- Ian Murdock
Ian Murdock is the founder of the Debian GNU/Linux distribution and the commercial Linux distributor Progeny. He currently works for Sun Microsystems "head[ing] up operating system platform strategy" ; previously he served as the Chief Technology Officer of the Linux Foundation and is chair of the Linux Standard Base, the Linux platform interoperability standard. He lives in Indiana, USA. He wrote the Debian Manifesto in 1993 while a student at Purdue University, …
- Aaron Pickard
I just graduated from the University of Wyoming--got my B.S. in computer science. I recently moved to Missouri to live with my Dad for a while and wound up taking a programmer/analyst position in Springfield, Missouri at O'Reilly Auto Parts.Oh, and I'm a spock addict. Can't stop the tagging! THE CAKE IS A LIE!
- Josh Poulson
Ambitious, driven and resourceful business strategist and I.T. leader with an exemplary background in conceiving and developing unique initiatives to propel technology to the limit and optimize performance. Capable of tackling the most challenging I.T. issues and delivering results. Creative, recognized for keeping on the leading edge of technology and utilizing the latest applications and hardware. Results and performance driven, thrives in an environment of constant challenge and . . .
- Mark Moskovitz
- Akash Garg
Akash Garg co-founded hi5 Networks, Inc., and is the company’s chief technology officer. Akash oversees hi5’s technology infrastructure and software development, and originally developed the core product concepts and underlying technology that has helped to fuel the rapid growth of the service...Prior to hi5, Akash was at Reactivity, assisting early-stage startups with technology strategy and direction, as well as architecting and implementing key portions of Reactivity’s flagship product.
- Edmund Injae Lee
- Chini Krishnan
Srinivasan "Chini" Krishnan is an Operating Partner at the Menlo Park office. He is interested in security, e-financial services, the simplification and business value of information technology, and business models leveraging open-source software delivered as a service.
- Sabrina Ann Haskell
Sabrina Ann Haskell Sabrina graduated in 2003 from CMU with a BS in CS. Unable to leave acronyms behind she decided two more years at CMU in the ETC was to be her next step in life. Sabrina started down this path during the summer of 1995, when she published her first website and was taken in by the power of technology to allow people to share experiences with others.
- Donna Cruz
DONNA CRUZ 'S GREATEST HITS After another year, a " Donna Cruz 's Greatest Hits" album was released early 2002. This album contains Donna's best hits and a bonus Video CD containing MTVs of Donna's famous singles (except for "Kapag Tumibok Ang Puso"). DONNA'S 2ND BABY On August of 2003, Donna gave birth to a healthy baby boy, Cian. Her ultimate diet never fails to get her back to shape.
- Peter Castanon
Peter Castanon Senior Manager, Ecosystem Marketing, Motorola, Inc. Peter and his team are responsible for working with top-tier ISVs to identify and champion strategic marketing initiatives that bring increased visibility to Motorola and its associated developer ecosystem.
- Paul Gerard Trepagnier
Paul Gerard Trepagnier Tulane University – PhD Candidate Computer Science University of New Orleans – M.S. Computer Science Clemson University – B.S. Computer Science Paul has over thirteen years of experience in computer programming. Paul’s responsibilities include overseeing all modern software development for Gray & Company, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
- Robert D. Rowe
Bob Rowe Chairman of the Board PhD economics, BS computer science Robert D. Rowe specializes in environmental and natural resource economics, econometrics, risk assessment, and survey research. He is a nationally recognized expert on the measurement and valuation of health and welfare effects of environmental pollutants.
- Kathleen M. Marzahl
Kathleen M. Marzahl Kathleen Marzahl is the Business Manager for the Data and Storage Platform Division at Microsoft. Prior to joining Microsoft, Kathleen worked for Solucient, LLC, where she was Senior Vice President of Development for this provider of comparative healthcare information systems.
- Ted Hung
Ted Hung Ever since he played his first adventure game, The Secret of Monkey Island, Ted has been intrigued with the ability for computers to act as a medium for artistic expression and creative storytelling. At the age of 13, Ted picked up his first programming book and taught himself how to program. Later, he created several shareware screensavers and was amazed when people were actually willing to pay money for them!
- Ira Fay
Ira Fay Ira enthusiastically moved to Pittsburgh in 1996 to attend Carnegie Mellon University. During his college career at CMU, he enjoyed many activities such as student senate, ballroom dancing, live-action role-playing, flute ensemble, and being a resident assistant. Ira also successfully earned a bachelor's and master's degree in four years. After graduation, Ira worked in Pittsburgh for a year and gained first-hand knowledge of the dot-com boom and bust.
- Tim Lander
Tim Lander Tim, a native of the Pittsburgh area, comes from a background in Computer Science from Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania. While his coursework through college had all been in the technology realm, he had interests in many other areas including 3D modeling, animation, and most notably producing.
- Kyle Prestenback
Kyle Prestenback Originally from deep south Louisiana, living along the banks of the Mississippi River, Kyle is naturally drawn to excitement and exploration. Intrigued by opportunity and drawn to yet another city along a historic river, Kyle comes to the ETC ready to interact with a variety of creative and technical forces.
- Phillip Saltzman
Phillip Saltzman A decade ago, Phillip Saltzman was convinced by his mother that it would be a good idea to take a picture embracing a computer. As embarrassing as that photo was, it remains consistent with though not defining of his interests. Phillip graduated from Northwestern University Cum Laude, Tau Beta Pi, and with departmental honors in 2004 with a BS in Computer Science and a minor in Political Science.
- Kyle Gray
Kyle Gray Kyle was born in Monterey, CA and has since then lived in Virginia, New York, and briefly in Pittsburgh, attending kindergarten at CMU in 1986. He started playing video games at the age of 4 on an Apple II and has father’s Atari. At the age of 8 he was introduced to Nintendo and has since then owned every Nintendo system with the exception of the Virtual Boy.
- Madhura Deshpande
Madhura Deshpande Always fascinated by amazing works that a computer can do in theme parks, movies, virtual reality worlds, and tired of coding databases and networking applications, I wanted to do "something" in the field of Entertainment, the field of my own dreams. And this "something" got a meaning when I discovered ETC just after I started my graduate studies. During my undergrad, I always leaned towards graphics and related electives and used to work with VRML and OpenGL.
- Eileen Shiue
Eileen Shiue Growing up in an era of broken Atari's and expressive stuffed animals, Eileen did not really get into video gaming or entertainment technology until being exposed during her undergraduate studies in Computer Science. After taking the Building Virtual Worlds as a painter rather than a programmer, she became aware of a whole new world of which she wanted to be a part.
- Karthik Bala
Karthik Bala ’97, CEO/Chief Creative Officer Bala has lead Vicarious Visions since its formation in 1994, and has over 40 published game titles to his credit.
- Shaun Budhram
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- Ben Buchwald
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- Mark Schleifer
- Sergio Dubois
- David Kensiski
- Gabriel Pagan
- Vadim Kornilov
- Jason Heath
- Jed Duncan
- Zachary Johnson
- Mike Samson
- Alex Kokin
- Christopher Manns
- Jeff Fox
- Phillip Jr. Kimpo
- Blaine Browning
- Nathaniel Gaffud
- Mahannop Benz Jomtanawat