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Film Interviews

The following individuals have graciously allowed the Santa Clara Valley Historical Association to record in-depth interviews, ranging from one to two hours in length.

Ned Barnholt (Founding CEO, Agilent Technologies)
Carol Bartz (CEO, Yahoo!)
Paul Berg (Nobel Laureate – DNA)
Larry Boucher (Founder, Adaptec)
John Seely Brown (Chief Scientist, Xerox)
Nolan Bushnell (Founder, Atari)
Scott Carey (Chairman of the Board C&C Commercial)
Dr. Curtis Carlson (CEO, SRI International)
Howard Charney (Founder, 3Com & Grand Junction)
Bruce Chizen (Former CEO, Adobe)
Professor Isaac Chuang (Scientist, quantum computing)
Jim Clark (Founder, Silicon Graphics; Netscape; & Healtheon)
Bob Cohn (Founder, Octel)
Brent Constantz (Founder, Calera Corporation)
Bernard Couilaud (CEO, Coherent)
Finis Conner (Founder, Conner Peripherals)
Scott Cook (Founder, Intuit)
Gordon Davidson (Attorney & venture capitalist, Fenwick & West)
Dr. Carl Djerassi (Founder, Syntex/"Father of the birth control pill")
Robert Dobkin (Founder, Linear Technology)
Carol Dweck, PhD. (Author, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success)
Larry Ellison (Founder, Oracle)
Douglas Engelbart (Inventor, computer mouse)
Federico Faggin (Scientist/developed silicon gate & first microprocessor)
William Fenwick (Attorney & venture capitalist, Fenwick & West)
John Gage (Founder, Sun Microsystems)
Jerry Garcia (Founder & guitarist, Grateful Dead)
Dr. Charlie Gay (Founder, Greenstar Foundation/President, Applied Solar/Chairman, Applied Solar Council/Recipient of the Gold Medal for Achievement from the World Renewable Energy Congress)
Charles Geschke (Founder, Adobe Systems)
James Gibbons (Dean of Engineering, Stanford University)
Edward Ginzton (Scientist, Developer of the klystron tube)
James Gosling (Father of Java programming language)
Robert Graham (Founder, Intel & CEO Novellus Systems)
Andy Grove (Founder, Intel)
Michael Hackworth (Founder, Cirrus Logic)
Dr. Eva Maria Hanebutt-Benz (Director, Gutenberg Museum, Germany)
Dr. Eli Harari (Founder, SanDisk)
Bill Hewlett (Founder, Hewlett-Packard)
Fred Hoar (Early Apple marketing director)
James Hobart (Founder, Coherent)
Ted Hoff (Inventor, microprocessor)
Annette Jaffe (Chemist, pioneer in ink jet technology)
Professor Lisa Jardine (Author, Worldly Goods; Renaissance historian)
Steve Jobs (Founder, Apple)
Reynold B. Johnson (Inventor, computer disk drive)
Vinod Khosla (Founder, Sun Microsystems/VC, Khosla Ventures)
Dr. Narinder Singh Kapany (Father of fiber optic technology)
Donald Kennedy PhD. (Former president, Stanford University)
Steven T. Kirsch (Founder, Mouse Systems; Frame Technology; Infoseek Corp.; Propel Software Corp.; Abaca Technology/Inventor, optical mouse/2008 Inventor of the Year)
Dr. David K. Lam (Founder, Lam Research)
Dick Levy (Founding CEO, Varian Medical)
Chris Malachowsky (founder, NVIDIA)
Mike Malone (Author, The Big Score & The Microprocessor: A Biography )
Mike Markkula (Founder, Apple)
Regis McKenna (Early Apple public relations)
Scott McNealy (Founder, Sun Microsystems)
Michael D. Metcalf (Founder, Sound Advantage & SpeechPhone)
Steve Meyer (Founder, Atari)
Gordon E. Moore (Founder, Intel)
Jim Morgan (CEO, Applied Materials)
Robert Morris (Scientist, IBM)
Barney Oliver (Former Chief Scientist, Hewlett-Packard)
Ken Oshman (Founder, Rolm & Echelon)
David Packard (Founder, Hewlett-Packard)
Joe Parisi (Founder, Therma Corporation)
Linus Pauling (Twice Nobel Laureate – Chemistry and Peace)
Mihir Parikh (Founder, Asyst Technologies & Aquest)
Dr. Rodney Perkins (Founder, Collagen, Laserscope, & Resound)
William Perry (Founder, ESL & Secretary of Defense)
Dave Peterschmidt (CEO, Inktomi)
Dr. Kurt Petersen (Scientist, Father of micromachining)
Vaughan Pratt (Founder, Sun Microsystems)
Ravi Rishy-Maharaj (Founder, Kinaare Networks)
Arthur Rock (Venture capitalist – Fairchild, Intel, Apple)
T.J. Rodgers (Founder, Cypress Semiconductor)
Carole Rodoni (past President of Alain Pinel, Silicon Valley)
Annalee Saxenian (Author, Regional Advantage)
Jerry Sanders (Founder, AMD)
Jonathan Schwartz (Founder, Lighthouse Design/CEO, Sun Microsys.)
Pat Selinger (Scientist, database integration, IBM)
William B. Shockley (Nobel Laureate & Inventor of the transistor)
Seth Shostak (Director, SETI project)
Mildred Snitzer (Centenarian and inspiration for the name of Jeff Goldblum's jazz band, The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra)
Larry Sonsini (Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati)
Jim Spohrer (Scientist, persuasive computing, IBM)
Dr. Richard Swanson (Founder, SunPower)
Robert A. Swanson (Founder, Genentech)
Robert H. Swanson, Jr. (Founder, Linear Technology)
Russell Targ (Pioneer/laser apps./Founder, SRI investig.-psychic abilities)
Fred Terman (Father of Silicon Valley)
Charles Trimble (Founder, Trimble Navigation)
Dan Warmenhoven (CEO, Network Appliance)
John Warnock (Founder, Adobe Systems)
Leigh Weimers (Dean of Bay Area Journalists)
Meg Whitman (Former CEO, eBay)
Lew Wolff (Silicon Valley developer; Owner, Oakland A's)
Steve Wozniak (Founder, Apple)
Alex Zaffaroni (Founder, Alza, Syntex)
Nathan Zommer (Founder, IXYS)