Board Member

Bob Frankston is a pioneering software engineer best known as the co-creator of VisiCalc, the first electronic spreadsheet. Released in 1979, VisiCalc transformed personal computing from a hobbyist pursuit into an essential business tool and is widely regarded as the application that ignited the PC revolution.

Brandon Vogel is a DevSecOps and infrastructure engineering leader with more than 30 years of experience supporting mission-critical systems across scientific research, national security, and government operations. His career includes major technical roles at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, and the Federal Public Defender’s Office, where he guided modernization efforts in highly secured and complex computing environments.

William Hugh Murray is a veteran of the information security field with decades of experience in secure computing practices, network protection, and applied cybersecurity. His career includes long-standing affiliations with Verizon Business and the Naval Postgraduate School, where he contributed to the development of practical, standards-driven approaches to enterprise technology security.

Randy H. Katz is a pioneering computer scientist whose work has profoundly influenced modern storage systems, high-performance computing and engineering education. He holds an A.B. from Cornell University (1976) and an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley (1978, 1980).

George Dyson is a historian of science and technology whose writings explore the origins of digital computing, the evolution of intelligence, and the intersection of human and machine history. He is widely known for Turing’s Cathedral, his influential account of the mathematicians and engineers who built some of the first electronic computers at the Institute for Advanced Study.

James W. Cortada is a historian of information technology and a former IBM executive whose scholarship has shaped understanding of the digital revolution. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Charles Babbage Institute at the University of Minnesota, where his work focuses on the history of computing, business innovation, and the evolution of digital-era management practices.

Aaron Sylvan helps small-cap tech companies to overcome technical challenges, including resolving technical debt caused by AI/Vibe-Coding or simply inexperienced startup teams. Specialty in Enterprise SaaS and migration to/from Cloud. He also performs Technical Due Diligence for Angels, VCs, PE, and M&A.

Brewster Kahle is the visionary digital archivist, engineer and entrepreneur who founded the non-profit Internet Archive in 1996 and co-founded the commercial web-crawl company Alexa Internet the same year. Under Kahle’s leadership, Internet Archive launched the iconic Wayback Machine in 2001, enabling the public to browse archived versions of websites and preserving vast tracts of the web for posterity.

David G. Arscott is a technology investor and financial executive with deep experience in supporting early-stage technology ventures. He serves as Treasurer of Compass Technology Group, where he oversees financial operations, investment strategy, and long-term fiscal stewardship.

Arscott’s career spans financial management, technology investment, and advisory roles in growing companies. His work includes evaluating emerging technologies, guiding corporate governance, and helping organizations build sustainable financial footing.