Shustek, Len (Leonard J.) oral history
Len Shustek reviews his educational background in computer science (master and doctor of philosophy, Stanford University) by way of physics (bachelor and master of science, Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, NY). After graduation, he joined the faculty at Carnegie-Mellon University as an assistant professor of computer science. In 1979, he co-founded Nestar Systems Inc., an early producer of networked client-server computer systems. In 1986, he co-founded Network General Corporation, a manufacturer of network analysis tools, notably The Sniffer. He now teaches occasionally as a consulting professor at Stanford University, and is a partner at VenCraft, a small "angel financing" venture capital fund.
Item Details
- Date
- 2002-07-16 (Made)
- Type
- Moving Image
- Catalogue number
- 102635811
- Organization
- Computer History Museum
- People
- Len Shustek (Interviewee)
Gardner Hendrie (Interviewer) - Category
- Oral History
- Format
- DVCAM
- Place of publication
- North America/USA/CA/Mountain View
- Language
- English
- Acquisition number
- X2723.2004
- Subject
- Carnegie Mellon University, Networking, IBM 360, Homebrew Computer Club, Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC), Brooklyn Polytechnic, Stanford Computer Science Department
- Archive collection
- CHM Oral History Collection
- Archive hierarchy
- CHM Oral History Collection