1. Jeff Hawkins, innovator
1979 BSEE Cornell, worked at Intel and GRiD
ABD BioPhysics doctoral program, U.C. Berkeley
1987- back at GRiD he created GRiDPAD, first pen computer
1992 formed Palm Computing, 1993 created first handwriting reco software product for a mobile handheld - Casio’s Zoomer
1995 Palm Computing bought by U.S. Robotics
1996 created PalmPilot, first PDA with Graffiti shorthand alphabet (over a million shipped in 18 months, a 66% market share, and the fastest growth of any computing product in history, faster than the TV and the VCR)
1997 U.S. Robotics bought by 3Com
1998 left Palm to form Handspring, 1999 launched Visor
2000 Palm Computing spun off by 3Com
2002 created and now directs Redwood Neuroscience Institute
2003 Handspring (with Hawkins, et al.) acquired by Palm Computing