Technology Leader Profiles Ga - Ja

Leader: Bill Gates, Founder and Chairman
Company: Bill Gates founded Microsoft Corporation.
Industry: Microsoft creates software and other products for the computer industry.
Executive Team: The executive team at Microsoft, excludes Bill Gates who has retired as CEO, but remains Chairman, and now consists of Steve Ballmer, Robert ach, Lisa Brummel, Jean-Phillipe Courtois, Stephen Elop, Kevin Johnson, J Allard, Chris Liddell…see the rest of the senior leaders.
Notable Accomplishments: Bill Gates’ many accomplishments include starting Microsoft in 1975 with the introduction of the coding language know as Microsoft BASIC, and creating the operating system Microsoft Windows.

Leader: Mark Hurd, CEO and Chairman of the Board
Company: Mark Hurd serves HP as CEO and Chairman of the Board
Industry: HP contributes greatly to the computing industry with a variety of products including high quality printers, computers, and photo service.
Executive Team: Mark Hurd, Todd Bradley, Jon Flaxman, Michael J. Holston, Vyomesh Joshi, Cathie Lesjak, Ann M. Livermore, Randall D. Mott, Marcela Perez de Alonso, and Shane Robinson.
Notable Accomplishments: As CEO and Chairman of the HP Board, Mark Hurd has shaped HP's strategy to focus on long-term growth opportunities such as next-generation enterprise data center architecture and services, mobile technology, and digital imaging and printing. In 2007, the HP Chairman was named Business Week’s Businessperson of the year. Mark Hurd has been on the HP Board since 2005.

Leader: Naveen Jain, Founder and CEO
Company: Naveen Jain operates the company Intelius.
Industry: Intelius operates within the technology industry allowing online customers to search for information, look up phone numbers, and conduct background checks on people.
Executive Team: With the inclusion of CEO Naveen Jain, the Executive team at Intelius includes Bill Owens, John Arnold, Paul Cook, Edward Petersen, Kevin Marcus, Niraj Shah and Chandan Chauhan.
Notable Accomplishments: Highlights in Naveen Jain’s career include the founding of InfoSpace and Intelius, as well as creating technology that collects, interprets, and delivers information to consumers online.