental in bringing EDA...

Heinz Zemanek

Austrian computer pioneer who built the first European all-transistor computer in 1955, Zemanek went on to found the IBM Laboratory Vienna in 1961. The IBM Laboratory Vienna (later known colloquially as the Vienna...

Dave Smith

Known as the "Father of MIDI" for his role in developing the Musical Instrument Digital Interface, Smith pioneered many groundbreaking technologies in music. He was also responsible for the Prophet 5, the...

John Bardeen

Co-inventor of the transistor and the only person to have won the Nobel Prize in Physics twice, Bardeen was an American physicist and electrical engineer. He received the prize first in 1956...

Larry Smarr

Advocate for a high-speed network linking the National Science Foundation and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications — which became the NSFnet, one of the significant predecessors of today's Internet — Smarr...

Joel S. Birnbaum

Director of the development of the precursor of Hewlett-Packard precision architecture — the basis for all Hewlett-Packard's RISC computers — Birnbaum has also served as Senior Vice President for Research and Development...

Vincent (Yu-Cheng) Hsu

Lead developer of the DS8000, which launched in 2005 and remains a key part of IBM's storage portfolio, Hsu has served as an IBM Fellow and IBM's Chief Technology Officer for Disk...

John Aris

Part of the original team that built the LEO computer, Aris later served as Director of the National Computing Centre (NCC) 1985–90, where he championed the importance and the skills of computer...