John Burdette Gage (born 1942) was the 21st employee of Sun Microsystems, where he is credited with creating the phrase "the network is the computer." He served as Chief Researcher and Vice President of the Science Office for Sun, until leaving on June 9, 2008 to join Kleiner Perkins as a partner to work on green technologies for global warming; he departed KPCB in 2010 to apply what he had learned "to broader issues in other parts of the world". He is also best known as one of the co-founders of NetDay in 1995.

James Korris has served as Creative Director of the Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) since its inception in August 1999. He leads the ICT's efforts in interactive applications, including Full Spectrum Warrior, the first military application developed for Microsoft’s Xbox. Additionally, James led the development teams for Full Spectrum Command, Full Spectrum Leader, Every Soldier a Sensor Simulation and the Joint Fires and Effects Trainer System.

Jeffrey Katzenberg is the Chief Executive Officer of DreamWorks Animation SKG (DWA). Katzenberg is also a co-founder and principal partner of DreamWorks SKG, the studio he formed with Steven Spielberg and David Geffen in October 1994. DWA has enjoyed several successes under Katzenberg’s leadership. The computer-animated blockbuster “Shrek,” on which Katzenberg served as a producer, won the first-ever Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature. Its sequel, 2004’s “Shrek 2,” which Katzenberg executive produced, is the number one animated feature and the highest-grossing comedy of any kind in history. That same year, Katzenberg also executive produced the hit “Shark Tale.” Both “Shrek 2” and “Shark Tale” earned Oscar® nominations for Best Animated Feature in 2005. Katzenberg had previously received an Oscar® nomination for Best Animated Feature as a producer of “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron.” DWA’s earlier releases include such hits as “Chicken Run,” “Antz” and “The Prince of Egypt.” In May 2005, DWA released “Madagascar,” which is the top-grossing original film in the studio’s history. More recently, the studio released the widely acclaimed “Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit,” which is an international smash hit. Currently, DWA has a wide range of films in production, including “Over the Hedge,” “Flushed Away,” “Bee Movie,” the third “Shrek” movie, and “Kung Fu Panda.” As a co-founder and principal of DreamWorks, Katzenberg has also seen a number of successes on the live-action side, including the Oscar®-winning features “Saving Private Ryan,” “American Beauty,” “Gladiator” and “A Beautiful Mind,” (the latter two with Universal).

Jeffrey Scott Corwin is an American animal and nature conservationist, best known as host and executive producer of Animal Planet cable channel television programs, The Jeff Corwin Experience and Corwin's Quest.

James M. (Jim) Phillips has enjoyed an exciting career starting companies and guiding them through successful IPO’s, pioneering new technologies such the PDA, digital cell phones, fixed cellular, the cable modem and internet multimedia into major industry-leading positions.

He serves as president, CEO and board chairman of Luminetx Corporation which discovers, develops and commercializes bioscience technologies in digital imaging, supply chain management, nanotech, wireless and IP communications.

Phillips was named one of Information Week’s 2004 Innovators of the Year.

J Allard (born James Allard, on January 12, 1969, in Glens Falls, New York) was "Chief Experience Officer" and Chief Technology Officer for the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft. He also oversaw Microsoft's first foray into the video game industry, the Xbox, and he is also known to have contributed to the first edition of the specification for the Windows Sockets API, with assistance from many others.

Herbie Hancock is a true icon of modern music. Throughout his explorations, he has transcended limitations and genres while still maintaining his unique, unmistakable voice. Herbie's success at expanding the possibilities of musical thought has placed him in the annals of this century's visionaries. With an illustrious career spanning five decades, he continues to amaze audiences and never ceases to expand the public's vision of what music, particularly jazz, is all about today. Herbie Hancock's creative path has moved fluidly between almost every development in acoustic and electronic jazz and R&B since 1960. He has attained an enviable balance of commercial and artistic success, arriving at a point in his career where he ventures into every new project motivated purely by the desire to expand the boundaries of his creativity.

Donald J. Hall, Jr. is president and chief executive officer at Hallmark Cards, Inc. He also is vice chairman of the board of directors for Hallmark and serves on the board of directors for Hallmark Entertainment, Inc.; Crown Media Holdings, Inc.; and Hallmark International. Hall earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and literature from Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, Calif., and an MBA from the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan. Hall, a grandson of the company’s founder, Joyce C. Hall, joined Hallmark in 1971. Kansas City-based Hallmark is known throughout the world for its greeting cards, related personal expression products, and television’s most honored and enduring dramatic series, the Hallmark Hall of Fame. The company’s Hallmark Entertainment, Inc. subsidiary is the world’s leading producer and distributor of movies and miniseries made for television.

Dick Wolf, one of television’s most respected drama series creator/producers, is the architect of one of the most successful brands in the history of television – Law & Order. Wolf serves as creator and executive producer of the three Law & Order drama series from Wolf Films and NBC Universal Television -- Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Dean L. Kamen (born April 5, 1951) is an American entrepreneur and inventor from New Hampshire.

Born in Rockville Centre, New York, he attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute, but dropped out before graduating after five years of private advanced research. He is the son of Jack Kamen, an illustrator for Mad, Weird Science and other EC Comics publications.