Credits

Make Software: Change the World! is made possible through the generosity of our donors

Visionary Contributors

Mark and Debra Leslie

Photoshop Gallery Underwriter

Supporting Underwriter

Texting Gallery Underwriter

Patron Gallery Underwriter

Founders

  • Willian K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation
  • Donna Dubinsky and Leonard Shustek
  • Elaine and Eric Hahn
  • Gardner C. Hendrie and Karen Johansen
  • House Family Foundation
  • Franklin "Pitch" and Catherine H. Johnson
  • Pam and Dick Kramlich
  • Raymond P. Stata

Architects

  • Yogen and Peggy Dalal
  • Nan and Chuck Geschke
  • Derry and Charlene Kabcenell
  • John and Sheree Shoch

Creators

  • Bell Family Foundation
  • Bob and Ruth Anne Foley
  • Dotty and Terry Hayes
  • Debby Meredith and Curtis Cole
  • Donald R. Proctor
  • Dave Rossetti and Jan Avent
  • Jon Rubinstein and Karen Richardson
  • Grant and Dorrit Saviers
  • L. Curtis Widdoes, Jr.

Supporters

  • Ralph and Leah Bernstein
  • Judy and Michael Bruner
  • Peggy Burke and Dennis Boyle
  • Jacqueline Lincoln-Owyang
  • John R. Mashey
  • Alexander Polsky

Make Software: Change the World! is the result of many people working together to develop an historically accurate and engaging visitor experience

CHM Exhibits Committee

  • Len Shustek, Chairman of the Board
  • Gardner Hendrie, Trustee
  • John Mashey, Trustee
  • Bernard Peuto, Trustee

President & Chief Executive Officer

  • John C. Hollar

Content & Interpretation

  • Kirsten Tashev, VP Collections & Exhibitions
  • Alex Bochannek, former Curator
  • Jennifer De La Cruz, Editor & Content Manager
  • Chris Garcia, Curator
  • William Harnack, WoW Consultant
  • Al Kossow, Software Curator
  • Alex Lux, former Researcher
  • Paul Rosenthal, Writer
  • Emily Routman, Interpretive Planner
  • Lauren Silver, VP of Education
  • Dag Spicer, Senior Curator
  • Marc Weber, Curatorial Director Internet History Program

Media & Filmaking

  • Jon Plutte, Director of Media
  • Eric Dennis, former Media Producer
  • Max Plutte, Associate Media Producer
  • David Braught, former Oral History & Media Coordinator
  • Douglas Fairbairn, Photography
  • John Krogh, Composer
  • Adele Ray, Editor
  • Heather Reilly, Researcher
  • Mitch Temkin, Editor and Motion Graphics
  • Jennifer Van Sijll, Writer

Collections Management

  • Karen Kroslowitz, Director of Collections Management
  • Adriane Tafoya, Senior Registrar
  • Aurora Tucker, Acquisitions Registrar

IT & Web Design

  • Ton Luong,_ IT Manager
  • German Mosquera, System/Network Engineer
  • Ganna Boyko, Web Developer
  • Vinh Quach, Senior Systems/Network Engineer
  • Edward Lau, Web Developer

Design & Construction

  • Van Sickle & Rolleri Ltd., Exhibit & Graphic Design
  • Exhibit Concepts Inc., Exhibit Fabrication
  • Bowen Technovation, AV Integration
  • Suzanne McGarraugh, Artifact Mount Maker
  • Mark Horton, Architecture
  • MAI Industries, Construction
  • Lightswitch Inc., Lighting Design
  • Studio 1500, Graphic Design

Interactive Design

  • Unified Field Interactive
  • Avant Experience
  • Mira Dontcheva, Adobe
  • Neal Fraser, Blockly, Google
  • Michael Horn, Associate Professsor, Northwestern University
  • Joseph Labrecque, Interactive Software Engineer
  • Wil Li, Adobe

Marketing & Communications

  • Paul Connolly, Launch Director
  • Carina Sweet, Associate Director of Marketing

Fundraising

  • Michelle Mertz, VP & Chief Development Officer
  • Pam Miller, Associate VP of Development
  • Amanda Reilly, Director of Foundation and Government Relations
  • Jason Andrews, Director of Corporate Development
  • Rupal Dandia, former Director of Individual Giving
  • John Aney, former Director of Corporate Development
  • Cristina Fekeci & Associates_
  • Antoinette (McLean) Vojtech, former Associate Director of Individual Giving
  • Sheila Tolle, former Director of Corporate Development

Operations

  • Gary Matsushita, VP of Operations
  • Jennifer Alexander, Director of Operations
  • Valerie Alston, Director of Creative Events
  • Caroline Evans, Events Coordinator
  • Poppy Harralson, Events Coordinator
  • Sandra Shu-Lee, Museum Services Manager

Finance

  • George Holmes, CFO
  • Cathlene Baugher, Senior Accountant
  • Lisa Katchman, Controller
  • Amber Mosher, Accounting Clerk
  • Anges Tong, Finance Manager

Photoshop Advisors

  • Govind Balakrishna, Adobe
  • Russell Brown, Adobe
  • Jeff Chien, Adobe
  • Pam Clark, Adobe
  • Andrew Coven, Adobe
  • Theresa Crotty, Adobe
  • Adam Erugin, Adobe
  • Dave Hackel, Adobe
  • Winston Hendrickson, Adobe
  • Jeff Huang, Digital Artist, The Fifth Order
  • Stephen Johnson, Photographer
  • John Knoll, Co-Creator Photoshop
  • Thomas Knoll, Co-Creator Photoshop
  • Zolt Levay, Space Telescope Science Institute
  • Jackie Lincoln-Owyang, Adobe
  • Tal Luxon, Adobe
  • Bert Monroy, Artist
  • Joe Mullins, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
  • Seetha Narayan, Adobe
  • Bryan O'Neil Hughes, Adobe
  • Meredith Payne Stotzner, Adobe
  • Mike Shaw, Adobe
  • Steve Snyder, Adobe
  • Jeff Tranberry, Adobe
  • Russell Williams, Adobe
  • Maria Yap, Adobe
  • Barry Young, Adobe

MP3 Advisors

  • Michael Aczon, Attorney, Artist Manager
  • Karlheinz Brandenburg, MP3 pioneer, Fraunhofer Institute
  • David Hughes, RIAA
  • Mike Molenda, Guitar Player Magazine
  • Tom Oberheim, Dolby Labs
  • Jon Rubinstein, iPod pioneer, formerly Apple Inc.
  • Dave Smith, Dolby Labs
  • John Stewart, Audio expert, Apple Inc.
  • Phil Sullivan, Suzanne Vega Manager
  • Suzanne Vega, Musician
  • Marc Weinstein, co-founder, Amoeba Records

MRI Advisors

  • Garry Gold, MD, Stanford University
  • Praveen Gulaka, Stanford University
  • Dawn Holley, Nuclear Medicine, Stanford University
  • Sir Peter Mansfield, MRI co-inventor, 2003 Nobel Prize Laureate
  • Jordon McMahon, MRI Patient
  • Dwight Nishimura, Professor, Stanford University
  • Eric Olcott, MD, Stanford University

Car Crash Simulation Advisors

  • Saeed Barbat, Ford Motor Company
  • Dilip Bhalsod, LSTC
  • Keli Felker, Ford Motor Company
  • Ruth Gao, Ford Motor Company
  • Sean Haight, Center for Collision Safety and Analysis
  • John Hallquist, Inventor of DYNA3D
  • Philip Ho, LSTC
  • Richard Jeryan, Ford Motor Company
  • Agnes Kim, Ford Motor Company
  • Nand Kochar, Ford Motor Company
  • John Mashey, former SGI
  • Marsha Victory, LSTC
  • Brian Wainscott, LSTC
  • Rongrong Zhou, Ford Motor Company

Wikipedia Advisors

  • Sabahat Ashraf, Wikipedian
  • Phoebe Ayers, former board member, Wikimedia foundation
  • Tilman Bayer, Wikipedian
  • Danny Beck, Wikipedian
  • Christine Newton Bush, Wikipedian
  • John Byrne, Wikipedian
  • Katie Chan, Wikipedian
  • John Cummings, Wikipedian
  • Ward Cunningham, inventor of wikis
  • James Forrester, Wikipedian
  • Pete Forsyth, Wikipedia and open content consultant
  • Sue Gardner, former Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation
  • David Gerrard, Wikipedian
  • Victor Grigas, Wikimedia Foundation
  • Alex Hinojo, Wikipedian
  • Eugene Kim, Wikipedian
  • Max Klein, Wikipedian
  • Vicky Knox, Wikipedian
  • Stephen Laporte_
  • Andrew Lih, author of The Wikipedia Revolution
  • Mike Linksvayer, Wikipedian
  • Ivan Matejić, Wikipedian
  • Erik Moeller, former deputy director Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lori Phillips, Wikipedian
  • Larry Sanger, Founding Editor-in-Chief Wikipedia
  • Sarah Stierch, Wikipedian, open content advocate
  • Leslie Tom, Wikipedian
  • Alex Wafula, Offline Wikipedia project, Kenya
  • Jimmy Wales, Founding Publisher Wikipedia
  • Kat Walsh, Wikipedian
  • Stella Yu, Wikipedian

Texting Advisors

  • Les Ballie, former CFO, Safaricom
  • Ken Banks, Founder, Frontline SMS and Kiwanja.net
  • Andrew Blum, Author of Tubes
  • Will Cameron, Vodafone
  • Joe Cunningham, SMS pioneer
  • Arthur Gidlows, SMS pioneer
  • Friedhelm Hillebrand, SMS pioneer, Deutsche Telekom
  • Krister Hillerud, Centre for Business History, Sweden
  • Kevin Holley, SMS pioneer
  • Nick Hughes, M-Pesa pioneer, Vodafone
  • Kumiko Jacobs, Salesforce
  • Anton Kapela, CTO, 5nines
  • Marteenie Maenah, M-Pesa agent
  • Stephen Mwaura Nduati, head of National Payment System, Kenya
  • Betty Mwangi Thuo, GM Financial Services, Safaricom
  • Yoshi Oikawa, Salesforce
  • Daniel Parsokonte Lempoyio, Maasai Tribesman
  • Elizabeth Perry, Vodafone
  • George Sekut, Maasai Tribesman
  • June Sugiyama, Vodafone Americas Foundation
  • Caroline Tagg, texting researcher, The Open University, UK
  • Finn Trosby, SMS pioneer, Telenor
  • Emily Turrettini, founder textually.org
  • Jan Uddenfeldt, GSM pioneer, Ericsson
  • Pauline Vaughan, former GM Financial Services, Safaricom
  • Dwight Witherspoon, Ericsson

World of Warcraft Advisors

  • Dana Bishop, Blizzard Entertainment
  • Russel Brower, Blizzard Entertainment
  • Micahel Bybee, Blizzard Entertainment
  • Jen and Nick Crovo, WoW Players
  • Samwise Didier, Blizzard Entertainment
  • Jason Kneebone, WoW Player
  • Mike Morhaime, Blizzard Entertainment
  • Rob Pardo, Blizzard Entertainment
  • Hubert Thieblot, Curse, Inc.
  • Lauren Ward, WoW Player
  • Nick Yee, Researcher

Artifact Lenders

  • Carlos Alfaro
  • Blizzard Entertainment/Joanna Perez
  • Larry Chew
  • Centrum for Narvinglivhistoria/Bartosz Petryk
  • Stephen Johnson
  • John Knoll
  • Bert Monroy
  • George Ow, Jr.
  • Lauren Ward
  • Franc Yarde