Chairman computer pioneers
Below is a listing of computer pioneers that have been tagged as a Chairman. Clicking on any of the below links will open the biography for that person.
Abhay Bhushan Author of FTP. Category: Chairman, Engineer, Manager, President, and Writer | |
Andy Bryant American businessperson and Chairman of multinational semiconductor company Intel. Category: Chairman, Manager, and Writer | |
Azim Premji Indian business tycoon, philanthropist, and chairman of Wipro Limited. Category: Chairman, Manager, and Writer | |
Barry Lam Founder and Chairman of Quanta Computer. Category: Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer | |
Bob Evans Computer pioneer and corporate executive at IBM. Category: Chairman, Manager, and Writer | |
Bob Rosenschein American-Israeli Internet entrepreneur and founder of Answers.com. Category: CEO, Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer | |
Brad Templeton Software Architect and early pioneer of Usenet. Category: Chairman, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer | |
Brian Reynolds American videogame designer known for his online social games on Facebook. Category: CEO, Chairman, Director, Founder, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer | |
Carol Bartz Former president and CEO of Yahoo! Category: CEO, Chairman, Female, Manager, President, and Writer | |
Cleve Moler American computer programmer and inventor of MATLAB. Category: Chairman, Inventor, Manager, Mathematician, Programmer, Scientist, and Writer | |
Craig Barrett Former Chairman and CEO of Intel. Category: CEO, Chairman, Manager, and Writer | |
David Clark American computer scientist known for the Clark-Wilson model. Category: Chairman, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer | |
David Lee Chinese-American business executive and inventor of the daisywheel printer. Category: CEO, Chairman, Inventor, Manager, President, and Writer | |
David Packard Co-founder of the Hewlett-Packard (HP) company. Category: CEO, Chairman, Founder, Inventor, Manager, President, and Writer | |
Dennis Hayes Founder of Hayes Microcomputer Products and inventor of the PC Modem. Category: Chairman, Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer | |
Douglas 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 Moran Israeli engineer known for founding the company who invented the DiskOnKey thumb drive. Category: Chairman, Engineer, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer | |
Elon Musk Founder of SpaceX, and co-founder of Tesla Motors. Category: CEO, Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Twitter, and Writer | |
George Fairchild Businessman and investor and best known as the chairman of IBM. Category: Chairman, Investor, Manager, and Writer | |
Harald Alvestrand Norwegian computer scientist and author of several important RFCs. Category: Chairman, Editor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer | |
Harry Goode American statistician, mathematician, electrical and chemical engineer, professor, and author. Category: Chairman, Engineer, Manager, Mathematician, Professor, Scientist, and Writer | |
Hasso Plattner Co-founder of software giant SAP AG. Category: Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer | |
Hector De Jesus Ruiz Chairman and CEO of Advanced Nanotechnology Solutions and former CEO of AMD. Category: CEO, Chairman, Founder, Manager, President, and Writer | |
Henry Perot Founder of EDS and Perot Systems. Category: Chairman, Founder, Investor, Manager, and Writer | |
Henry Samueli Chief technology officer and chairman of the board of Broadcom Corporation. Category: Chairman, Inventor, Manager, and Writer | |
Jack Ma Chinese entrepreneur and executive chairman of Alibaba Group. Category: Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer | |
Jake Winebaum American entrepreneur and founder of FamilyFun magazine, Business.com, and Brighter.com. Category: Chairman, Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer | |
Jeff Bezos Founder, president, CEO, and chairman of the board of Amazon. Category: CEO, Chairman, Founder, Manager, President, and Writer | |
Jeffrey 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 | |
John Chambers Chairman of the board and CEO of Cisco. Category: CEO, Chairman, Director, Manager, President, and Writer | |
John Opel Computer businessman who served as the president of IBM. Category: CEO, Chairman, Manager, President, and Writer | |
John Ousterhout Professor of computer science at University of California where he created Tcl scripting language and Tk platform. Category: Chairman, Founder, Manager, President, Professor, Programmer, and Writer | |
John Warnock Co-founder of Adobe. Category: CEO, Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, President, Scientist, and Writer | |
Kane Kramer British inventor and businessman and inventor of the digital audio player in 1979. Category: Chairman, Inventor, Manager, and Writer | |
Ken Kutaragi Former Chairman and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment and Father of the PlayStation. Category: CEO, Chairman, Father, Manager, and Writer | |
Larry Roberts Creator of the ARPANET (predecessor to the modern Internet). Category: Chairman, Founder, Manager, Programmer, and Writer | |
Leonard Shustek Chairman of the board of trustees of the Computer History Museum located in Mountain View, California. Category: Chairman, Founder, Manager, and Writer | |
Louis Gerstner Chairman of the board and chief executive officer of IBM from April 1993 until 2002. Category: CEO, Chairman, Manager, and Writer | |
Malcolm Mcilroy Mathematician, engineer, and programmer known for Unix pipelines and software componentry. Category: Chairman, Editor, Engineer, Manager, Mathematician, Professor, Programmer, and Writer | |
Manuel Fernandez Founder of the Gavilan Computer Corporation which developed one of the first portable laptop computers. Category: CEO, Chairman, Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer | |
Marc Benioff Chairman and CEO of Salesforce. Category: CEO, Chairman, Coined, Manager, President, and Writer | |
Mark Hurd Co-president, director, and board member of Oracle Corporation. Category: CEO, Chairman, Director, Manager, President, and Writer | |
Mark Tebbe Professor at University of Chicago and co-founder of Answers.com. Category: Chairman, Director, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Professor, and Writer | |
Max Hopper American IT manager considered the father of airline automation in travel agencies. Category: Chairman, Father, Manager, and Writer | |
Meg Whitman American business executive and president of Hewlett-Packard. Category: CEO, Chairman, Female, Manager, President, Twitter, and Writer | |
Michael Dell Founder of Dell computers. Category: CEO, Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer | |
Michael Lazaridis Greek Canadian businessman and founder of Research In Motion (BlackBerry handhelds). Category: Chairman, Founder, Manager, and Writer | |
Michael Schroeder American computer scientist known for co-inventing the Needham-Schroeder authentication protocol. Category: Chairman, Director, Founder, Inventor, Manager, Scientist, and Writer | |
Morris Chang Founding chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. Category: Chairman, Father, Founder, Manager, and Writer | |
Morton Meyerson Former president and vice chairman of Electronic Data Systems, Inc. Category: Chairman, Manager, President, and Writer | |
Nicholas Negroponte American architect and founder of the One Laptop per Child Association (OLPC). Category: Chairman, Founder, Inventor, Manager, and Writer | |
Nolan 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 | |
Patrick Mcgovern Chairman, and founder of IDG (International Data Group). Category: Chairman, Editor, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer | |
Paul Thelen Founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Big Fish Games. Category: CEO, Chairman, Founder, Manager, and Writer | |
Peter Diamandis American engineer, physician, author, Intel entrepreneur and founder of X PRIZE Foundation. Category: CEO, Chairman, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer | |
Peter Schnell German entrepreneur who founded Software AG Foundation. Category: Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer | |
Pierre Omidyar French-born entrepreneur, founder, and chairman of the eBay auction site. Category: Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, and Writer | |
Richard Schulze Founder and past chairman of Best Buy. Category: Chairman, Founder, Manager, and Writer | |
Samuel Palmisano President and chief executive officer of IBM from 2000-2012. Category: Chairman, Manager, President, and Writer | |
Scott Cook Founder of Intuit in 1983, and currently chairman of the board of Intuit. Category: Chairman, Director, Founder, Manager, and Writer | |
Sidney Harman American business man who with Bernard Kardon made the first integrated hi-fi receiver and founded Harman Kardon. Category: Chairman, Founder, Manager, and Writer | |
Sky Dayton American entrepreneur, founder of EarthLink, co-founder of eCompanies and founder and chairman of Boingo. Category: Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer | |
Steve Case Co-founder of America Online (AOL). Category: CEO, Chairman, Founder, Manager, Twitter, and Writer | |
Thomas Siebel American business executive, software developer and investor. Category: Chairman, Entrepreneur, Founder, Investor, Manager, and Writer | |
Thomas Watson Early chairman and CEO of IBM. Category: CEO, Chairman, Manager, President, and Writer | |
Ursula Burns Madam chairman (or chairperson) and CEO of Xerox and the first the African-American woman CEO. Category: African American, CEO, Chairman, Female, Manager, and Writer | |
Victor Alhadeff Business executive known as the founder and CEO of Egghead Software. Category: CEO, Chairman, Founder, Manager, President, and Writer | |
Victor Hayes Senior research fellow at the Delft University of Technology, often called the father of Wi-Fi. Category: Chairman, Father, Manager, and Writer | |
Vinod Khosla American businessman, billionaire and co-founder of Sun Microsystems. Category: CEO, Chairman, Founder, Investor, Manager, Programmer, Twitter, and Writer | |
Virginia Rometty American business executive and the first CEO of IBM. Category: CEO, Chairman, Female, Manager, and Writer | |
Wenmei Hwu Professor specializing in computer architecture, compiler design, parallel processing and computer microarchitecture. Category: Chairman, Director, Engineer, Manager, Professor, Programmer, and Writer | |
William Campbell Current chairman of the board and former CEO of Intuit Inc. Category: CEO, Chairman, Manager, and Writer | |
William Hewlett Co-founder of the Hewlett-Packard (HP) company. Category: CEO, Chairman, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Founder, Manager, President, and Writer | |
William Millard Founder and chairman of the electronics retailer ComputerLand. Category: Chairman, Founder, Manager, and Writer |