GENIUSES AND GURUS : Gary Parker Photography, San Jose, Silicon Valley and San Francisco, CA, Advertising and Corporate Photography, Corporate Exec Portraits, Editorial Photojournalist, Magazine, People, Cat, Dog and Pet Photography in the Bay Area and in Eugene, Or.

Steve Jobs with wife Laurene, the day the original multi-colored iMac was released on 8.15.98. After Steve's worldwide satellite feed at a large venue near Apple, Laurene approached for this intimate moment. The iMac changed Apple's fortunes and became the world's best selling computer.

Bill Gates, Microsoft Founder, Technology Icon/Philanthropist. When photographing billionaires it's interesting seeing how they treat a lowly photographer. Bill is nice but once gave me only 73 seconds to do a cover shoot?! Yikes!!!

Early portrait of Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur Marc Andreessen, the man widely credited as the pioneer behind the first user-friendly web browser, as we know it today. Andreessen, a founder of Netscape & other corps, sits on the board of Facebook and is one of only 6 inductees into the World Wide Web Hall of Fame

Intel Co-Founder Gordon Moore - Author of "Moore's Law" & creator of the Integrated Circuit. When asked what he enjoys when not being a technology icon and philanthropist, Gordon said, "I go fishing!"

Jen-Hsun (Jensen) Huang, Co-founder, President and CEO of Nvidia, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur from Taiwan, is a multi-faceted executive known for his genius in the graphics processor field, as well as for his philanthropy.

Larry Ellison, Oracle cofounder and chairman of Oracle Corporation

Renowned technology scientist, toy collector & juggler Steve Teig, Tabula CTO & Founder, with his revolutionary new programmable chip.

Blu Ray inventor Professor Shuji Nakamura, UC Santa Barbara. "Blu Ray" is more technically referred to as Blue Laser Diode Technology and Blue, Green and White LED Technology

Ajay Bhatt, Intel, holder of 31 US Patents, helped define & develop technologies such as USB, AGP and PCI Express... Ajay became globally famed when he was portrayed in TV commercials as Intel's "rock star" inventor of USB...

Annual Report shoot for SAP, one of the worlds largest software companies. CTO Vishal Sikka is at the forefront of SAP's software infrastructure

TJ Rodgers, Founder and CEO of Cypress Semiconductor, inventor of VMOS Technology, Silicon Valley tech icon. TJ Rodgers is renowned for his brilliance as a CEO, philanthropic generosity and direct personality.

John Cioffi / Inventor of ADSL and one heckuva trombone player! / Stanford University Professor

Tim Cook, Apple CEO, formerly Chief Operating Officer, arrived in '98, six months before the release of the iMac, the computer which lead Apple's meteoric climb to its current status as as one of the worlds most successful corporations

Vivek Ranadive, Chairman, CEO & Founder of TIBCO Software, best-selling author, an owner of the Golden State Warriors & one of the top technology innovators in the world. Vivek is an avid cyclist and sports enthusiast.

Dennis Segers, CEO & Director of Tabula, is renowned as a captain of the Semiconductor industry and the go-to guy for entrepreneurs in his field...

Joe Santos, Cadence, is renowned as the architect of Open Access . Joe is an enthusiastic amateur chef, experimental aircraft builder and an experienced pilot...

Dr. Scott Vanstone, Certicom Founder, Inventor of Elliptical Curve Cryptography, Professor of Mathematics, University of Waterloo. Scott was a gracious host, enthusiastically showing us his art collection... Toronto, Canada

Dr. Leroy Hood, Director & President of the Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle Wa. Dr Hood is a pioneer in predictive, preventative and personalized medicine...

Adobe Co-Founder & Chairman Dr. Charles "Chuck" Geschke. Dr. Geschke and partner John Warnock literally transformed the visual media and graphics industries with their world-changing software, including Photoshop..

Wilf Corrigan, Founder LSI Logic, Silicon Valley Pioneer

Dr Craig Barrett, former Intel CEO and Chairman of the Board...

Zvi Or-bach, an Israeli Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur, is currently President and CEO of Monolith IC3D. Known as an innovator in logic and programmable logic, Zvi is also an Israeli folk dancer and lover of French Bulldogs...

Dr. Edward Teller, known as the father of the hydrogen bomb (1908-2003)