Geek of the Week – Page 10 of 12

Geek of the Week: GlobeSherpa co-founder Michael Gray, from mainframes to mobile

Ready to pay for your bus ride on your smartphone? Sorry, Seattle, not yet. But the service has taken off in… Read More

Geek of the Week: Wayne Bishop is bringing art to the masses, and the iPhone

Wayne Bishop has spent his entire career in technology, working as an entrepreneur, project manager and software engineer — bridging… Read More

Geek of the Week: Kevin Hall is blending TV and tech to build better relationships

Kevin Hall used to love watching American Idol in the same room with his girlfriend and her roommates, and connecting… Read More

Geek of the Week: David Mattes is bringing security to the ‘Internet of Things’

David Mattes was a research engineer for Boeing for more than 13 years — playing a key role in the… Read More

Geek of the Week: Zulily engineer Steve Reed, self-taught programmer

Steve Reed grew up in Seattle, studied astronomy and physics in college, and learned to program on the bus. How… Read More

Geek of the Week: Mona Akmal, Microsoft SkyDrive group program manager

Mona Akmal is a group program manager for Microsoft SkyDrive, which has emerged as one of the Redmond company’s most… Read More

Geek of the Week: Julie Kientz, UW researcher and one of the world’s top innovators under 35

There are talented, hard-working, young people doing good work all over the planet. And then there are the MIT Technology… Read More

Geek of the Week: Dr. Jim Olson’s ‘Project Violet’ is crowdfunding potential cures for cancer

When Dr. Jim Olson describes a project as the most exciting he’s ever worked on, that’s truly saying something. Olson,… Read More

Geek of the Week: Barnabas Kendall, web developer and ordained minister

Barnabas Kendall has worked as a programmer for a wide variety of companies, but he has shown a knack for… Read More

Geek of the Week: Microsoft researcher David Heckerman is tackling some of the world’s biggest problems

What do spam email and HIV have in common? They’re examples of the range of problems that longtime Microsoft researcher… Read More

Geek of the Week: ‘Conference Reporter’ Jolene Jang likes to maximize the experience

If you attend meetups and tech events around the Seattle region, you’ve probably spotted Jolene Jang at some point,… Read More

Geek of the Week: Prateek Jetly is aiming to disrupt the world of daily deals

Prateek Jetly was in the 8th grade, playing games in an Indian army computer lab when the commanding officer walked… Read More

Geek of the Week: Zachary Cohn is spreading the startup mindset

Zachary Cohn is involved in the startup world in a variety of ways — working with startups, organizing meetups and… Read More

Geek of the Week: Rasmus Rasmussen returns to his first love, making games

Rasmus Rasmussen is a self-described “storytelling nerd,” a native of Denmark who came to Seattle in 2005 for a photography… Read More

Geek of the Week: This chemist and his team are hacking molecules for cheaper energy

Anyone who has shopped for a ring knows that platinum doesn’t come cheap. Existing fuel cells rely on this precious… Read More

Geek of the Week: Splunk’s Brad Lovering on big data and ‘disruptive transitions’

Brad Lovering is a veteran of the tech industry in the Seattle region — having worked at Microsoft for more… Read More

Podcast

Mobile tech, social good: How these computer scientists are making an impact

Our latest episode of the GeekWire Podcast featured former Geek of the Week Yaw Anokwa. He’s a graduate of the University of Washington computer science… Read More

Most important technology of 2012? Our geeks weigh in

What was the most important technology of 2012? It’s a natural question to ask as the year winds down, but… Read More

Geek of the Week: Heidi Yu, startup entrepreneur and ‘chic geek’ accessory designer

Heidi Yu grew up in Chengdu, China, and has been in the Seattle region for seven years. A graduate of… Read More

Geek of the Week: Dr. Rebecca Gardner is reprogramming blood cells to kill cancer

Dr. Rebecca Gardner and her colleagues at Seattle Children’s Research Institute are altering the body’s infection-fighting blood cells to attack… Read More

Geek of the Week: Tech industry vet Ramez Naam debuts first sci-fi novel

Ramez Naam is a tech industry veteran who has also experienced success as a non-fiction writer. He worked at Microsoft… Read More

Geek of the Week: Microsoft creative director Jeff Faulkner

Jeff Faulkner is a Microsoft creative director who guides branding and user experiences for Microsoft’s entertainment division, with roots in… Read More

Geek of the Week: Microsoft’s new U.S. education leader makes an impact in Kenya

Microsoft this morning named Margo Day as its new vice president of U.S. education, leading the team that works with… Read More

Geek of the Week: Software engineer Jesse Johnston is making medicine smarter

Technology is playing a larger role in health care every day, but what if the pills themselves were smart, with… Read More

Geek of the Week: Maria Zhang’s big-data startup shows you what’s ‘Alike’

Maria Zhang, a software engineer and startup founder who has worked at companies including Microsoft and Zillow, knows a thing… Read More

Geek of the Week: Peter Newland, board game creator

Lots of people make up rules for games as they go along. Some people turn it into a creative artform.… Read More

Geek of the Week: Shannon Romano, bringing a bit of Las Vegas to Facebook

Some of us like to visit casinos, but Shannon Romano is immersed in the world of casino gaming —… Read More

Geek of the Week: Map-loving scientist finds his spot in a world of location data

Weilie Yi grew up loving maps, and became a computer scientist. So in many ways his role at Seattle startup… Read More

Geek of the Week: Kevin Wang is putting computer scientists into high schools

Microsoft employee Kevin Wang is a rare person in the computer science industry. He graduated from UC Berkeley with a… Read More

Geek of the Week: Olly Downs on stats, science and racecars

Seattle tech veteran Olly Downs, senior vice president of data sciences at Globys, has made a habit of turning data… Read More