Engineer computer pioneers

Below is a listing of computer pioneers that have been tagged as a Engineer. Clicking on any of the below links will open the biography for that person.

Abhay BhushanAbhay Bhushan
Author of FTP.
Category: Chairman, Engineer, Manager, President, and Writer
Al AlcornAl Alcorn
Pong.
Category: Engineer, Manager, Scientist, and Writer
Alan CoxAlan Cox
Linux developer and Free Software Foundation award recipient.
Category: Engineer, Manager, Programmer, and Writer
Alan KotokAlan Kotok
Computer scientist, hacker, and developer.
Category: Engineer, Hacker, Manager, Scientist, and Writer
Alan ShugartAlan Shugart
Pioneer of the computer disk drive and founder of Seagate Technology.
Category: CEO, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer
Albert HullAlbert Hull
American electrical engineer known for inventing the magnetron.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Alexander BainAlexander Bain
Inventor of the electric clock.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Alexander Graham BellAlexander Graham Bell
Inventor, engineer, and innovator best known for inventing the telephone.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer
Alexey PajitnovAlexey Pajitnov
Inventor of Tetris.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Allen CoombsAllen Coombs
Key designer of the Colossus computer.
Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer
Amanda ChessellAmanda Chessell
Computer scientist and engineer at IBM known for software inventions and innovation of development tools.
Category: Engineer, Female, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer
Amy BriggsAmy Briggs
American computer programmer and interactive fiction game creator.
Category: Engineer, Manager, Programmer, and Writer
An WangAn Wang
Engineer and inventor, and co-founder of Wang Laboratories.
Category: Engineer, Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Anders HejlsbergAnders Hejlsberg
Author of Turbo Pascal and chief architect of Delphi.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, Programmer, and Writer
Andreas BechtolsheimAndreas Bechtolsheim
Co-founder of Sun Microsystems.
Category: Engineer, Founder, Investor, Manager, and Writer
Andrew BobeckAndrew Bobeck
American electrical engineer and inventor of bubble memory.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, Researcher, and Writer
Andrew BoothAndrew Booth
Inventor of Booth's multiplication algorithm that led to the invention of drum memory.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, Physicist, Scientist, and Writer
Andrew GroveAndrew Grove
Former CEO of Intel.
Category: CEO, Engineer, Manager, and Writer
Andrew KaluzniackiAndrew Kaluzniacki
Software engineer and game engine developer.
Category: Engineer, Manager, Twitter, and Writer
Andy RubinAndy Rubin
Co-founder and former CEO of Danger Inc. and Android Inc.
Category: CEO, Engineer, Founder, Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer
Anthony BarrAnthony Barr
Computer programming language designer, software engineer, and inventor.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, Programmer, and Writer
Antonin SvobodaAntonin Svoboda
Computer scientist, engineer, and researcher credited for fault-tolerant computer systems.
Category: Engineer, Manager, Mathematician, Researcher, Scientist, and Writer
Arthur ScherbiusArthur Scherbius
German electrical engineer known for inventing the Enigma machine.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Barry BoehmBarry Boehm
American software engineer known for his many contributions to software engineering.
Category: Director, Engineer, Manager, Professor, and Writer
Bernard KardonBernard Kardon
American electrical engineer and co-founder of Harman/Kardon.
Category: Engineer, Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Bernhard ThalheimBernhard Thalheim
Computer scientist and professor of Information Systems Engineering known for conceptual modeling and its foundation.
Category: Manager, Professor, Scientist, and Writer
Bill AtkinsonBill Atkinson
Computer engineer at Apple who help create MacPaint, QuickDraw, and HyperCard.
Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer
Bob KahnBob Kahn
Internet pioneer, engineer, and computer scientist who helped develop TCP/IP.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, President, Scientist, and Writer
Borje LangeforsBorje Langefors
Swedish engineer and computer scientist who made systems development a science.
Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Scientist, and Writer
Brian CarpenterBrian Carpenter
British Internet engineer and former chair of the Internet Engineering Task Force.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Carol ShawCarol Shaw
American software engineer and the first female video game designer.
Category: Engineer, Female, Manager, Programmer, and Writer
Chandu ThotaChandu Thota
Computer engineer, author, and entrepreneur.
Category: Engineer, Entrepreneur, Manager, Programmer, and Writer
Charles PeddleCharles Peddle
Main designer of the 6502 microprocessor.
Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer
Claude ShannonClaude Shannon
Father of information theory.
Category: Engineer, Father, Founder, Manager, Mathematician, and Writer
Craig FederighiCraig Federighi
Senior vice president of Software Engineering at Apple Inc.
Category: Manager, President, and Writer
Dana UleryDana Ulery
Pioneer in scientific computing applications and the first woman engineer at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Category: Engineer, Female, Manager, Scientist, and Writer
Daniel KottkeDaniel Kottke
Early Apple computer engineer who help assemble and test the first Apple I.
Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer
Danny CohenDanny Cohen
Internet pioneer and network specialist who designed the first real-time visual flight simulator.
Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Personality, Scientist, and Writer
Dave BoggsDave Boggs
American electrical and radio engineer who developed early Internet protocols.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
David BradleyDavid Bradley
Developer of the three finger salute.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, Programmer, and Writer
David CutlerDavid Cutler
Father of Windows NT.
Category: Engineer, Father, Manager, and Writer
David KravitzDavid Kravitz
Software engineer and one of the original developers of Snapchat.
Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer
David ParnasDavid Parnas
Pioneer of software engineering.
Category: Manager, Programmer, and Writer
Donald BitzerDonald Bitzer
American electrical engineer and computer scientist and Father of PLATO.
Category: Engineer, Father, Inventor, Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer
Douglas EngelbartDouglas Engelbart
Inventor of the computer mouse.
Category: Engineer, Hacker, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Douglas RossDouglas Ross
Computer scientist pioneer who is known for the term CAD and as the father of APT.
Category: Chairman, Engineer, Father, Inventor, Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer
Dov FrohmanDov Frohman
Israeli electrical engineer and former vice president of Intel Corporation.
Category: Engineer, Founder, Inventor, Manager, President, and Writer
Dov MoranDov Moran
Israeli engineer known for founding the company who invented the DiskOnKey thumb drive.
Category: Chairman, Engineer, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer
Dudley BuckDudley Buck
Electrical engineer and inventor of computer components.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Edith ClarkeEdith Clarke
Electrical engineer and the first woman employed as an electrical engineer in the United States.
Category: Engineer, Female, Inventor, Manager, Professor, and Writer
Edwin TurneyEdwin Turney
Co-founder of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).
Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, President, and Writer
Elisha GrayElisha Gray
Co-founder of Western Electric Manufacturing company and best known for his development of a telephone prototype.
Category: Engineer, Father, Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Eric SchmidtEric Schmidt
CEO of Google.
Category: CEO, Director, Engineer, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer
Erik CasselErik Cassel
Administrator, and VP of Engineering of ROBLOX, a massively multiplayer online game, physics-based sandbox and user-generated content site.
Category: Founder, Manager, and Writer
Evelyn BerezinEvelyn Berezin
American computer engineer known for designing one of the first word processors.
Category: Engineer, Female, Founder, Manager, and Writer
Federico FagginFederico Faggin
Italian physicist and engineer who helped design the first commercial microprocessor.
Category: CEO, Engineer, Founder, Manager, Physicist, President, and Writer
Forrest ParryForrest Parry
IBM engineer who invented magnetic stripe cards used for credit cards and identification badges.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Fred BakerFred Baker
American engineer who specializes in developing computer network protocols.
Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer
Frederic WilliamsFrederic Williams
British engineer well known for his contributions to the development of Radar.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Frederick BrooksFrederick Brooks
Software engineer and computer scientist known for managing the development of IBM's System/360.
Category: Engineer, Manager, Scientist, and Writer
Fredrik IdestamFredrik Idestam
Finnish businessman and engineer known for founding Nokia.
Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, and Writer
Gary RobinsonGary Robinson
American software engineer, inventor and computer programmer known for fighting spam.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, Programmer, and Writer
Gary StarkweatherGary Starkweather
Inventor of the laser printer.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Geoffrey DummerGeoffrey Dummer
Electronics engineer and the first person to conceptualize and build a prototype of an integrated circuit.
Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer
George PerlegosGeorge Perlegos
Electrical engineer who participated in the development of the first cell flash memory from Intel and helped develop EEPROM.
Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, and Writer
Gerald EstrinGerald Estrin
UCLA professor who led the development of the WEIZAC, the first large-scale electronic computer outside of the United States.
Category: Engineer, Manager, Professor, and Writer
Gerald LawsonGerald Lawson
Founder of Videosoft and best known for creating one of the earliest arcade games.
Category: African American, Engineer, Founder, Manager, and Writer
Gerrot BlaauwGerrot Blaauw
One of the principal designers of the IBM System/360.
Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer
Glen CullerGlen Culler
Professor of electrical engineering and early innovator in the development of the Internet.
Category: Inventor, Manager, Professor, and Writer
Gordon BellGordon Bell
American computer engineer, manager, entrepreneur, and investor who oversaw the development of the VAX.
Category: Engineer, Entrepreneur, Investor, Manager, President, and Writer
Gordon FrenchGordon French
Computer programmer and engineer who co-founded the Homebrew Computer Club.
Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Personality, Programmer, and Writer
Gottfried UngerboeckGottfried Ungerboeck
Australian inventor who invented trellis coded modulation.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Grady BoochGrady Booch
American software engineer known for developing UML (Unified Modeling Language).
Category: Engineer, Manager, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer
Greg ChessonGreg Chesson
American computer scientist and UNIX expert known as the godfather of Networking.
Category: Engineer, Father, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer
Guido Van RossumGuido Van Rossum
Author of the Python programming language.
Category: Engineer, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer
Harlan AndersonHarlan Anderson
Co-founder of DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation).
Category: Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer
Harlan MillsHarlan Mills
Founder of Software Engineering Technology, Inc.
Category: Founder, Manager, Professor, Programmer, and Writer
Harold LawsonHarold Lawson
Software engineer and inventor who invented the pointer.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Harry GoodeHarry Goode
American statistician, mathematician, electrical and chemical engineer, professor, and author.
Category: Chairman, Engineer, Manager, Mathematician, Professor, Scientist, and Writer
Helmut HoelzerHelmut Hoelzer
Nazi Germany V-2 rocket engineer.
Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer
Helmut SchreyerHelmut Schreyer
German inventor, electrical engineer, and computer scientist known for his work on the Z3.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer
Hubert BoothHubert Booth
British engineer who invented the first powered vacuum cleaner.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Hugh HerrHugh Herr
American biophysicist and designer of specialized prostheses.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, Physicist, Professor, Twitter, and Writer
Igor AleksanderIgor Aleksander
Emeritus professor of Neural System Engineering and Electronics Engineering at Imperial College.
Category: Manager, Professor, and Writer
Jake LodwickJake Lodwick
American software engineer best known for co-founding Vimeo.
Category: CEO, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, and Writer
Jakob NielsenJakob Nielsen
Computer engineer and web usability consultant.
Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer
James BryceJames Bryce
Supervising engineer of the division that developed time recording machines.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
James MartinJames Martin
Father of Computer Aided Systems Engineering (CASE).
Category: Father, Founder, Manager, and Writer
James PomereneJames Pomerene
Electrical engineer and computer pioneer who helped build a parallel stored program computer.
Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer
Jan KoumJan Koum
American computer engineer and Internet entrepreneur and co-founder of WhatsApp.
Category: CEO, Director, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Hacker, Manager, Twitter, and Writer
Jan RajchmanJan Rajchman
American electrical engineer and computer pioneer.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Jay ForresterJay Forrester
Computer engineer who developed the aircraft flight simulator which later evolved to become the Whirlwind digital computer.
Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Scientist, and Writer
Jean HoerniJean Hoerni
Silicon transistor pioneer.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Jean SammetJean Sammet
American computer scientist who developed the FORMAC programming language.
Category: Engineer, Female, Manager, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer
Jeanmauriceemile BaudotJeanmauriceemile Baudot
French telegraph engineer who invented the Baudot Code.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Jeffrey ChuJeffrey Chu
Computer engineer who's team designed the first American electronic computer, the ENIAC.
Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer
Jeffrey SkollJeffrey Skoll
Canadian engineer and Internet entrepreneur known for being the first employee and president of eBay.
Category: Chairman, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer
Jen-hsun HuangJen-hsun Huang
Taiwanese-American entrepreneur and co-founder of Nvidia.
Category: CEO, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, President, and Writer
Joe OssannaJoe Ossanna
Electrical engineer and computer programmer known for his work with Unix operation system.
Category: Engineer, Manager, Programmer, and Writer
John BairdJohn Baird
Scottish engineer who invented the world's first mechanical television.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer
John BardeenJohn Bardeen
Co-inventor of the transistor.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, Physicist, and Writer
John EckertJohn Eckert
Electrical engineer and computer pioneer who help invent the ENIAC and UNIVAC.
Category: Engineer, Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
John FlemingJohn Fleming
Inventor of the first vacuum tube and diode.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, Physicist, and Writer
John ShedletskyJohn Shedletsky
American game developer and designer and former creative director at ROBLOX.
Category: Director, Engineer, Manager, Twitter, and Writer
Joseph ClementJoseph Clement
British engineer and designer of the first calculating device.
Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer
Julian BigelowJulian Bigelow
American computer engineer known for designing one of the first computers, the IAS.
Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, and Writer
Karlheinz BrandenburgKarlheinz Brandenburg
Audio engineer who has contributed to the audio compression format MPEG Audio Layer 3.
Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer
Keith UncapherKeith Uncapher
Founder of ISI and developer of the Internet.
Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, and Writer
Ken OlsenKen Olsen
Founder and former CEO of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).
Category: CEO, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Kevin SystromKevin Systrom
American entrepreneur and software engineer who co-founded Instagram.
Category: CEO, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer
Kirk LaflerKirk Lafler
American engineer, programmer, author, entrepreneur, consultant, and founder of Software Intelligence Corporation.
Category: Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Programmer, and Writer
Larry ConstantineLarry Constantine
American software engineer and professor at the University of Madeira Portugal.
Category: Engineer, Manager, Professor, and Writer
Laszlo KozmaLaszlo Kozma
Hungarian electrical engineer and designer of the first Hungarian digital computer, 1957.
Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer
Lee BoyselLee Boysel
American engineer who developed four-phase logic and built first integrated circuit.
Category: Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer
Leon ChuaLeon Chua
Professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences at Berkeley and inventor of Chua's circuit.
Category: Inventor, Manager, Professor, and Writer
Leonardo Da VinciLeonardo Da Vinci
Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, and inventor.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, Mathematician, Scientist, and Writer
Lotfali ZadehLotfali Zadeh
Mathematician, computer scientist, artificial intelligence researcher and founder of fuzzy mathematics.
Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Mathematician, Professor, Researcher, Scientist, and Writer
Lou MontulliLou Montulli
Programmer known for his work in producing web browsers, namely Lynx and Netscape.
Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Personality, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer
Lynn ConwayLynn Conway
American computer scientist, electrical engineer, and inventor who invented the generalized dynamic instruction handling.
Category: Engineer, Female, Inventor, Manager, President, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer
Lynn GrefLynn Gref
Technologist and systems engineer, who has done pioneering work in missile systems.
Category: Director, Engineer, Manager, and Writer
Malcolm McilroyMalcolm Mcilroy
Mathematician, engineer, and programmer known for Unix pipelines and software componentry.
Category: Chairman, Editor, Engineer, Manager, Mathematician, Professor, Programmer, and Writer
Marissa MayerMarissa Mayer
Former Google vice president and Yahoo CEO.
Category: CEO, Engineer, Female, Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer
Mark BlankMark Blank
American software engineer and game developer.
Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, and Writer
Mark DeanMark Dean
Lead team inventor of the ISA bus at IBM and helped the development of the computer keyboard.
Category: African American, Engineer, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Mark KriegsmanMark Kriegsman
American entrepreneur, computer programmer, inventor, writer, and Director of Engineering at Veracode.
Category: Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer
Marshall RoseMarshall Rose
Network engineer, protocol developer, and contributor to the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force).
Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer
Masatoshi ShimaMasatoshi Shima
One of the designers of the world's first microprocessor, the Intel 4004.
Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer
Matt CuttsMatt Cutts
American software engineer and former head of the webspam team at Google.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer
Mihai ParparitaMihai Parparita
Software engineer at Google and founding member of the Google Reader development team.
Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer
Mike CulbertMike Culbert
Apple engineer and vice president of architecture at Apple Computers who played key role in the Apple Newton.
Category: Engineer, Manager, President, and Writer
Morgan SparksMorgan Sparks
American scientist and engineer who helped develop the microwatt bipolar junction transistor.
Category: Engineer, Manager, Scientist, and Writer
Nathan EmbertonNathan Emberton
Founder of Computer Hope.
Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, and Writer
Nikola TeslaNikola Tesla
Inventor of AC (alternating current), and other inventions.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer
Nolan BushnellNolan Bushnell
American engineer and entrepreneur who founded both Atari and the Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza-Time Theaters chain.
Category: Chairman, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Father, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer
Norman AbramsonNorman Abramson
American computer scientist known for developing the ALOHAnet system for wireless communication.
Category: Engineer, Manager, Scientist, and Writer
Omer ReingoldOmer Reingold
Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research Silicon Valley.
Category: Engineer, Manager, Professor, Researcher, and Writer
Otto ShweigerOtto Shweiger
Swiss engineer and inventor of the first efficient four function calculator.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Otto SteigerOtto Steiger
Verea, and Bollée), but first commercially-successful.
Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer
Patrick VolkerdingPatrick Volkerding
Software engineer and founder of the Slackware Linux distribution.
Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer
Paul BaranPaul Baran
Polish American engineer who was a pioneer in the development of computer networks.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Peter DiamandisPeter Diamandis
American engineer, physician, author, Intel entrepreneur and founder of X PRIZE Foundation.
Category: CEO, Chairman, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer
Philibert DocagnePhilibert Docagne
French engineer and mathematician.
Category: Engineer, Manager, Mathematician, and Writer
Philip EmeagwaliPhilip Emeagwali
Nigerian-born computer scientist known for his use of a Connection Machine supercomputer.
Category: African American, Engineer, Manager, Mathematician, Scientist, Twitter, and Writer
Radia PerlmanRadia Perlman
Mother of the Internet.
Category: Engineer, Female, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Ralph BaerRalph Baer
Father of video games.
Category: Engineer, Father, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Regina DuganRegina Dugan
19th (and the first woman) Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
Category: CEO, Director, Engineer, Female, Founder, Inventor, Manager, President, and Writer
Richard LyonRichard Lyon
American scientist known for inventing the optical mouse.
Category: Engineer, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer
Robert CailliauRobert Cailliau
Belgian informatics engineer and computer scientist who helped develop the World Wide Web.
Category: Engineer, Manager, Scientist, and Writer
Robert DennardRobert Dennard
Inventor of DRAM.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
Robert PikeRobert Pike
Canadian software engineer and author known for his work with Plan 9 at Bell Labs.
Category: Editor, Engineer, Inventor, Manager, Programmer, and Writer
Ronald SchaferRonald Schafer
American electrical engineer known for his work with signal processing.
Category: Editor, Engineer, Manager, President, Professor, and Writer
Russell OhlRussell Ohl
American engineer known for patenting the modern solar cell and researching semiconductors.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, Researcher, and Writer
Samuel CaldwellSamuel Caldwell
American electrical engineer known for his pioneering work with early computers.
Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer
Sergio VerduSergio Verdu
Professor of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University who teaches and conducts research on Information Theory.
Category: Manager, Professor, and Writer
Shafi GoldwasserShafi Goldwasser
Professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT.
Category: Female, Inventor, Manager, Professor, and Writer
Shawn FanningShawn Fanning
Computer programmer and co-founder of Napster.
Category: Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer
Shiraz ShivjiShiraz Shivji
African born electrical engineer and chief designer of the Atari ST computer.
Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer
Shuling GarverShuling Garver
Engineering manager for Intel and the first franchisee for Engineering for Kids.
Category: Manager and Writer
Shyam SankarShyam Sankar
Director of Forward Deployed Engineering at Palantir Technologies.
Category: Director, Manager, Twitter, and Writer
Solomon GolombSolomon Golomb
American engineer, mathematician, and professor known for his development of mathematical games.
Category: Coined, Engineer, Manager, Mathematician, Professor, and Writer
Stephen DunwellStephen Dunwell
American electrical engineer who led the engineering effort in the development of IBM's STRETCH.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, Programmer, and Writer
Steve BristowSteve Bristow
Former VP of Engineering at Atari who helped design the Atari 2600.
Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer
Steve CappsSteve Capps
Computer programmer and engineer known for his work on the Apple Inc. Macintosh computer and Newton OS during the 1980s and 1990s.
Category: Engineer, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Programmer, and Writer
Steve DornerSteve Dorner
American software engineer known for developing the Eudora e-mail client in 1988.
Category: Director, Engineer, Manager, and Writer
Steve GibsonSteve Gibson
Computer enthusiast, software engineer and security researcher.
Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, Personality, Researcher, Twitter, and Writer
Steve McconnellSteve Mcconnell
Author of software engineering textbooks including Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art.
Category: Manager and Writer
T JonesT Jones
American software engineer, computer programmer, entrepreneur, and author.
Category: Engineer, Entrepreneur, Manager, Programmer, and Writer
Thomas FlowersThomas Flowers
English engineer who during World War II designed Colossus.
Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer
Tilly BlythTilly Blyth
Computer historian and keeper of technologies and engineering at the Science Museum.
Category: Editor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer
Tim PatersonTim Paterson
Original author of MS-DOS.
Category: Engineer, Founder, Manager, and Writer
Tito BurattiniTito Burattini
Scientist, architect, Egyptologist, instrument-maker, traveller, engineer, and creator of the calculating machine.
Category: Engineer, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer
Tom DemarcoTom Demarco
American author, teacher, software engineer and early creator of structured analysis.
Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer
Tom KilburnTom Kilburn
English engineer who worked on the world's first stored-program computer, the SSEM.
Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer
Tony SaleTony Sale
Manager of the Colossus computer replica.
Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer
Vannevar BushVannevar Bush
American engineer and science administrator know for work on analog computing and memex.
Category: Engineer, Manager, and Writer
Wenmei HwuWenmei Hwu
Professor specializing in computer architecture, compiler design, parallel processing and computer microarchitecture.
Category: Chairman, Director, Engineer, Manager, Professor, Programmer, and Writer
Wietse VenemaWietse Venema
Dutch programmer, physicist, and Google software engineer.
Category: Engineer, Manager, Personality, Physicist, Programmer, and Writer
Willgodt OdhnerWillgodt Odhner
Swedish engineer and entrepreneur inventor of the Odhner Arithmometer calculator.
Category: Engineer, Entrepreneur, Inventor, Manager, and Writer
William DavidowWilliam Davidow
American engineer, author, marketing executive, and venture capitalist.
Category: Engineer, Investor, Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer
William EnglishWilliam English
American computer engineer and co-creator of the first computer mouse.
Category: Engineer, Manager, Personality, and Writer
William HewlettWilliam Hewlett
Co-founder of the Hewlett-Packard (HP) company.
Category: CEO, Chairman, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, President, and Writer
Yogen DalalYogen Dalal
Engineer, entrepreneur, venture capitalist and co-author of the TCP specification.
Category: Engineer, Entrepreneur, Investor, Manager, and Writer

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