Applied Researchers, Engineers, Inventors, Scientists &Technologists Contributions

John Napier Scottish Mathematician, Physicist, & Astronomer (1550 - Apr. 04, 1617) Invented and Publicized a system of "Logarithms”
Blaise Pascal French Mathematician, Physicist, Inventor (Jun. 19, 1623 - Aug. 19, 1662) The Forefathers of the Modern Computer
Writer & Christian Philosopher
Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz German Polymath & Philosopher (Jul. 01, 1646 - Nov. 14, 1716) The Forefathers of the Modern Computer
Charles Babbage Mathematician, Philosopher (Dec. 26, 1791 - Oct. 18, 1871) The Forefathers of the Modern Computer
Inventor & Mechanical Engineer
Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (Lord Byron’s daughter) (Dec. 10, 1815 - Nov. 27, 1852) The First Computer Programmer
Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot French Telegraph Engineer & Inventor (Sep. 11, 1845 - Mar. 28, 1903) Baudot Code - First means of Digital Communication (1870)
Patented his First Printing Telegraph (Patent no. 103,898 "Système de télégraphie rapide")
Alfred Lewis Vail American Machinist & Inventor (Sep. 25, 1807 - Jan. 18, 1859) Telegraph
Morse Code, Co-Developer
Samuel Finley Breese Morse American Painter & Inventor (Apr. 27, 1791 - Apr. 2, 1872) Morse Code, Co-Developer
Electrical Telegraph System
Joseph Henry American Scientist (Dec. 17, 1797 - May 13, 1878) Electrical Telegraph System
Electromechanical Relay
Precursor to the Electric Doorbell and Electric Relay, Inventor
Herman Hollerith American Statistician & Inventor (Feb. 29, 1860 - Nov. 17, 1929) Herman Hollerith’s Tabulating Machine
Charles Ranlett Flint American Businessman (Jan 24, 1850 - Feb. 26, 1934) International Business Machine (IBM), Co-Founder
Father of Trusts
Thomas John Watson Sr. American Businessman (Feb. 17, 1874 - Jun. 19, 1956) International Business Machine (IBM), Co-Founder
Christopher Latham Sholes American Newspaperman, Poet, & Part-time Inventor (Feb. 14, 1819 - Feb. 17, 1890) QWERTY Typewriter, Inventor (1874)
August Dvorak Journalist (May 05, 1894 - Oct. 10, 1975) Dvorak Simplified Keyboard (1930)
Douglas Carl Engelbart American Engineer & Inventor (Jan. 30, 1925 - Jul. 02, 2013) Computer Mouse, Inventor (1960)
Douglas Carl Engelbart with the assistance of Bill English Computer Mouse (1960) (was patented on November 17, 1970)
Lawrence "Larry" Gordon TeslerComputer Scientist Cut, Copy and Paste (1973 - 1976)
Tim Mott Cut, Copy and Paste (1973 - 1976)
Electronic Arts, Inc. (EA), Co-Founder (May 28, 1982)
Norman Joseph Woodland Inventor (Sep. 06, 1921 - Dec. 09, 2012) Barcode, Co-Inventor
Bernard Silver Inventor (Sep. 21, 1924 - Aug. 28, 1963) Barcode, Co-Inventor
Thomas Alva Edison American Inventor & Businessman (Feb. 11, 1847 - Oct. 18, 1931) Phonograph, Motion Picture Camera, and a Long-Lasting, Practical Electric Light Bulb
Nikola Tesla Serbian American Inventor, Electrical Engineer (Jul. 10, 1856 - Jan. 07, 1943) Contributions to the design of the modern Alternating Current (AC) Electricity Supply System
Mechanical Engineer, Physicist, & Futurist
Lee De Forest American Inventor (Aug. 26, 1873 - Jun. 30, 1961) Vacuum Tube Triode, Patents (1906)
Father of Radio
John Vincent Atanasoff American Physicist & Inventor (Oct. 4, 1903 - Jun. 15, 1995) First Electronic Digital Computer, Inventor
Atanasoff-Berry Computer (1937)
John Mauchly & J. Presper Eckert ENIAC, Inventors (1946)
Sir Maurice Vincent Wilkes British Computer Scientist (Jun. 26, 1913 - Nov. 29, 2010) EDSAC, Inventor (1949)
Microprogramming (1951)
Jack St. Clair Kilby American Electrical Engineer (Nov. 8, 1923 - Jun. 20, 2005) First Integrated Circuit, Inventor (1958)
Eric R. Fossum American Physicist & Engineer CMOS Image Sensor, Inventor
Yoshiro Nakamatsu (Dr. NakaMats) Japanese Inventor (June 26, 1928) Floppy Disk, Inventor
James T. Russell American Inventor Compact Disc, Inventor
Reynold B. Johnson American Inventor & Computer Pioneer (Jul. 16, 1906 - Sep. 15, 1998) Father of the Disk Drive
Hard Disk, Inventor (September 13, 1956)
Ajay V. Bhatt Indian-American Computer Architect Develop several widely used technologies (USB, AGP, and PCI Express)
Father of USB Standard
Thunderbolt Connecion, Contributor
Vinod Dham Inventor, Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist Father of the Pentium Chip
Amir Ban Israeli Inventor DiskOnKey or USB memory stick (M-Systems, US patent 6,148,354 - April 1999)
Dov Moran Israeli Entrepreneur, Inventor & Investor DiskOnKey or USB memory stick (M-Systems, US patent 6,148,354 - April 1999)
Oron Ogdan Israeli Inventor DiskOnKey or USB memory stick (M-Systems, US patent 6,148,354 - April 1999)
Alan Curtis Kay American Computer Scientist (May 17, 1940) Object-Oriented Programming
Windowing Graphical User Interface Design
Dynabook (1972 proposal “A personal computer for children of all ages”)
Adam Osborne Thailand-born British-American Author (Mar. 06, 1939 - Mar. 18, 2003) Portable Computer called Osborne 1, (April 1981)
Prepared by: Mr. Jeffrey A. Diaz 16 August 2014

Palmer Freeman Luckey
Alex Kipman
Jeffrey Hawkins
Kenneth Thompson
Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie
Brian Wilson Kernighan
Bjarne Stroustrup
James Arthur Gosling
Robert Griesemer
Robert Pike
John McCarthy
Larry Wall
Guido van Rossum
Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto
Anders Hejlsberg
Linus Benedict Torvalds
Bruce Perens
Eric Steven Raymond
Richard Matthew Stallman
Eben Moglen
Ransom Love
Bryan Sparks
Ian Ashley Murdock
Robert "Bob" Young
Mark Richard Shuttleworth
Edward "Ed" E. Iacobucci
Phillip Walter Katz
Frederick B. Cohen
Kevin David Mitnick
Tsutomu Shimomura
Onel de Guzman
Michael Buen
Paul Loui Biteng & Jonel De Asis
Artur Kuzyakov
Yury Soft
Maxim Kozmenko
Per Gottfrid "anakata" Svartholm Warg
Hans Fredrik "TiAMO" Lennart Neij
Peter "brokep" Sunde Kolmisoppi
Bram Cohen
Prepared by: Mr. Jeffrey A. Diaz
Software Publisher & Computer Designer
Inventor
Software Engineer & Inventor
Computer Designer
American Pioneer of Computer Science
Computer Scientist & Author
Computer Scientist
Danish Computer Scientist
Canadian Computer Scientist
Programmer
Canadian Programmer, Software Engineer & Author
American Computer Scientist & Cognitive Scientist
Computer Programmer & Author
Dutch Computer Programmer
Japanese Computer Scientist & Software Programmer
Danish Software Engineer
Software Engineer
American Computer Programmer
American Software Developer
Computer Programmer & Activist
American Software Engineer
Entrepreneur
South African Entrepreneur & Space Tourist
American Businessman
Computer Programmer
American Computer Scientist & Computer Virologist
Computer Security Consultant & Author
Physicist & Computer Security Expert
Former Student of AMA Computer College (Makati)
Filipino Programmer, Former Student of AMA Computer College (Makati)
Filipino Hacktivist
IT – Activist
Swedish Computer Specialist
, Computer Professional
Computer Expert
American Computer Programmer
(Jun. 1, 1957)
(Feb. 4, 1943)
(Sep. 09, 1941 - Oct. 12, 2011)
(Dec. 30, 1950)
(Sep. 4, 1927 - Oct. 24, 2011)
(Apr. 28, 1973 - Dec. 28, 2015)
(Sep. 26, 1953 - Jun. 21, 2013)
(Nov. 03, 1962 - Apr. 14, 2000)
DriverPack Solution, Author Program (May 2008)
DrivePack Solution, Collects Drivers (May 2008)
DrivePack Solution, (May 2008)
Oculus VR, Founder & Oculus Rift, Inventor
Kinect, motion-sensing input device developed for the Xbox 360 video game system & Windows PCs
Palm Computing (Palm, Inc.), Founder
Palm Pilot, Inventor
Handspring, Co Founder
Palm Treo, Inventor
B Programming Language
UNIX Operating System, Designer and Implementor
Go (often referred to as golang), Open Source Programming Language (Google), Co-Inventor
C Programming Language & UNIX Operating System
UNIX Operating System & The C Programming Language (Book)
C++ Programming Language, Creator (1978)
Father of Java Programming Language (1992)
Go (often referred to as golang), Open Source Programming Language (Google), Co-Inventor
Go (often referred to as golang), Open Source Programming Language (Google), Co-Inventor
Limbo Programming Language
Discipline of Artificial Intelligence, Co-Founders
Lisp derives from "LISt Processor" (1958), Designer
PERL Programming Language (1987)
Python Programming Language (1989)
("Benevolent Dictator For Life" (BDFL))
Ruby Programming Language (1995) (Chief Designer)
Turbo Pascal (1983) (Original Author)
Delphi (Chief Architect)
TypeScript - Free and Open Source Programming Language (October 1, 2012)(Core Developer)
C# Programming Language (2001)
Linux (Posted in Internet – August 1991)
Open Source Initiative
Open Source Initiative
GNU (GNU's Not Unix), Founder
GNU GPLv3 (General Public License) Free Software
Caldera, Inc.
Caldera, Inc.
Debian (“Debbara” + “Ian”) & Progeny Linux Systems
RedHat Inc., Founder
Lulu Press, Inc., Founder
Canonical Ltd. that provides leadership for the Ubuntu
Citrix Systems, Inc., Founder
VirtualWorks, Founder
Zip File Format, Co-Creator
PKZIP, Author
Computer Virus Defense Techniques, Inventor
World's Most Famous Hacker, Legendary Hacker & Social Engineering Expert
Known for Catching Kevin Mitnick
Love Bug ("I Love You" Virus), (May 04, 2000)
Love Bug ("I Love You" Virus), Author (May 04, 2000)
Filipino Hacker of Comelec Website, (Mar. 27, 2016)
PeRiQuito AB (PRQ), Co-Owner
BitTorrent, Co-Founder
The Pirate Bay, Co-Founder
BitTorrent, Co-Founder
The Pirate Bay, Co-Founder
BitTorrent, Co-Founder
The Pirate Bay, Co-Founder
BitTorrent Protocol, Author
16 August 2014
Dr. Diosdado "Dado" Banatao
Maria Cariaga Banatao
Dr. William T. Torres
Dr. Rodolfo Villarica
Dennis Beltran Mendiola
Chito Bustamante
Alexandra Roxas
Sir Timothy John “Tim” Berners-Lee
Marc Lowell Andreessen
James Henry Clark
Eric J. Bina
Robert Cailliau
Thomas Reardon
Dave Hyatt
Blake Aaron Ross
Håkon Wium Lie
Brendan Eich
Rasmus Lerdorf
Roger Lee Easton, Sr.
Ivan Alexander Getting
Bradford Parkinson
Dr. Louis N. Ridenour
Charles Walton
Victor "Vic" Hayes
William "Bill" H. Inmon
Martin "Marty" Cooper
Robert Melancton "Bob" Metcalfe
Howard Charney
Bruce Borden
Greg Shaw
David Reeves Boggs
Charles P. (Chuck) Thacker
Butler W. Lampson
Stan Shih
Carolyn Yeh
John Edward Warnock
Charles M. "Chuck" Geschke
Jerry Sanders
Frank Thomson "Tom" Leighton Applied Mathematics Professor
Daniel "Danny" Mark Lewin
He died in the Sep. 11 attacks. A passenger on American Airlines Flight 11, it is believed that Lewin was likely stabbed by one of the hijackers of that flight, and may have been the first person killed during the course of the attacks.
Randall Kaplan
Preetish Nijhawan
Jonathan Seelig
Jeffrey Preston "Jeff" Bezos
Prepared by: Mr. Jeffrey A. Diaz
Electrical Engineer, Technology Innovator “Bill Gates of the Philippines”
Entrepreneur First 10 Mbit Ethernet CMOS MAC / PHY Chip
First System Logic Chipset for PC-XT
First Windows Graphic Accelerator
Established several educational foundations in the Philippines and U.S.
Educator Mrs. Bill Gates of the Philippines
Mechanical Engineer Father of Internet in the Philippines, Founders & Pioneers
Businessman Father of Internet in the Philippines, also considered as Founders & Pioneers
PHNet, Inc. (Philippine Network Foundation), Founding President
Electrical Engineer, Investment Banker & Entrepreneur Chikka Text Messenger (CTM), Co-Founder (2000)
Chikka Text Messenger (CTM), Co-Founder (2000)
Chikka Text Messenger (CTM), Co-Founder (2000)
British Computer Scientist World Wide Web, Inventor
Director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Founder of the World Wide Web Foundation
American Entrepreneur, Investor, & Software Engineer Mosaic, Co-Author
Netscape, Co-Founder
American Entrepreneur & Computer Scientist Netscape, Co-Founder
Mosaic, Co-Creator
Netscape, Co-Founder
Belgian Informatics Engineer & Computer Scientist World Wide Web, Co-Developer
American Programmer Microsoft Internet Explorer, Creator (August 16, 1995)
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Co-Founder
American Software Engineer Mozilla Firefox Internet Browser, Creator
Jewish-American Software Engineer Mozilla Firefox Internet Browser, Creator
Web Pioneer Cascading Style Sheets
American Technologist & Programming Language Designer JavaScript Programming Language
Greenlandic Programmer with Canadian Citizenship Programmer PHP Scripting Language
American Scientist (Apr. 30, 1921 - May 08, 2014) Global Positioning System (GPS), Principal Inventor & Designer (February 1978)
American Physicist & Electrical Engineer (Jan. 18, 1912 - Oct. 11, 2003) Father of the Global Positioning System (February 1978)
American Engineer & Inventor (Feb. 16, 1935) Father of the Global Positioning System (February 1978)
American Physicist (Jun. 27, 1911 - May 21, 1959) Radar
American Electrical Engineer (1921 - Nov. 06, 2011) First Patent Holder for the RFID (radio frequency identification) Device / Father of RFID Technology
Father of Wi-Fi (1991)
American Computer Scientist Father of the Data Warehouse
American Engineer Engineer and Pioneer of Wireless Communications (1981)
Inventing the handheld cellular Mobile phone. Making world's first handheld cellular mobile phone call
Received Marconi Prize (2013)
American Electrical Engineer and Inventor 3Com, Co-Founder (1979 - April 12, 2010)
Ethernet, Co-Inventor (1995) and Local Area Network
3Com, Co-Founder (1979 - April 12, 2010)
3Com, Co-Founder (1979 - April 12, 2010)
3Com, Co-Founder (1979 - April 12, 2010)
American Electrical and Radio Engineer Ethernet, Co-Inventor (1995)
American Pioneer Computer Designer Ethernet, Co-Inventor (1995)
Computer Scientist Ethernet, Co-Inventor (1995)
ACER Inc., Co-Founder (1976 as Multitech)
ACER Inc., Co-Founder (1976 as Multitech)
Computer Scientist Adobe Systems Incorporated, Co-Founder (February 28, 1982)
American Businessman Adobe Systems Incorporated, Co-Founder (February 28, 1982)
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD), Founder (May 1, 1969)
Akamai Technologies, Inc., Co-Founder (1998)
American-Israeli Mathematician & Entrepreneur (May 14, 1970 - Sep. 11, 2001) Akamai Technologies, Inc., Co-Founder (1998)
U.S.-born Serial Entrepreneur Akamai Technologies, Inc., Co-Founder (1998)
Entrepreneur Akamai Technologies, Inc., Co-Founder (1998)
Akamai Technologies, Inc., Co-Founder (1998)
American Technology Entrepreneur & Investor Amazon, Chairman, President & CEO (July 5, 1994)
16 August 2014
Andrew E. "Andy" Rubin American Computer Programmer, Engineer, Entrepreneur, & Venture Capitalist Android Inc., Co-Founder
Rich Miner Android Inc., Co-Founder
Nick Sears Android Inc., Co-Founder
Chris White Android Inc., Co-Founder
Marc S. Seriff AOL Inc. (known as America Online, written as AOL and styled as Aol.) (1983)
Stephen McConnell "Steve" Case American Entrepreneur, Investor, & Businessman AOL Inc. (known as America Online, written as AOL and styled as Aol.) (1983)
James V. "Jim" Kimsey AOL Inc. (known as America Online, written as AOL and styled as Aol.) (1983)
Randy Terbush Apache Software Foundation, Co-Founder
Covalent Technologies, Co-Founder
Ben Hyde Apache Software Foundation, Co-Founder
Ken Coar Software Developer & Open Development Evangelist Apache Software Foundation, Co-Founder
Covalent Technologies, Co-Founder
Sameer Parekh Apache Software Foundation, Co-Founder
C2Net Software, Inc., Founder
Ben Laurie Software Engineer, Protocol Designer & Cryptographer Apache Software Foundation, Founding Director
Open Rights Group, Director
Dirk-Willem van Gulik Apache Software Foundation, Co-Founder
Brian Behlendorf Technologist, Executive, & Computer Programmer Apache Software Foundation, Co-Founder
Jim Jagielski American Software Engineer, specializes in Web, Cloud & Open Source Technologies Apache Software Foundation, Co-Founder
Roy Thomas Fielding American Computer Scientist Apache Software Foundation, Co-Founder
Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs Entrepreneur (Feb. 24, 1955 - Oct. 05, 2011) Apple, Inc. (formerly Apple Computer), Co-Founder
Stephen (or Stephan) Gary "Steve" Wozniak Engineer Apple, Inc. (formerly Apple Computer), Co-Founder
Ronald Gerald Wayne American Electronics Industry Worker Apple, Inc. (formerly Apple Computer), Co-Founder
T.H. Tung ASUS or ASUSTeK Computer Inc., Co-Founder (April 02, 1989)
Ted Hsu ASUS or ASUSTeK Computer Inc., Co-Founder (April 02, 1989)
Wayne Hsieh ASUS or ASUSTeK Computer Inc., Co-Founder (April 02, 1989)
M.T. Liao ASUS or ASUSTeK Computer Inc., Co-Founder (April 02, 1989)
Dr. Kevin J. Kennedy American Business Executive & Writer Avaya Inc., President & CEO (2000)
Jan Gritzbach AVG Technologies (1991 as Grisoft)
Tomáš Hofer AVG Technologies (1991 as Grisoft)
Tjark Auerbach German Electrical Engineer Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG (1986)
Florin Talpeș Bitdefender, CEO (2001)
Ton Roosendaal Dutch Software Developer Blender Foundation & Original Creator of the Open-Source 3D
Allen Adham Egyptian American Businessman & Video Game Designer Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., Co-Founder (February 8, 1991 as Silicon & Synapse)
Frank G Pearce Jr. Businessman Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., Co-Founder & Executive VP (February 8, 1991 as Silicon & Synapse)
Michael "Mike" Morhaime Video Game Developer Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., Co-Founder & President (February 8, 1991 as Silicon & Synapse)
Christopher Vincent Metzen American Game Designer, Artist, Author, & Voice Actor Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., Creator of the fictional Universes & Scripts
Sam "Samwise" Didier American Artist & Designer Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., Art Director
Rosen Sharma Bluestacks, Founder (2009)
Leonard Bosack Entrepreneur Cisco Systems, Inc., Co-Founder
Sandy Lerner Cisco Systems, Inc., Co-Founder
Joseph Rodney "Rod" Canion American Computer Scientist & Businessman (January 19, 1945) Compaq Computer Corporation, Co-Founder & First President and CEO (1982)
James "Jim" M. Harris American Businessman Compaq Computer Corporation, Co-Founder (1982)
Bill Murto Compaq Computer Corporation, Co-Founder (1982)
Michael Saul Dell American Business Magnate, Philanthropist, & Author Dell Inc., Founder (February 1, 1984)
William "Trip" M. Hawkins III American Entrepreneur Electronic Arts, Inc. (EA), Founder (May 28, 1982)
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg American Computer Programmer & Internet Entrepreneur Facebook, Co-Founder (February 04, 2004)
Eduardo Luiz Saverin Brazilian Internet Entrepreneur, Economist & Angel Investor Facebook, Co-Founder (February 04, 2004)
Andrew McCollum Angel Investor Facebook, Co-Founder (February 04, 2004)
Dustin Moskovitz American Internet Entrepreneur Facebook, Co-Founder (February 04, 2004)
Chris Hughes American Entrepreneur Facebook, Co-Founder (February 04, 2004)
Lawrence “Larry” Page American Computer Scientist, Internet Entrepreneur, and Business Magnate Google Inc., Co-Founder who received Marconi Prize (2004)
Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin American Computer Scientist and Internet Entrepreneur Google Inc., Co-Founder who received Marconi Prize (2004)
William "Bill" Redington Hewlett American Engineer (May 20, 1913 - Jan. 12, 2001) Hewlett-Packard Company or HP, Co-Founder
David "Dave" Packard (Sep. 7, 1912 - Mar. 26, 1996) Hewlett-Packard Company or HP, Co-Founder
Prepared by: Mr. Jeffrey A. Diaz 16 August 2014
Ren Zhengfei Chinese Businessman Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Founder & President
John Carmack American Game Programmer Id Software, Co-Founder
Armadillo Aerospace, Founder
Tom A. Hall Game Designer Id Software, Co-Founder
Alfonso John Romero American Director, Designer, Programmer, & Developer in the Video Game Industry Id Software, Co-Founder
Adrian Carmack Artist Id Software, Co-Founder
Kevin Systrom American Entrepreneur & Computer Programmer Instagram, Co-Founder & CEO
Michel "Mike" Krieger Brazilian Entrepreneur & Software Engineer Instagram, Co-Founder & Technical Lead
Robert Norton Noyce Businessman (Dec. 12, 1927 - Jun. 03, 1990) Intel Corporation, Co-Founder (July 18, 1968)
Nickname "The Mayor of Silicon Valley”
Gordon Earle Moore American Businessman Intel Corporation, Co-Founder (July 18, 1968)
Brian Matthew Krzanich Excecutive Intel Corporation, CEO (Present)
Eugene Kaspersky Russian Specialist in the Information Security Field Kaspersky Lab, Founder (1997)
John Tu Chinese-born American Entrepreneur & Philanthropist Kingston Technology, Co-Founder (1987)
David Sun Kingston Technology, Co-Founder (1987)
Liu Chuanzhi Chinese Businessman Lenovo Group Ltd., Founder (1984)
Koo In-Hwoi LG Corp. formerly Lucky Goldstar, Founder (January 05, 1947)
Reid Garrett Hoffman Entrepreneur / Chief Executive Officer LinkedIn, Co-Founder (2003)
Allen Blue Vice President of Product LinkedIn, Co-Founder (2003)
Konstantin Guericke Vice President of Marketing LinkedIn, Co-Founder (2003)
Eric Ly Chief Technology Officer LinkedIn, Co-Founder (2003)
Jean-Luc Vaillant Vice President of Engineering LinkedIn, Co-Founder (2003)
Stephen Beitzel Senior Software Engineer LinkedIn, Co-Founder (2003)
David Eves Technical Operations Manager LinkedIn, Co-Founder (2003)
Lee Hower Director of Corporate Development LinkedIn, Co-Founder (2003)
Ian McNish Senior Systems Architect LinkedIn, Co-Founder (2003)
Yan Pujante Senior Software Architect LinkedIn, Co-Founder (2003)
Chris Saccheri Web Developer LinkedIn, Co-Founder (2003)
Michael Loren “Fuzzy” Mauldin Artificial Intelligence Scientist Lycos Search Engine, Research Project
Bob Davis American Businessman Lycos, Inc., Founder and Former CEO (1994)
Michael Nielsen Macromedia (1992) (Co-Founder, MacroMind)
Marc Canter Macromedia (1992) (Founder, MacroMind)
Michael W. Allen American Software Developer, Educator, & Author Macromedia (1992) (Founder, Authorware)
John C. “Bud” Colligan Community Activist, Social Entrepreneur, Investor & Company Builder Macromedia (1992) (Co-Founders)
Tim Mott Macromedia (1992) (Co-Founder)
James McCoy Maxtor Corporation, Co-Founder (1982) (acquired by Seagate Technology, 2006)
Jack Swartz Maxtor Corporation, Co-Founder (1982) (acquired by Seagate Technology, 2006)
Raymond Niedzwiecki Maxtor Corporation, Co-Founder (1982) (acquired by Seagate Technology, 2006)
John McAfee Scottish-American Computer Programmer McAfee, Inc., Founder (1987)
William Henry "Bill Gates" Gates III Business Magnate Microsoft Corporation, Co-Founder (Apr. 4, 1975)
Paul Gardner Allen Philanthropist Microsoft Corporation, Co-Founder (Apr. 4, 1975)
Steven Anthony "Steve" Ballmer Businessman Microsoft Corporation, CEO (Retired) (Apr. 4, 1975)
Satya Narayana Nadella Executive Microsoft Corporation, CEO (Present)
Fusajiro Yamauchi Japanese Entrepreneur (Nov. 22, 1859 - Jan. 1940) Nintendo Company Limited, Founder (Sep. 23, 1889)
Knut Fredrik Idestam Engineer (Oct, 28, 1838 - Apr. 08, 1916) Nokia, Co-Founder
Leopold (Leo) Henrik Stanislaus Mechelin Professor (Nov. 24, 1839 - Jan. 26, 1914) Nokia, Co-Founder
Peter Norton American Programmer, Software Publisher, & Author Norton Antivirus (Symantec Antivirus name after Peter Norton)
Jen-Hsun Huang Taiwanese-American Entrepreneur & Businessman Nvidia Corporation, Co-Founder (Apr. 1993)
Chris Malachowsky American Electrical Engineer Nvidia Corporation, Co-Founder (Apr. 1993)
Curtis Priem American Computer Scientist Nvidia Corporation, Co-Founder (Apr. 1993)
Edward A. "Ed" Oates American Businessman Oracle Corporation, Co-Founder (Jun. 16, 1977)
Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Ellison American Internet Entrepreneur, Businessman & Philanthropist Oracle Corporation, Co-Founder (Jun. 16, 1977)
Robert Nimrod "Bob" Miner American Businessman (Dec. 23, 1941 - Nov. 11, 1994) Oracle Corporation, Co-Founder (Jun. 16, 1977)
Elon Reeve Musk South African-born, American Business Magnate, Entrepreneur, Engineer, Inventor & Investor PayPal, Co-Founder (Jun. 1998)
Luke Nosek Polish-born American Entrepreneur PayPal, Co-Founder (Jun. 1998)
Prepared by: Mr. Jeffrey A. Diaz 16 August 2014
Ken Howery PayPal, Co-Founder (Jun. 1998)
Maksymilian Rafailovych "Max" Levchyn Ukrainian-born American Computer Scientist & Internet Entrepreneur PayPal, Co-Founder (Jun. 1998)
Peter Andreas Thiel American Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist, Hedge Fund Manager, & Social Critic PayPal, Co-Founder (Jun. 1998)
Richard Li Tzar Kai Hong Kong Businessman & Philanthropist PCCW Limited (Pacific Century CyberWorks), Founder
Lee Byung-chul Businessman (Feb. 12, 1910 - Nov. 19, 1987) Samsung, Founder (1938)
Alan Field Shugart American Engineer & Business Executive Seagate Technology PLC (commonly Seagate), Co-Founder (1979 as Shugart Technology)
Tom Mitchell Seagate Technology PLC (commonly Seagate), Co-Founder (1979 as Shugart Technology)
Doug Mahon Seagate Technology PLC (commonly Seagate), Co-Founder (1979 as Shugart Technology)
Finis Conner Seagate Technology PLC (commonly Seagate), Co-Founder (1979 as Shugart Technology)
Syed Iftikar Seagate Technology PLC (commonly Seagate), Co-Founder (1979 as Shugart Technology)
Janus Friis Danish Entrepreneur Skype and Kazaa, Co-Founder (2003)
Niklas Zennström Swedish Entrepreneur Skype and Kazaa, Co-Founder (2003)
Ahti Heinla Estonian Programmer & Entrepreneur Skype Software, Developer (2003)
Priit Kasesalu Estonian Programmer & Software Developer Skype Software, Developer (2003)
Jaan Tallinn Estonian Programmer Skype Software, Developer (2003)
Masaru Ibuka Industrialist (Apr. 11, 1908 - Dec. 19, 1997) Sony Corporation, Co-Founder (May 7, 1946, Tokyo, Japan)
Akio Morita Businessman (Jan. 26, 1921 - Oct. 03, 1999) Sony Corporation, Co-Founder (May 7, 1946, Tokyo, Japan)
Dr. Jan Hruska Sophos Group plc, Co-Founder (1985)
Dr. Peter Lammer Sophos Group plc, Co-Founder (1985)
Donald D. Chamberlin American Computer Scientist SQL Database Language, Principal Designers
Raymond "Ray" F. Boyce American Computer Scientist SQL Database Language and Relational Databases
William Nelson "Bill Joy" Joy Computer Scientist Sun Microsystems, Co-Founder (February 24, 1982)
Vinod Khosla American Businessman Sun Microsystems, Co-Founder (February 24, 1982)
Scott McNealy American Businessman Sun Microsystems, Co-Founder (February 24, 1982)
Andreas "Andy" von Bechtolsheim Electrical Engineer Sun Microsystems, Co-Founder (February 24, 1982)
Gary G. Hendrix American Businessman Symantec Corporation, Founder
Tanaka Hisashige Japanese Rangaku Scholar, Engineer & Inventor (Oct. 16, 1799 - Nov. 07, 1881) Toshiba Corporation, Founder
Thomas Edison of Japan or Karakuri Giemon
Eva Chen Taiwanese Businessperson Trend Micro, Co-Founder & CEO (1988)
Steve Chang Trend Micro, Co-Founder (1988)
Jenny Chang Trend Micro, Co-Founder (1988)
Jack Dorsey American Web Developer & Businessman Twitter, Co-Founder
Evan Clark Williams American Internet Entrepreneur Twitter, Co-Founder
Christopher Isaac "Biz" Stone Twitter, Co-Founder
Noah Glass American Software Developer Twitter, Co-Founder
Diane Greene Investor VMware, Inc., Co-Founder (1998)
Mendel Rosenblum Professor VMware, Inc., Co-Founder (1998)
Dr. Scott Devine VMware, Inc., Co-Founder & Principal Engineer (1998)
Edward Wang VMware, Inc., Co-Founder (1998)
Edouard Bugnion Swiss Software Architect & Businessman VMware, Inc., Co-Founder (1998)
Allen Lau Wattpad, Co-Founder & CEO (November 2006)
Ivan Yuen Wattpad, Co-Founder & CTO (November 2006)
Alvin B. Phillips Western Digital Corporation, Founder (April 23, 1970)
Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales American Internet Entrepreneur Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Co-Founder
Lawrence Mark "Larry" Sanger American Internet Project Developer Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Co-Founder
Jerry Yang Taiwanese-born American Internet Entrepreneur & Engineer Yahoo! Inc., Co-Founder (March 1, 1995)
David Filo American Businessman Yahoo! Inc., Co-Founder (March 1, 1995)
David Welch Pogue American Technology Writer and TV Science Presenter Personal Technology Columnist for Yahoo Tech
Steven Shih "Steve" Chen Taiwanese-born American Internet Entrepreneur Youtube, Co-Founder (February 14, 2005)
Chad Meredith Hurley Former CEO Youtube, Co-Founder (February 14, 2005)
Jawed Karim Bangladeshi-German Internet Entrepreneur Youtube, Co-Founder (February 14, 2005)
Karel Čapek Czech Writer (Jan. 09, 1890 - Dec. 25, 1938) First user of the term 'robot'
Alvin Toffler American Writer and Futurist Known for his works discussing the Digital Revolution
Communication Revolution and Technological Singularity

Prepared by: Mr. Jeffrey A. Diaz 16 August 2014