Larry Page, Google. Larry Page Google Larry Page was Google's founding CEO and grew the company to more than 200 employees and profitability before moving into the role as President, Products in April 2001. After Eric Schmidt's tenure as CEO, Page stepped back into that role in 2011. The son of Michigan State University computer science professor Dr. Carl Victor Page, Page's love of computers began at age six.
While in the PhD program in computer science at Stanford University, Page met Sergey Brin and together they developed and ran Google, which began operating in 1998. In 2002, Page was named a World Economic Forum Global Leader for Tomorrow. Related Links: www.google.com. Randy Komisar, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Randy Komisar Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Randy Komisar joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers as a partner in 2005. Several years prior, Komisar partnered with entrepreneurs creating businesses with leading edge technologies. He was a co-founder of Claris Corporation, he served as CEO for LucasArts Entertainment and Crystal Dynamics, and he's acted as a "virtual CEO" for such companies as WebTV, Mirra, and GlobalGiving.
He was a founding Director of TiVo where he remains current chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee. Earlier, Komisar served as CFO of GO Corporation and as Senior Counsel for Apple Computer, following a private practice in technology law. Komisar holds a BA in Economics from Brown University and a JD from Harvard Law School. Related Links: www.kpcb.com. Mark Suster, Serial Entrepreneur. Mark Suster Serial Entrepreneur Mark Suster is a serial entrepreneur who grew up in Northern California. After graduating from UCSD (economics) and University of Chicago (MBA), he joined Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) in Los Angeles to build computer systems for large corporations.
There, he focused mostly on computer networking but had stints with programming, database design, system modeling, and testing. In 1994 he transferred within Accenture to their technology center of excellence in Sophia Antipolis, France, where he traveled extensively throughout Europe. Suster started his first company in 1999 while headquartered in London - a SaaS platform for large-scale engineering and construction projects including the London Underground, Thames Water, BNP Paribas, and all of the top German construction firms.
He then launched his second company, Koral, in San Mateo, California, which later sold to Salesforce.com, where he became VP Product Management. Marissa Mayer, Google. Marissa Mayer Google Marissa leads the product management efforts on Google's search products- web search, images, groups, news, Froogle, the Google Toolbar, Google Desktop, Google Labs, and more. She joined Google in 1999 as Google's first female engineer and led the user interface and webserver teams at that time. Her efforts have included designing and developing Google's search interface, internationalizing the site to more than 100 languages, defining Google News, Gmail, and Orkut, and launching more than 100 features and products on Google.com. Several patents have been filed on her work in artificial intelligence and interface design. In her spare time, Marissa also organizes Google Movies- outings a few times a year to see the latest blockbusters- for 6,000+ people (employees plus family members and friends).
Concurrently with her full-time work at Google, Marissa has taught introductory computer programming classes at Stanford to over 3,000 students. Tina Seelig, Stanford Technology Ventures Program. Tina Seelig Stanford Technology Ventures Program Tina Seelig is the Executive Director for the Stanford Technology Ventures Program where she is responsible for the management, operations, and dissemination efforts of STVP. In addition, Tina is the Director of the Stanford Entrepreneurship Network and the co-Director of the Mayfield Fellows Program. Tina also teaches a course in the Department of Management Science & Engineering on Creativity and Innovation. Prior to joining STVP, Tina worked as an entrepreneur, management consultant, author, and scientist. Tina received her Ph.D. from Stanford University Medical School in 1985 where she studied Neuroscience. Tina has worked as management consultant for Booz, Allen, and Hamilton, has written several popular science books and has designed a series of educational games.
After Tina's first book was published in 1991, she became interested in how books are marketed. Related Links: stvp.stanford.edu. Tina Seelig, Stanford Technology Ventures Program - The Art of Teaching Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Jack Dorsey, Square. Steve Blank, Serial Entrepreneur. Steve Blank Serial Entrepreneur Steve Blank is a retired serial entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in high technology companies and management. He is a Consulting Professor at Stanford in the Graduate School of Engineering STVP Program.
Steve has been a founder or participant in eight Silicon Valley startups since 1978. His last company, E.piphany, started in his living room. His other startups include two semiconductor companies (Zilog and MIPS Computers), a workstation company (Convergent Technologies), a supercomputer firm (Ardent), a computer peripheral supplier (SuperMac), a military intelligence systems supplier (ESL) and a video game company (Rocket Science Games). Steve is on the board of CafePress.com, an on-line marketplace, and IMVU, a 3D IM social network. Steve was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to the California Coastal Commission and is the Chairman of Audubon California and on the board of the Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST.) Related Links: Guy Kawasaki, Garage Technology Ventures. Guy Kawasaki, Garage Technology Ventures - Don't Write a Mission Statement, Write a Mantra. Popular Videos.