Background
Earl, William John was born on July 5, 1950 in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Lawrence William and Helen Olga (Gaisler) Earl.
Earl, William John was born on July 5, 1950 in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Lawrence William and Helen Olga (Gaisler) Earl.
Bachelor of Science, California Institute Technology, 1972; postgraduate, University of California, Irvine, 1972-1977.
Senior programmer Varian Data Machines, Irvine, 1976-1977. Supervising programmer Sperry Univac, 1977-1980. Software designer Tandem Computers, Cupertino, California, 1980-1984.
Software engineer Daisy Systems, Mountain View, 1984-1986. Manager operating system group American Information Technology, Cupertino, 1986-1987. Principal engineer MIPS Computer Systems Inc., Sunnyvale, California, 1987-1992.
Chief engineer Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, 1992-2000. Chief architect Zambeel Inc., Fremont, 2000—2003, Agami Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, since 2003.
Member Association Computing Machinery.
Married Marion Helen Kaufman, February 11, 1977. Children: John William, Lesley Annual.