1998 Fellows:
Jerry Fiddler

Jerry Fiddler is chairman and co-founder of Wind River. Since its establishment in 1981 in a Berkeley garage, Wind River has grown to become the leading provider of embedded software worldwide. Through its evolution and growth, Fiddler has taken on whatever role necessary—from chief and only programmer to CEO and chairman of the board. While building an international, multi-million dollar organization, Fiddler gained a reputation as an expert in the design and implementation of real-time systems.

Since beginning his embedded career at Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Fiddler has published and presented numerous papers and articles on embedded technology and the rise of hidden, or embedded, computers in everyday life. He has been the keynote speaker for numerous conferences worldwide. He was also a member of the first NRC national study of networked embedded systems.

Mr. Fiddler sits on several corporate boards, including Tensilica, Axis, Crossbow and Nanochip, as well as a number of advisory and non-profit boards. He has worked actively both with students and in an advisory capacity at a number of universities, including University of California, Berkeley, Wharton, and University of Illinois.

He received a B.A. in music and photography, and an M.S. in computer science, both from University of Illinois.

Fellows in Entrepreneurship:
2004 - Terry Opdendyk
2003 - Kevin Brown
2002 - Jim Hornthal
2001 - Steve Domenik
2000 - Hubbard C. Howe
1999 - Reese Jones
1998 - Jerry Fiddler
1997 - Joan Cooper
1996 - Anita Dimondstein

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