Computer & electronics hardware
Guido Appenzeller
Started a Palo Alto, CA, firm to commercialize an encryption technology that uses a simple ID, such as an e-mail address, to ensure secure communications.
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Alyssa Apsel
Adapts optical-communications technology to build receivers, transmitters, and interconnects that speed chip-to-chip communications within computers.
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Kees Schep
Helped develop blue-laser optical-disc storage systems with much greater capacity than todays DVDs. The discs are now being introduced commercially.
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Robert Frederick
Helping to lead Amazons transformation, with its own virtual vending machines.
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Adrian Colyer
Leads the effort to improve software quality and cut development costs.