- Graham Spencer
Mr. Spencer was a co-founder of Excite.com, where he worked as chief technology officer until the company was sold to @Home in 1999. After leaving Excite, Graham founded DigitalConsumer, a non-profit political lobbying group dedicated to preserving
- Rodney A. Brooks
Dr. Rodney Brooks is Director (until June 30, 2007) of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, and is the Panasonic Professor of Robotics at MIT. He is also CTO of iRobot Corp (Nasdaq: IRBT). He received degrees in pure mathematics from the Flinders University of South Australia and the Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University in 1981.
- John Witchel
John Witchel currently serves as Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Prosper.com, a peer-to-peer lending company. John previously worked on a concept called flash mob computing, a massive computing collaboration designed to make supercomputing available to the masses. He holds an M.S. from the University of San Francisco and a B.A. in political science from Stanford University. He is a former American record holder and NCAA champion in swimming.
- Judith Estrin
Judy Estrin has been named three times to Fortune Magazine's list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in American business, and was inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame. She started her career as a 21-year old researcher in the lab that created the underlying technology for the Internet, co-founded several successful companies, pioneered the computer networking industry, and served as chief technology officer of networking giant Cisco.
- Barry L. Marrs
Barry L. Marrs , Ph.D. - Chief Technology Officer Dr. Marrs is the former Executive Director of the Fraunhofer Center for Molecular Biotechnology. He earned a B.A. in Biology in 1963 from Williams College and his Ph.D. in Biology from Case Western Reserve University in 1968. He pursued postdoctoral studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana as a Fellow for the National Science Foundation, and later at Stanford University as a Fellow for the American Cancer Society.
- Aynur Unal
I am currently working on new tools for supply/value chains with full IP-based instant, secure communication and collaboration tools, in UK, at www.amteus.com. A recent article in Financial Times (FT) just appeared in London about us at AMTEUS which will enhance significantly the use of supply/value chains. I think we just strated using the new IP tools and there will be lots of room for new e-commerce scenarios because of this. I come from a very strong design and manufacturing(process . . .
- Serge Plotkin
Serge Plotkin Associate Professor
- Sanford Dickert
Raring to change the world - and to make a difference whenever possible.
- Alain Mouttham
Alain is a technology executive with extensive experience in the carrier and enterprise markets. Prior to forming SIPquest and then FirstHand Technologies, he was responsible at Nortel Networks for the overall market and product strategy for Network and Service Management solutions for the Wireless Internet, IP telephony and Optical Networks.
- Jeremiah Robison
Jeremiah Robison Chief Technology Officer Jeremiah is a founding member of the management team at Slide. As CTO, Jeremiah heads technology strategy and development for the company's network of more than 134 million monthly unique viewers. An early pioneer in mobile web technologies at Openwave, Jeremiah architected and built the first HTML browser for mobile phones.
- Rick Jennings
Rick Jennings Chief Technology Officer Rick Jennings joined Virtual Radiologic in 2007 as Chief Technology Officer. He has more than 25 years of information technology (IT)-related experience and is responsible for managing and enhancing Virtual Radiologic's teleradiology technology platform and infrastructure.
- Raman Khanna
Raman Khanna Raman Khanna Co-Founder, Diamondhead Ventures Mr. Khanna is an experienced information technology executive with over 22 years of experience in Internet infrastructure and enterprise computing. He has been involved with more than 30 start-ups in roles such as investor, board member, and advisor.
- Jeff Sutherland
CTO/VP of Engineering or VP of Object Technology at 9 software companies since 1983. Three were startups. Cofounded two of them. Conceived the Scrum Agile development process in four of them and implemented Scrum companywide in five of them. Currently doing consulting engagements for Scrum training, certification, assessment, and team motivation in the U.S., Europe, and Latin America. Well known as the Co-Createor of the Scrum Agile Development Process which influenced the design of the . . .
- Richard Tobias
Mr. Tobias has over 20 years of experience in corporate management, project management, and business development for the electronics, embedded systems, DSP and CAD/EDA industries. Mr. Tobias was the founder and former President and CEO of White Eagle Systems Technology, an integrated circuit intellectual property company and technology turn-key design company acquired by QuickSilver Technology, Inc. (QST) in July, 2000. He was the Vice President of Engineering of the System Group at QST, . . .
- Alan Noble
Alan joined Google from NetPriva, a software company he co-founded and most recently served as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer for nearly two years. In 1996 he founded NetMind in California which was acquired in 2000 by Intellisync, subsequently acquired by Nokia. He remained at Intellisync as VP of Engineering until 2002, until joining Foursticks as CTO, where he was instrumental in bringing Foursticks
- Philip Abrams
Technology visionary and leader with experience in Internet, E-commerce, software and computer services. Shaped the technical, marketing and business aspects of numerous high-tech firms. Managed all aspects of developing commercial software, from concept through design and engineering, marketing and distribution. Experienced in the development of proprietary and patented technology. Early developer and evangelist for APL.
- Peter Goldstein
An experienced technology executive, engineering manager, and software developer. Expertise in strategic planning and execution for technology-oriented start up companies. Proficient in managing small development teams with a focus on delivery of new features and quick resolution of outstanding product problems. An extremely competent and versatile enterprise software developer with special expertise with Java in general and the J2EE/JEE frameworks in specific. Interested in executive . . .
- Luke Lonergan
Luke Lonergan - Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder Prior to Greenplum, Luke founded Didera, a database clustering company, in 2000 and served as CEO and Chairman. Luke's background includes 16 years of management experience in computing technology ranging from innovations in supercomputing to advances in medical imaging systems.
- Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson brianw@mailfrontier.com Chief Technology Officer and Founder Mr. Wilson is an expert in Internet networking, collaborative software and digital media. Prior to founding MailFrontier, he founded and managed a software consulting firm, Codeblaze. Previously, Wilson served as chief architect at Kendara, responsible for the company’s technology development. He also has held senior technical positions at Apple, SGI, Hewlett-Packard, Tivo and Excite@Home.
- Hassan Ahmed
Hassan Ahmed , Ph.D., chief executive officer and chairman As chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman, Hassan Ahmed is responsible for the strategic direction and management of the company. Prior to joining Sonus Networks as president and CEO in 1998, Dr. Ahmed was executive vice president and general manager of Ascend Communications’ Core Systems Division, which grew under his direction to a $1 billion business.
- Rick Jennings
Rick Jennings - Chief Technology Officer Rick Jennings joined Virtual Radiologic in 2007 as chief technology officer. He has more than 25 years of information technology-related experience and is responsible for managing and enhancing Virtual Radiologic's teleradiology technology platform and infrastructure.
- Taher Elgamal
Dr. Taher Elgamal Dr. Elgamal is one of the world’s leading cryptographers and an expert in computer, network and information security. His theories are so pervasive that the space is often referred to as "Elgamal Cryptography". He participated in a number of Internet payment schemes (eg, SET) and invented and patented the SSL protocol while at Netscape. He was chief scientist at Netscape Communications, director of engineering at RSA Security, and founder of Securify.
- Brion Feinberg
Brion Feinberg , Ph.D. Specialty: Mobile Media Applications, Digital Home Services, Social Networks Brion Feinberg has over 27 years of experience working on software products and telecommunications networks. Besides his broad background in software development, consumer technology and digital networks, Brion specializes in business analysis and bringing new technologies to market.
- Debajyoti Pal
Debajyoti Pal Chief Technology Officer, VP of Engineering, and Founder Dr. Pal is a 15-year veteran of the semiconductor and communications businesses, and founder of Excess Bandwidth. He was head of advanced development for Amati Communications Corp., where he was responsible for architecture and algorithm development of ADSL and VDSL solutions. Today, Dr. Pal is recognized as one of the communications industry's leading innovators in the area of DSL technology.
- Michael Schreiber
Mr. Schreiber sits on the boards of N-TEN and the ePhilanthropy Foundation. He has a BA in Economics from Stanford University, a Certificate in African Studies from Stanford and an MBA from Duke University.
- Norman L. Swenson
Dr. Norman L. Swenson , Chief Technology Officer Dr. Swenson, a co-founder of ClariPhy, has over 20 years of experience in the communications industry. Prior to ClariPhy, he served as CTO and VP Engineering at Kestrel Solutions, a maker of optical networking systems for local exchange carriers. Prior to Kestrel, he was Chief Engineer and Program Manager for Advanced Communications at Lockheed Martin, where he directed research in multi-gigabit communication systems.
- Bill J. McFarland
Bill J. McFarland has served as our Chief Technology Officer since October 2004. Until October 2004 Mr. McFarland served as our Director of Algorithms and Architecture. In this role, he led a team developing digital signal processing algorithms, defined radio and digital architectures, and represented Atheros in regulatory and standardization efforts. Prior to joining Atheros, Mr. McFarland spent 14 years at Hewlett-Packard Labs leading research on mixed-signal ASICs.
- Datong Chen
Datong Chen Venture Partner Datong joined Northern Light in 2005. He brings with him over 20 years of technical and managerial experience in semiconductors and communication. He is the co-founder and CTO of SpreadTrum Communications Inc., a China/ Silicon Valley company which develops IC chipset for 2.5G and 3G cellular phone systems. He is also the Co-Founder of OmniVision Tech (NASDAQ:OVTI), which is a leading provider of SMOS image sensors.
- Jim Keeler
Jim Keeler , Chief Technology Officer Dr. Jim Keeler directs the development efforts in software, hardware and Web engineering for Wayport. Jim is a published, recognized authority in the public high-speed Internet access sector, with extensive expertise in the application of wired and wireless technology. He also has comprehensive experience with related security issues and the deployment and monitoring of large distributed networks of public gateways.
- Luan Dang
Luan Dang - Vice Chairman Mr. Dang is President of Strategic Investments for Curo Capital LLC, and Co-Manager of the Curo Capital Appreciation Fund I LLC. He is also President of Alternative Investments for Trymetris Capital Management LLC, and Co-Manager of the Trymetris Capital Fund I LLC.
- Robert S. Bauer
Robert S. Bauer, Ph.D. Chief Technology Officer Bob Bauer has over 30 years of leadership in turning innovative technologies into strategic advantages. Dr. Bauer is the former vice president and founding CTO of Xerox Global Services. He joined Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in its inaugural year of 1970. On PARC senior staff, he led the System Sciences Laboratory and created PARC’s Advanced Systems Development lab.
- Bill Lattin
Bill Lattin Chief Technology Officer As Chief Technology Officer, Bill Lattin is responsible for leading Certicom's technology strategy. He works with the company's engineering, sales and product management teams to support the launch of new products and solutions. He also plays a key role in Certicom's standardization and intellectual property initiatives.
- Nick Yang
Nick Yang , President, CTO, and Co-Founder, Kongzhong Corporation. He founded ChinaRen with two other friends and became CTO of the company. In 2000, ChinaRen was sold to Sohu.com. Mr. Yang served as vice president of technology and chief technology officer of Sohu.com Inc. In March 2002, he quitted Sohu and co-founded Kongzhong Corporation, where he serves as President of the company. On July 9, 2004, Kongzhong was listed on Nasdaq (KONG).
- Ben Strong
Ben Strong Founder and Chief Technology Officer Ben is an experienced entrepreneur with a proven record of architecting and building wireless applications and mobile data communications systems. Ben is an experienced entrepreneur with a proven record of architecting and building wireless applications and mobile data communications systems. At Bluelark Systems, Ben designed the Blazer web browser, which runs on millions of mobile devices today.
- William J. McFarland
Bill J. McFarland has served as our Chief Technology Officer since October 2004. Until October 2004 Mr. McFarland served as our Director of Algorithms and Architecture. In this role, he led a team developing digital signal processing algorithms, defined radio and digital architectures, and represented Atheros in regulatory and standardization efforts. Prior to joining Atheros, Mr. McFarland spent 14 years at Hewlett-Packard Labs leading research on mixed-signal ASICs.
- Philip R. Wiser
Philip R. Wiser is President and Chairman of Building B, a new home entertainment technology and services company based in Silicon Valley. As a founder of Building B, Mr. Wiser is once again creating new technologies and solutions to accelerate the consumption of network media. Building B has developed a disruptive approach to media network technology that will dramatically open the home video and television markets.
- Luke Lonergan
Luke Lonergan - Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder Prior to Greenplum, Luke founded Didera, a database clustering company, in 2000 and served as CEO and Chairman. Luke's background includes 16 years of management experience in computing technology ranging from innovations in supercomputing to advances in medical imaging systems.
- Seth Pollack
Seth Pollack Chief Technology Officer Seth Pollack , Chief Technology Officer, oversees engineering and technology at V2Green, bringing 15 years of product engineering and management experience. Prior to co-founding V2Green, Seth worked at Microsoft, focusing on operating systems, search technology, and web servers.
- John S. Vankirk
John S. VanKirk President and Executive Director In July 2006 Mr. John S. VanKirk was appointed President and Executive Director of the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM). The NCDMM is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 company whose mission is to proactively engage with all branches of the U.S. military and its supply base to control cost and improve productivity of manufactured parts and assemblies.
- Jud Bowman
Bowman has spoken at numerous industry events across 3 continents, including Red Herring 100 Spring Conference 2005, CTIA Wireless 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006, European Technology Roundtable Exhibition 2005 in Athens, Wireless Strategy 2001, Mobile Internet Summit and PCIA GlobalXchange, and is a frequent guest speaker at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School.