- Steve Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs (born February 24 1955) is the co-founder and CEO of Apple and was the CEO of Pixar until its acquisition by Disney. He is currently the largest Disney shareholder and a member of Disney's Board of Directors. He is considered a leading figure in both the computer and entertainment industries. Jobs' history in business has contributed greatly to the mythos of the quirky, individualistic Silicon Valley entrepreneur, …
- Tech Talk Radio
Tech Talk Radio has been airing on WTWP since February 2007. The show is broadcast live each Saturday morning from 9 to 10 AM. Tech Talk was previously broadcast on WMAL (January 2000 through August 2003) and WJFK-FM (November 2003 through January 2005). The show was not broadcast from February 2005 through January 2007.
- Peter Cochrane
Peter Cochrane (born 11 July, 1946 -)is an English futurist. He was Head of BT Research from 1993 until 1999, when he was appointed Chief Technologist. In November 2000 he retired from BT to join his own startup company - ConceptLabs. He has published and lectured widely on technology and the implications of IT and was awarded an OBE in 1999 for his contribution to international communications, …
- James Martin
Dr. James Martin is a consultant and author, has been called the "guru of the information age," and was nominated for a Pulitzer prize for his book, "The Wired Society: A Challenge for Tomorrow". A former Student of Keble College, Oxford, he has written over a hundred books many of which were best sellers in the information technology industry.
- Dayanidhi Maran
Dayanidhi Maran (born December 5, 1966, Kumbakonam, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India) is a member of parliament in India’s 14th Lok Sabha from Madras Central constituency. Till May 2007 he was Minister of Communications and IT in the Union Cabinet. He is the son of Late Mr.Murasoli Maran and the grandnephew of DMK president M Karunanidhi. He is the younger brother of Kalanidhi Maran, the founder and managing director of Sun Network, …
- Azim Premji
Azim Hashim Premji (born July 24, 1945) is the Chairman & CEO of Wipro Technologies, which today is one of the largest software companies in India. It has its headquarters in the Indian Silicon City Bangalore. He was rated the richest person in the country from 1999 to 2005 by Forbes. His wealth today is estimated at 58,451 crores INR which places him as the fourth richest Indian; behind DLF Chairman Kushal Pal Singh and ahead of Sterlite Chairman [Anil Agarwal].
- Ratan Naval Tata
"One hundred years from now, I expect the Tatas to be much bigger than it is now. More importantly, I hope the Group comes to be regarded as being the best in India - best in the manner in which we operate, best in the products we deliver, and best in our value systems and ethics. Having said that, I hope that a hundred years from now we will spread our wings far beyond India..." Ratan Tata
- Rob Enderle
Rob Enderle, founder of the Enderle Group, is a consultant, writer, and widely quoted technical and legal analyst in the information technology industry. Microsoft, Advanced Micro Devices, the SCO Group, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and Dell are (or have been) among his clients. Enderle has been critical of Apple Computer and Linux, as well as Unix and the open source/free software movements in general.
- Nicholas G. Carr
Nicholas G. Carr (born 1959) is an American "business writer and speaker whose work centers on strategy, innovation, and technology." Carr holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College and an M.A. from Harvard University. Carr wrote the 2004 book "Does IT Matter? Information Technology and the Corrosion of Competitive Advantage" (Harvard Business School Press) and the 2003 "Harvard Business Review" article "IT Doesn't Matter." In these works, …
- Ted Nelson
Theodor Holm Nelson is an American sociologist, philosopher, and pioneer of information technology. He coined the term "hypertext" in 1963 and published it in 1965. He also is credited with first use of the words "hypermedia", "transclusion", "virtuality", "intertwingularity" and "teledildonics". The main thrust of his work has been to make computers easily accessible to ordinary people.
- Vijay Mallya
Vijay Mallya is an Indian businessman and Rajya Sabha MP. The son of industrialist Vittal Mallya, he is the chairman of the United Breweries Group and Kingfisher Airlines, which draws its name from United Breweries Group's flagship beer brand, Kingfisher. Mallya receives substantial press coverage that focuses on his lavish parties and his yacht, the Indian Empress.<br
- Hasso Plattner
Hasso Plattner is a cofounder of software giant SAP AG. Today he's Chairman of the Supervisory Board of SAP AG.
- Neil Gershenfeld
Let's start with the development of "personal fabrication." We've already had a digital revolution; we don't need to keep having it. The next big thing in computers will be literally outside the box, as we bring the programmability
- S. M. Krishna
Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna, generally referred to as S M Krishna (born 1932) is the Governor of the Indian state of Maharashtra. He was also the chief minister of the southern state of Karnataka from October 1999 to May 2004. S.M. Krishna is the son of S.C. Mallaiah. He completed his Bachelor's in Arts from Maharaja's College, Mysore and obtained a Law degree from Government Law College, Bangalore.
- Maria Klawe
Dr. Maria Klawe became fifth president of Harvey Mudd College in July, 2006. Prior to joining HMC, Maria served as Dean of Engineering and a professor of Computer Science at Princeton University and in several positions at the University of British Columbia including Dean of Science, Vice-President of Student and Academic Services, and Head of Computer Science. Maria has also worked at IBM Research in California, and at the University of Toronto. She received her Ph.D. and B.Sc.
- Damian Conway
Damian Conway (born 1964) was, until August 2005, an Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science and Software Engineering (formerly Department of Computer Science) at Monash University. He is a prominent member of the Perl community and exponent of object-oriented programming, and the author of several books. Damian completed his B.Sc. (with honours) and Ph.D. at Monash. He is perhaps best known for his contributions to CPAN and Perl 6 language design, …
- Frank Hayes
Frank Hayes is an American musician prominent within the science fiction/fantasy genre and culture known as filk. He is also an authority on information technology and, as senior news columnist for "Computerworld" magazine, has contributed numerous writings on the subject for more than two decades. Frank Hayes began recording and performing in the early 1980s and is best known for his humorous songs. "Never Set the Cat on Fire", "Little Fuzzy Animals", "S-100", …
- Lakshmi Narayanan
Lakshmi Narayanan is the vice chairman and ex-CEO of Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTS). He was the CEO and president of Cognizant till 2006. <sup>[1]</sup> Lakshmi has played a leading role in the global information technology industry for more than 25 years, managing divisions and business units in Europe, India and the United States.
- Jim Highsmith
James A. Highsmith III, commonly, Jim Highsmith (born 1945) is an author of multiple books in the field of software development methodology. He is the creator of a lightweight methodology known as Adaptive Software Development, described in his 1999 book "Adaptive Software Development" (Dorset House Publishing, 1999, ISBN 0-932633-40-4), winner of the 2000 Jolt Award. Working as a principal of Information Architects, Inc., …
- August-Wilhelm Scheer
Dr. August-Wilhelm Scheer (born July 27, 1941) is a German businessman, the founder and director of IDS Scheer AG, a major IT service and software company. In 2003 he was awarded the Philip Morris Research Prize and the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
- Stewart Stevenson
Stewart Stevenson (James Alexander Stewart Stevenson) (born 1946) is a Scottish politician who became a member of the Scottish Parliament in 2001. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1946 and brought up in Cupar, Fife. After studying mathematics at the University of Aberdeen he worked in information technology with Bank of Scotland for 30 years retiring in 1999 as Director of Technology Innovation. He joined the Scottish National Party (SNP) in 1961.
- Bharrat Jagdeo
Click here to create your personal news page. The news that appears on Bharrat Jagdeo will appear there and be constantly updated. You can then modify the page, share it with your friends, or export it and have it appear elsewhere. ... Perhaps Guyana 's president, Bharrat Jagdeo , will inspire bigger countries like Brazil to take a far more aggressive role in protecting their rain forests.
- Steven M. Bellovin
Steven M. Bellovin is a researcher on computer networking and security. He is currently a Professor in the Computer Science department at Columbia University, having previously been a long time employee at AT&T Labs Research in Florham Park, New Jersey. As a graduate student, Bellovin was one of the originators of USENET. He later suggested that Gene Spafford should create the Phage mailing list as a response to the Morris Worm.
- Andrew Thomson
Andrew Thomson is the Minister of Finance of Saskatchewan. He is also the Minister Responsible for Information Technology and the Minister Responsible for SaskEnergy. He is a member of the NDP caucus and member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. Andrew was born and raised in rural Saskatchewan. He has a Bachelor's degree in Political Studies from the University of Saskatchewan. He lives in and represents the riding of Regina South.
- Mark Warschauer
Mark Warschauer is an associate professor in the Department of Education and Department of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine. He is well known for his contributions on the Digital Divide, specially in the approach of access to Information and Communications Technology and digital literacy. He currently teaches an undergraduate class titled "Technology and Literacy" at the University of California, Irvine.
- Mustafa Kamal
Syed Mustafa Kamal is the City Nazim (Mayor) of Karachi. Kamal is a pivotal member of the the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, a political party. MQM is the major political party in Karachi led by Altaf Hussain.
- Shiv Nadar
Shiv Nadar is the CEO of Hindustan Computers Limited (HCL), a large information technology company in India. In the 2000 Forbes List of billionaires, he was ranked the 126th richest person in the world, with an estimated personal net worth $3.7 billion. He is nicknamed "Magus", Persian for Wizard. Nadar is from Moolaipozhi Village, Trichendur, Tuticorin District, Tamil Nadu.
- Pekka Himanen
Pekka Himanen (born October 19, 1973) is a Finnish philosopher. He studied philosophy (and computer science as a minor) at the University of Helsinki and received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the same university in 1994 for a thesis on philosophy of religion on "The challenge of Bertrand Russell" as the youngest Ph.D. in Finland. He has done research work in Finland (University of Helsinki), the United Kingdom, and the United States (Stanford University, …
- Bharat Desai
Bharat Desai is an Indian entrepreneur. He is the Chairman and CEO of Syntel (NASDAQ: SYNT), a global provider of Information Technology and Business Process Outsourcing services. Bharat co-founded Syntel in 1980 and today, it is the “Partner of Choice” for many of the best known brands in the Global 2000. As of March 2007, Syntel employs over 8,600 people globally and has a market capitalization in excess of $1 billion.
- Jeff Ooi
Ooi Chuan Aun, better known as Jeff Ooi, is a Malaysian IT consultant by profession, blogger and photographer. Hailing from a small town in the northern Malaysian state of Kedah, he was brought up among rural teenagers, especially Malay boys. This gave him a good understanding of the politics of pluralism in the country as well as familiarity with Malay music and poetry, which sometimes help to add colour to his blog writing.
- J. C. R. Licklider
Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider (March 11, 1915 - June 26, 1990), known simply as J.C.R. or "Lick" was an American computer scientist, considered one of the most important figures in computer science and general computing history. After early work in psychoacoustics, he became interested in information technology early in his career. Much like Vannevar Bush, J.C.R. Licklider's contribution to the development of the Internet consists of ideas, not inventions.
- John G. McNutt
John G. McNutt is an associate professor of social work at the University of South Carolina, and a leading researcher on the use of information and communication technologies in the nonprofit sector. Much of his current work focuses on electronic advocacy. His books include: *Meenaghan, T., Gibbons, W.G. & McNutt, J.G. (2005). Generalist practice in larger settings. [Second Edition]. Chicago: Lyceum Books. *Meenaghan, T., Kilty, K.M & McNutt, J.G. (2004).
- Paul Donovan
Paul Donovan (fl. 2000s) is CEO Central Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and Affiliates of Vodafone Group Plc. In 2005, Paul was appointed Chief Executive Officer for Other Vodafone Subsidiaries (OVS), comprising a number of Vodafone's operations including those in emerging markets. He joined Vodafone UK in 1999 as Managing Director - Commercial, and in 2001 was appointed CEO of Vodafone Ireland.
- Donald Duke
Donald Duke (born 30 September 1961 in Calabar) was the Governor of Cross River State from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. He has been at the helm of affairs of the State since the commencement of the present democratic dispensation in Nigeria. He received LLB degree in 1982 from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria - Nigeria, the B.L in 1983 from the Nigerian Law School and the L.L.M. in Business Law and Admiralty in 1984 from University of Pennsylvania.
- Daniel Minoli
Daniel Minoli (1952-) is a United States-based networking practitioner. He has many years of telecom, networking, and IT experience with enterprises, carriers, academia, and venture capitalists, including work at ARPA think tanks, Bell Telephone Laboratories, ITT, Prudential Securities, Bell Communications Research (Bellcore/Telcordia), AT&T, New York University (NYU), Rutgers, Stevens Institute, and "Societe’ General de Financiament de Quebec" (1975-2001).
- Nikhil Kumar
Nikhil Kumar (born 15 July, 1941) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He is serving his first term in the Lok Sabha representing the Aurangabad constituency in Bihar and is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party. He serves as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Information Technology.
- Mario Morino
Mario Morino is chairman of Venture Philanthropy Partners and chairman of the Morino Institute. Before retiring from private industry in 1992, Mario enjoyed a 30-year career in information technology, where he co-founded and helped build a corporation that became a market leader and one of the industry’s then 10 largest firms in software and services.
- Tom Gores
Tom Gores, born 1965, Israel, is a self made financier whose investment holdings include California leveraged buyout business Platinum Equity, where he is founder, chairman and chief executive officer. Through Platinum Equity, Mr. Gores owns a portfolio of operating companies in a broad range of business markets including information technology, telecommunications, logistics, and chemical and industrial manufacturing, distribution and service. Mr.
- Bryan Bergeron
Bryan Bergeron, MD, is an author of numerous books in the fields of medicine, computers, biotechnology, and business. He teaches in the HST Division of Harvard Medical School and MIT and is president of Archetype Technologies, Inc.
- James der Derian
James Der Derian is a Watson Institute research professor of international studies and professor of political science at Brown University. In July 2004, he became the director of the Institute’s Global Security Program. Der Derian also directs the Information Technology, War, and Peace Project in the Watson Institute’s Global Security Program. Der Derian was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, where he completed a M.Phil. and D.Phil. in international relations.