Trustee

Susan Nycum is a pioneering technology attorney whose work helped establish computer law—covering software licensing, data rights, privacy, and emerging digital issues—as a recognized legal specialty. She is a partner at TechDisputes.com, where she focuses on technology disputes, expert testimony, and intellectual-property matters in computing and digital systems.

Bruce W. McConnell is a global cybersecurity and information-policy leader whose career spans government, international organizations, and private-sector advisory work. He is CEO of McConnell International, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in cybersecurity strategy, Internet governance, and global public policy.

Gopal K. Kapur is an expert in project management for information systems and the founder and president of the Center for Project Management. He is recognized for developing practical frameworks for managing complex IT initiatives and aligning technology projects with organizational strategy.

Thomas P. Hughes was one of the most influential historians of technology of the 20th century. As a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, he helped establish the academic study of large-scale technological systems—such as electric power networks, telecommunications, industrial production systems, and computing—as a central discipline within the history of science and engineering.

Albert S. Hoagland was a magnetic-recording and storage-systems pioneer whose research helped advance the performance and reliability of hard-disk and tape-storage technologies. He spent much of his early career at IBM, contributing to projects involving magnetic-recording physics, head and media design, and the engineering of high-capacity disk files during formative decades of the storage industry.

Ann Hardy was a pioneering computer scientist whose work in operating systems and time-sharing contributed to some of the earliest commercial multi-user computing environments. At Tymshare, she served as a developer and system architect for the Tymshare time-sharing service, one of the first broadly available commercial systems that allowed multiple remote users to access computing resources interactively.

Bernard Goldstein was an investment banker and advisor who founded Broadview Associates, one of the first firms to specialize exclusively in mergers, acquisitions, and corporate finance for technology companies. Long before technology investment banking became its own industry category, Goldstein recognized that high-growth computing and electronics companies required specialized financial expertise.

Jay Goldberg was a venture capitalist and entrepreneur who co-founded Hudson Ventures, a New-York–based venture fund investing in early-stage information technology companies. Under his leadership as managing partner, the firm supported startups in software, communications, security, and Internet infrastructure during key periods of industry expansion.

Martin A. Goetz was a software industry pioneer best known for receiving the first U.S. patent issued for computer software. In 1968 he was granted a patent for a data-sorting algorithm developed at Applied Data Research (ADR), establishing a landmark precedent that helped legitimize software as intellectual property and as a product independent of hardware manufacturing.

Bruce Gilchrist was a computing pioneer whose work helped establish the role of university computing centers as engines of research and innovation. As director of the Columbia University Computer Center, he oversaw the expansion of large-scale computing resources for scientific, engineering, and administrative use during the early mainframe era.