Background
Hawkins, Jeff was born on June 1, 1957 in Long Island, New York, United States.
information technology company executive
Hawkins, Jeff was born on June 1, 1957 in Long Island, New York, United States.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Cornell University, 1979. Student, University California, 1986—1988.
Key technical positions Intel Corporation, 1982. With GRiD Systems Corporation, 1982—1992, vice president, research. Co-founder Palm Computing (sold to United States Robotics in 1995, in 1997 sold to 3Com Corporation, now palmOne Inc.), 1992, with, 1992—1998.
Co-founder Handspring, Inc. (merged with Palm Hardware Group to create new company palmOne, Inc., 2003, now called Palm. Inc., 2005), 1998, chief product officer, board member, 1998—2003.
Chief Technology Officer Palm, Inc. (formerly palmOne, Inc.), Milpitas, California, since 2003. Founder Redwood Neuroscience Institute, Menlo Park, 2002, exec dir, chairman.
Co-founder Numenta, Inc., since 2005. Member, science board directors Cold Spring Harbor Labs. Member, advisory board Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, University California Berkeley.
Member of National Academy of Engineering.