High Tech History

The High Tech History blog is dedicated to the engineers, scientists, and the innovators of the high tech industry.   This may be loosely defined, but puts attention on the history of largely 20th century computing technology and innovation.  Since high tech is always about what is new and what is next, it is important to take note of its history and many contributors to what has profoundly changed business, media, entertainment and daily life.

The Authors of the High Tech History blog are:

Christopher Hartman, writer, editor, and specialist in the field of rare books, is currently with Pearson Custom Publishing in Boston.  He previously served as Editor of Publications at The New England Historic Genealogical Society. He is the author of the Newbury Street Press publication “Advance Man: The Life and Times of Harry Hoagland” and is editor of  “Learn, Earn, and Return,” a memoir of Harlan E. Anderson, co-founder of Digital Equipment Corporation.  Chris holds a B.A. from Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York, and is a graduate of the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia. He’s @cghartman on Twitter.

Carole Gunst is a marketing consultant based in Boston focused on product marketing, product launches, content creation, partner marketing, and demand generation.  During her career, she’s worked at Lotus Development (now part of IBM), Dragon Systems (now part of Nuance), idealab! Boston, and EMC.  Carole has taught “Marketing 101″ and “Real World Market Research” courses at Startup Institute and  ”Conducting Market Research and Analysis” for the Kauffman FastTrac entrepreneur training program. She is a co-founder of the Association of Ex-Lotus Employees.   Carole is @cgunst on Twitter.

Gil Press is managing partner at gPress, a thought leadership consulting firm.  He has worked in senior marketing roles at EMC and Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and managed large-scale survey research for NORC.  He authors “The Story of Information” blog and has won numerous awards for his writing and magazine publishing.  Gil holds an MBA from Northeastern University.  He’s @GilPress on Twitter.

The Advisors to the High Tech History blog are:

Leigh Montgomery manages the library and information center of the Christian Science Monitor, where her research focuses on many global news topics as well as business and societal trends.  She also manages the photo and page archive for the paper.  She has taught Mass Communication Research at the university level.  Leigh holds an M.S. in Mass Communication from Boston University. She’s @leighmonty on Twitter.

Reed Sturtevant’s career spans 25 years in the software industry. He’s a managing director at Project 11 and TechStars Boston.  Prior to co-founding Project 11, he created and managed a Microsoft R&D lab. He was the CTO of EONS, Inc. and Managing Director and Vice President of Technology for Idealab Boston, where he was founding CTO or CEO of several startups. Reed was architect and designer of Freelance Graphics, a best selling presentation package acquired by Lotus Development in 1986. At Lotus, Reed also launched many products including InterNotes, Lotus’ first web product.  He attended MIT. Reed is @reedsturtevant on Twitter.