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rob
Rob Pike is a Canadian software engineer and author. He is best known for his work at Bell Labs, where he was a member of the Unix team and was involved in the creation of the Plan 9 from Bell Labs and Inferno operating systems, as well as the Limbo programming language. He also co-developed the Blit graphical terminal for Unix; before that he wrote the first window system for Unix in 1981. Pike is the sole inventor named in AT&T's US patent 4,555,775 or "backing store patent" that is part of the X graphic system protocol and one of the first software patents.
Todd Lammle
Todd Lammle is the CEO of GlobalNet Training & Consulting, Inc. where he teach and consult Cisco Systems products; Cisco routing and switching and large wireless networks. Todd has worked for large corporations such as Hughes Aircraft, Xerox, Texaco, and IBM. In 1986, while at Xerox, he met pioneers Len and Sandy Bosack, the designers of one of the first delivered Cisco® gateway products to Xerox. He had the privilege of working on this original box by using it to connect the Xerox X.25 packet switching network to the large SNA network. Todd also achieved his FCC RF license and provided technical support for the Xerox worldwide satellite network. His Wireless knowledge was further augmented, while studying at UCLA where he focused on implementing and troubleshooting microwave, infrared, and satellite communication networks worldwide.
Todd also worked on some of the first Ethernet_II LAN networks installed at Xerox. He then moved on to one of the largest private fiber networks in the world working for Hughes Aircraft connecting the first Cisco® routers to their large network.
Taran King
While not technically a hacker, Taran King started two of the most popular BBSes of the underground scene (The Dark Tower and The Metal Shop). As that was not enough to do, he began an e-zine called Phrack that a few people might know about today.
