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.

Carole Gunst is a marketing consultant with a long history of working with high tech firms from Lotus Development to Dragon Systems to idealab! Boston to EMC.  She is a co-founder of the Association of Ex-Lotus Employees.  Besides the High Tech History blog, she authors two other blogs:  Marketing Today and In Small Spaces.  Carole holds a B.A. from University of Rhode Island and an M.A. from Emerson College. 
 

The Advisors to the High Tech History blog are:

Nina Lytton  is an IT industry analyst and strategic advisor to the high tech industry with her firm, Open Systems Advisors.   Prior to founding Open Systems Advisors, Nina was and analyst with The Yankee Group. She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Princeton University and an MBA from MIT.  Nina serves on the board of directors of Hawaii Nui Brewing LLC.

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.

Reed Sturtevant’s career spans 25 years in the software industry. Most recently, he created and managed a Microsoft R&D lab. Prior to Microsoft, he was CTO of EONS, Inc. and Managing Director and Vice President of Technology for Idealab, where he was founding CTO or CEO of several companies. He’s also the co-founder of Radnet and RadioAMP. He 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.