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John Furton
'87John Furton graduated from Michigan Technological University in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. After working for Kraft Foods, he co-founded Peapod, an online grocery shopping service and one of the nation’s first Internet companies. He was inducted into the College of Computing Honor Academy on October 4, 2023. Furton then ran Sourcelight Technologies, a predictive analytics start-up building . . .
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William Starke
'90William Starke ’90 (BS in Computer Science), is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and serves as chief architect for IBM Power microprocessors. Starke’s first position with IBM was in the company’s mainframe computing division, developing tools and consulting in processor and system performance. In 1994, he transitioned to IBM’s Power Systems group, focusing first on hardware performance, followed by . . .
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Linda Wittbrodt
'83Linda Wittbrodt received a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Michigan Tech in 1983. Linda began her career as an Engineer in the Picture Tube Division at Zenith Electronics where she wrote software to perform statistical analysis on data taken from pilot picture tubes which was then used to determine production specs. Later, as Lead Programmer she was responsible for programming equipment used to automate production . . .
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