- Marc Andreessen
Marc Andreessen (born July 9, 1971, in New Lisbon, Wisconsin) is the chair of Opsware, a software company, and cofounder of Ning, a consumer Internet company. He is best known as a cofounder of Netscape Communications Corporation and co-author of Mosaic, the first widely-used web browser. In 2005, it was revealed that he is one of the people behind Ning, which recently launched a free "playground" for social software.
- Ray Ozzie
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- Steve Chen
Steve Chen (born 1944 in Taiwan) is a computer engineer and pioneer. Chen is the founder and CEO of Galactic Computing, a developer of supercomputing blade systems, based in Shenzhen, China. Chen holds a M.S. from Villanova University and a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is best known as the principal designer of the Cray X-MP multiprocessor supercomputer. Chen left Cray Research in 1987.
- Jean E. Sammet
Jean E. Sammet (born 1928) is an American computer scientist who developed the FORMAC programming language. She received her B.A. in Math from Mount Holyoke College in 1948 and her M.A. in Math from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1949. She spent 27 years at IBM where she developed FORMAC, the first widely used computer language for symbolic manipulation of mathematical formulas. She was also a member of the subcommittee which created COBOL.
- Shambhu Upadhyaya
- Sarita Adve
Sarita Adve is Professor in Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests are in computer architecture and systems, with a current focus on power-efficient and reliable systems. She was named a UIUC University Scholar in 2004 and received an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in 1998, IBM Faculty/Partnership Awards in 2005, 1998, and 1997, and a National Science Foundation CAREER award in 1995.
- John M. Cioffi
John Cioffi , Stanford University John M. Cioffi has been on the faculty of the Electrical Engineering Department at Stanford University since 1986 and was appointed to the Hitachi America Professorship in 2002. John was the recipient of the 2006 Marconi Award recognizing his seminal contributions to communication technology. John’s research interests focus on high-performance digital transmission; specifically modem design, signal processing, and coding.
- Frank Mayadas
Frank Mayadas '57 Ashok Frank Mayadas , PhD, has been elected to the Woodstock School Distinguished Alumni Roll for his extraordinary leadership in the business sector and for his widely recognized work as Program Officer at the Sloan Foundation. Dr. Mayadas joined the Sloan Foundation in 1993.
- Ita Fischer
Ita Fischer , Director Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, University of Illinois, Urbana Juris Doctorate, University of Illinois, Urbana Ita is the Director of Career Services and joins the staff after a career which included positions as an attorney and state prosecutor, 8 years with IBM and experience at a web development company. Ita counsels students/alumnus, delivers presentations to classes and workshops and provides general oversight of the department.
- George Pan
Gary G. Pan is President and CEO of Panacea Consulting, Inc. whose core competencies support telecommunications, systems development, system administration and operations, and information management. Mr. Pan's professional experience combines management consulting with advanced technical solutions.
- S.K. Chang
S.K. Chang Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Dr. Chang has a BS degree (Electrical Engineering, 1965) from the National Taiwan University, and MSc and PhD degrees (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1967 and 1969) from the University of California at Berkeley. He was a research scientist at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center from 1969 to 1975.
- Galen Stucky
Galen Stucky Professor of Chemistry/Biochemistry. Galen is one of the most cited chemists in the US. Dr. Galen D. Stucky joined the faculty of the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1985, where he is currently a professor in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and the Materials Department, and member of the Interdepartmental Program in Biomolecular Science and Engineering.
- Alan M. Davis
Alan M. Davis Al Davis is professor of information systems at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He was a member of the board of directors of Requisite, Inc., acquired by Rational Software Corporation in February 1997, and subsequently acquired by IBM in 2003.
- Archie Clemins
Admiral Archie Clemins is the founder and president of Caribou Technologies, Inc., an international consulting firm, and a venture partner with Highway 12 Ventures. He currently serves on a number of Boards of Directors and Advisory Boards for companies involved in the transition of commercial technology to the government sectors, where it presents optimum enterprise solutions.
- Prakash Narain
Prakash Narain , Ph.D. President, CEO Dr. Prakash Narain 's career spans IBM, AMD and Sun where he got hands on experience with all aspects of IC design, CAD tools design and methodology. He was the project leader for test and verification for UltraSPARC IIi at Sun Microsystems. He was an architect of the Mercury Design System at AMD He has architected and developed CAD tools for test and verification for IBM EDA.
- David J. Lilja
David J. Lilja is currently a professor and head of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and he has been serving as head of the department since 2005. He also serves as a member of the graduate faculties in computer science and scientific computation and is a fellow of the Minnesota Supercomputing Institute.
- Larry A. Marks
Larry Marks is recognized as one of the nation's foremost trainers and experts in consultative selling techniques, sales management, treasury management, having been involved with real estate, operations, credit and corporate liquidity management issues since 1970.
- Jason Cong
JASON CONG received his B.S. degree in computer science from Peking University in 1985, his M.S. and Ph. D. degrees in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1987 and 1990, respectively. Currently, he is a professor and the chairman of the Computer Science Department of University of California, Los Angeles. He is also a co-director of the VLSI CAD Laboratory.
- Ed Burns
Ed has a Bachelor of Computer Science degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. While at UIUC, Ed took a minor in Germanic Studies and worked for IBM in the co-op program, where he first aquired a fondness for computer history by working on System 370 Office Software. Ed has presented many times at Sun's JavaOne conference, given a keynote address at the W-JAX conference in Munich, Germany, and also has spoken at numerous Java User Group meetings.
- Edward S. Davidson
Edward S. Davidson received a BA in mathematics (Harvard University, l96l), an MS in communication science (University of Michigan, l962), and a PhD in electrical engineering (University of Illinois, l968).
- Joan Mitchell
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- David Achim
David Achim President and Chief Executive Officer David Achim is President and Chief Executive Officer at ROME Corporation. He was appointed as CEO in August 2006. As president and CEO, Achim is responsible for all global operations, including sales, marketing, professional services, product and business development. Prior to the appointment Mr. Achim served as the company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since joining the company in March of 2005.
- Darius Vaskelis
Darius Vaskelis is currently with Cognizant's North American Communications Practice, responsible for the management of strategic client relationships. Before working for Cognizant, he was an Associate Partner at Hambra Consulting where he managed a growing onsite and off-shore technology implementation consulting practice.
- Bill Pieroni
Bill Pieroni Bill Pieroni is operations vice president for State Farm Insurance Company. Before joining State Farm last year, he held a series of executive positions focused on insurance industry strategy, operations and technology. He led efforts to strategically enhance the insurance operations of several large corporations through the use of technology. One was Aon Corporation, where Pieroni served as senior vice president.
- Jim Strothman
Jim Strothman n is Director, Product Strategy & Management, for Home Entertainment Initiatives at Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco company. In his role, Jim is responsible for managing and charting the future course of the digital video delivery platforms which include the Explorer? 8000™ and 8000HD™ Home Entertainment Servers and the MCP-100™ DVR with DVD player and recorder.
- Kirk Horlbeck
Kirk commands 25 years of Marketing and Sales Management experience. Prior to joining the Liberty team, Kirk worked as a professional management consultant developing a broad base of marketing and sales initiatives for a variety of corporate clients such as Abbott Laboratories, FedEx, Grainger Industrial Supply, IBM, Moore North America, Platinum Technology, and Reebok. In addition, his consulting practice serviced industrial clients in Brazil, China, Hong Kong, Philippines and Macau.
- Tom Wunderle
Tom Wunderle is the Director of Strategic Planning for NGRREC and Lewis and Clark Community College. He retired from IBM in 2001 after 32 years of service that included nine years as a management consultant in higher education.
- Craig Latorre
Craig LaTorre Vice President, Human Resources Craig LaTorre is Vice President of Human Resources and Communications for Honeywell Process Solutions. Named to this position in 2004, he is responsible for all human resources and communications strategies, as well as global staffing and organization development.
- Sandy Rankin
Sandy Rankin , Director of Software Technical Support - IBM Sandy Rankin is the Director of Software Technical Support for IBM. She is responsible for IBM's software support strategy and plans to ensure IBM clients receive world-class support. She has been with IBM for over 27 years in a variety of positions ranging from software design, development and performance to mainframe strategy and marketing roles.
- Thomas D. Lovett
Thomas D. Lovett Chief Server Architect and Founder Thomas D. Lovett leads the architecture and technical direction of the company's server hardware. As a Founder of Fabric7, Mr. Lovett has led the server hardware development team at the company's development center in Portland, Oregon.
- Alfons Schulte
Dr. Schulte received his Ph. D. summa cum laude from the Technical University of Munich, where he demonstrated experimentally the contribution of quantum corrections to the conductivity and the Hall effect of metallic glasses at low temperatures.
- Willy Farrell
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- Dirk Grunwald
- Scott Alridge
Scott Alridge Vice President and General Counsel As Vice President and General Counsel, Scott Alridge leads all worldwide legal and contractual matters and planning, including domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, software and intellectual property licensing, corporate governance, employment matters, sales transactions, and strategic/corporate development initiatives.
- Thomas M. Kinter
Thomas M. Kinter was born in Midland, Michigan, on June 3, 1953. He received the B.S. degree with honors in Computer Engineering in 1975 and the M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1977, both from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was a component quality engineer with IBM Rochester from 1977 to 1978. He then joined the Mayo Clinic as a programmer/analyst in medical imaging.
- Henry Hui
Mr. Henry Hui is Chief Financial Officer of Cascade Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of PCCW Limited. He joined the PCCW Group in 2000 as Senior Vice President of M&A/Ventures. Prior to joining PCCW he worked for AIG Investment (Asia) Corporation as a direct investment manager in charge of sourcing, evaluating, and monitoring investments in the Greater China region. Prior to his career as a financier, Mr. Hui worked in the engineering sector.
- Mary Tripsas
Mary Tripsas is an Associate Professor in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at the Harvard Business School where she currently teaches the first-year course, "The Entrepreneurial Manager." She has also taught the electives "Technology and Competitive Strategy" and "Leading Innovation, Change and Organizational Renewal" and is active in executive education. Before coming to Harvard, Professor Tripsas was on the faculty of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
- Kevin Chang
- Barry Schrager
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- Mark Yahiro
Mark Yahiro Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development Mark Yahiro joined PureDepth in February, 2006 and was formerly the President (1998-2002) and CEO (2002-2004) of Pulse Entertainment where he was responsible for leading the company in their web and mobile solutions - including partnerships with Warner Bros.