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Vital Statistics

Photo:Timothy Archibald

Current Job: Programmer, mentor investor

Birth Date: 19 March 1960

Birthplace: New York City

Education: B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1980; honorary Ph.D., 1999

Biggest Surprise in Career: becoming a programmer again

Board Memberships: Zimbra, Proofpoint, the Computer History Museum

Mentors: Steven Hahn (father), Gordon Bell

Most Recent Book Read: The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, by Michael Chabon

Favorite Books: Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut; Everything Is Illuminated, by Jonathan Safran Foer

Most Recent CD Purchased: The Village Green by the Village Green, an indie rock band

Favorite Restaurant: Tamarine, in Palo Alto, Calif.

Favorite Movie: Harold and Maude

Saying: “It's a quality problem to have.”

Hobbies: Programming, sailing

Computer: Dell Intel Core 2 Duo (quite a few of them)

Car: Porsche 997 Turbo

Pet Peeves: The materialism that’s infected technology and the industry’s lack of memory