Lew Tucker

Who is Lew Tucker?

Mr. Tucker has two decades of achievements leading advanced

technology ventures. Prior to joining Radar Networks, he was

Vice-President of AppExchange at salesforce.com where he created and

drove the growth of the AppExchange online marketplace.

In addition to his role at salesforce.com, Mr. Tucker spent 10 years at

Sun Microsystems, Inc., where he was Vice-President of Internet

Services, having overall corporate responsibility for Sun Microsystem’s

presence on the World Wide Web. Earlier he served as CTO and Director

of Sun Developer Programs. As a core member of the first JavaSoft

executive team and evangelist for the advancement of the Java

technology platform he delivered Sun’s technology strategy at

conferences, industry panels, and financial analyst briefings. These

included presentations given at InternetWorld, JavaOne96, JavaOne97,

JavaOne98, RedHerring, Byte Research Forum and other CTO conferences

worldwide.

Before coming to Sun, Mr. Tucker was Director

of Development and Advanced Software at Thinking Machines, Inc., where

he conducted research into machine learning and contributed to the

architecture and development of the massively parallel Connection

Machine supercomputer.

Mr. Tucker holds a Ph.D. in

Computer Science from Polytechnic Institute of Technology, and a B.A.

in Biology from Cornell University. He has authored numerous papers on

computer architecture, AI, and machine intelligence. Before entering

the computer field, he was an Assistant Professor in Neurobiology at

Cornell University Medical College and early pioneer in the use of

computer technology for the mapping of brain function.