Steve Wozniak Interview and Keynote
Oration Speakers recently booked Mr Steve Wozniak (Co-founder of Apple) at the Mediafin 'New Insights Live' event in the beautiful Tours and Taxis venue in Brussels. The theme for the…
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Steve Wozniak is often known as the Woz is a Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for more than thirty years. He has helped shape the computing industry with his design of Apple’s first line of products the Apple I and II. He also influenced the popular Macintosh.
His personal vision for the future of technology, Entrepreneurship or thinking like an entrepreneur within a larger company, The founding of Apple, Innovation and creativity, iWoz his autobiography, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Electric vehicles, self-driving cars, wearables, Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, robotics and automation and education.
BIOGRAPHY
Co-Founder of Apple
Steve Wozniak, often known as the Woz is a Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for more than thirty years. He has helped shape the computing industry with his design of Apple’s first line of products the Apple I and II. He also influenced the popular Macintosh.
It started off in 1976, when Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer Inc. with Wozniak’s Apple I personal computer. The following year, he introduced his Apple II personal computer, featuring a central processing unit, a keyboard, colour graphics, and a floppy disk drive. The Apple II was integral in launching the personal computer industry.
In 1981, he went back to UC Berkeley and finished his degree in electrical engineering/computer science. For his achievements at Apple, Wozniak was awarded the National Medal of Technology by the President of the United States in 1985, the highest honour bestowed on America’s leading innovators.
In 2000, he was inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame and was awarded the prestigious Heinz Award for Technology, The Economy and Employment for single-handedly designing the first personal computer and for then redirecting his lifelong passion for mathematics and electronics toward lighting the fires of excitement for education in grade school students and their teachers.
Through the years, Wozniak has been involved in various business and philanthropic ventures, focusing primarily on computer capabilities in schools and stressing hands-on learning and encouraging creativity for students.
Making significant investments of both his time and resources in education, he adopted the Los Gatos School District, providing students and teachers with hands-on teaching and donations of state-of-the-art technology equipment. He founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and was the founding sponsor of the Tech Museum, Silicon Valley Ballet and Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose. In 2014, he was awarded the Hoover Medal, a prestigious honour given for “outstanding extra-career services by engineers to humanity,” and was inducted into the IndustryWeek Manufacturing Hall of Fame.
Wozniak is Chief Scientist at Primary Data and is a published author with the release of his New York Times best-selling autobiography, iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon by Norton Publishing. His television appearances include: ABC’s Dancing with the Stars and The Big Bang Theory, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Conan, and The Tonight Show.
Credentials: Co-Founder of Apple
Books: iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon by Norton Publishing
In the media: Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak quits facebook over data abuse scandal
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