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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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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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Garrett Lord
'14In 2014, Garrett Lord was studying computer science at Michigan Technological University and trying to find an internship in Silicon Valley. He wasn’t having much luck. Silicon Valley companies didn't tend to look for interns at a small, engineering-centric school on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Yet he knew that students at big-name schools nationwide had no trouble finding those opportunities. What could . . .
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