Electrical engineer and toy inventor Jay Silver is a graduate of the MIT Media Lab PhD program and the first Maker Research Scientist at Intel. He is the founder and CEO of the Kickstarter funded ($500,000 raised) JoyLabz/MaKey MaKey - An Invention Kit for Everyone. The toy allows users to connect everyday objects like fruit or silverware to computers. The... read full bio
After specializing in Energy Systems Engineering at Stanford University, Straubel quickly established himself in the business. After graduating from college, he worked with Rosen Motors to build a new hybrid car drivetrain. Straubel was one of the original members of the Pentadyne Power Corporation team that contributed to the advancement of this technology. After that, Straubel was the Chief Technical Officer... read full bio
Jeanette Manfra is one of the most experienced cybersecurity professionals in the United States. She formerly worked as the Assistant Director for Cybersecurity for the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Manfra is currently a global director of security and compliance at Google Cloud. Manfra has a strong track record of leadership. Manfra oversaw a diverse portfolio... read full bio
Jeff Clavier is the Founder and Managing partner of SoftTech VC, one of the most prominent seed venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, with over 190 investments. An early angel investor in Web 2.0, Jeff and his team have funded successful startups including Mint (Intuit), Kongregate (GameStop), Brightroll (Yahoo), LiveRamp (Acxiom), Milo (eBay), Wildfire (Google), Blacher Report (Turner), Gnip (Twitter),... read full bio
Jeffrey Ma (or Jeff Ma), was a member of the MIT Blackjack Team in the 1990s. Ma is CEO and Founder of tenXer, a startup that is designed to make work better and your work better which was eventually sold to Twitter. On top of tenXer, Ma helped start GolfSpan.com, CircleLending, and Citizen Sports. Ma also works for ESPN as... read full bio
Jeffrey Lu is an entrepreneur who invests in Internet, software and services companies. Currently, Jeff is the Vice President at Battery Ventures, which invests in tech companies worldwide. Previously, he was the CEO and co-founder of Daily Aisle, an Opentable-like service for wedding venues. The company was funded by prestigious seed investors in Silicon Valley. Before that, Jeff led Brokers... read full bio
Jer Thorp is an active public speaker, artist, and writer from Brooklyn, New York. An avid examiner of the ties between data, art, and culture, Thorp provides a unique perspective on the categories via many venues. He is currently the Innovator-in-Residence at the Library of Congress and a professor at New York University. Prior to his participation in these roles,... read full bio
Samuel Jerrold Jerry Kaplan, (best known as Jerry Kaplan), is an American computer scientist, Artificial Intelligence expert, author, technical innovator, futurist, and an entrepreneur. He is known in the field for pen computing, and tablet computers. Kaplan is the founder of GO Corporation, the co-founder of OnSale, and co-founder of Winster. He is also a Fellow at the Stanford Center... read full bio
Jill Tarter is an American astronomer who is best known for her work on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. She is the former director of the Center for SETI Research and holds the Bernard M. Oliver Chair for SETI at the SETI Institute. She has been featured in Discover magazine as one of the 50 most important women in science.... read full bio
Jim Sterne has been in high-tech sales for fifteen years. In mid-1994, he produced the first-ever series of Marketing on the Internet" seminars. This innovative curriculum explained the basic technology, reviewed the current efforts, and explored the unlimited potential of on-line, interactive marketing methods. He provides Internet marketing strategy consulting to Fortune 500 companies and and entrepreneurs and is a... read full bio
Jimmy Donal Wales is a U.S. Internet entrepreneur, wiki pioneer, and technological visionary who was recognized by Forbes Magazine as a "Web Celeb." He is most known for being the founder of the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikipedia, an international collaborative free content encyclopedia on the Internet. He established Wikia, a privately held free web hosting service, as a co-founder. Mr. Wales... read full bio
JJ DiGeronimo is a titan in the realm of technology and a role model for women. Her career began with creating data infrastructures for Fortune 500 firms, and it has been nothing short of amazing. DiGeronimo transformed firms all around the world with her experience and a degree in computer information systems. Her influence went beyond technology as she established herself... read full bio
John Chambers, Executive Chairman of the Board for Cisco, is a working chairman with key areas of responsibility that include: focusing on country digitization and building relationships with government and business leaders, shareholders, and board members. He is an advisor to CEO, Chuck Robbins, on the company’s strategy, digital transformation, security and relationships and strategic partnerships, among other areas. Chambers... read full bio
American theoretical and experimental physicist John Francis Clauser is most known for his contributions to the theory of local realism and the Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt (CHSH) inequality, as well as for the Freedman-Clauser experiment that provided the first experimental evidence that non-local quantum entanglement is real. The Freedman-Clauser experiment, along with the CHSH prediction, is thought to be of sufficient significance that it has... read full bio
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John Thomas Draper, an American computer programmer and former phone nerd, is also known as Captain Crunch, Crunch, or Crunchman (after the mascot of the breakfast cereal Cap'n Crunch). He enjoys a nomadic existence and is well-known in the hacker and security communities as well as the field of computer development. Draper is the son of an engineer in the... read full bio
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Dr. John Grotzinger is the chief scientist and head of strategic science planning for NASAs $2.5 billon Curiosity rover mission to Mars, which riveted the country with its dare-devil landing and remains the most complex spacecraft to ever land and operate on the surface of another planet. A veteran geologist of more than 30 years of exploration of Earth and... read full bio
John Henry is a Dominican-American entrepreneur, podcaster, and investor. He has had many jobs over the years and has been Founder and CEO of Mobile City Services and also Program Director of AREA Accelerator. Currently, Henry is the Co-founder and chairman of the non-profit Cofound Harlem, a branded podcast host with Gimlet Media, and a partner of Harlem Capital. When... read full bio
Graphic designer and computer scientist John Maeda has had a hand in redefining electronic media as a tool for artistic expression. His work has been displayed in personal shows in New York, London, and Paris and rests in the Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Cartier Foundation in Paris. He received his undergrad... read full bio
