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Werner Vogels
AS Profile A newcomer to the Agenda Setters list, Werner Vogels is making waves in internet retailing as chief technology officer and VP of Amazon.com. As one Agenda Setters... [07 Oct 2008]
Richard Thomas
AS Profile Information Commissioner since November 2002, he has been propelled into the public eye and the Agenda Setters top 10 by the spate of data breach revelations that followed HM Revenue and Customs losing... [07 Oct 2008]
JP Rangaswami
AS Profile But it's the work outside of his day job which propelled this maverick up the Agenda Setters rankings - from 48 last year to 11 this year. One Agenda Setters judge said... [07 Oct 2008]
Eric Schmidt
AS Profile Despite dropping three places from last year, Eric Schmidt makes it into the Agenda Setters top 10 for the fifth year in a row. Schmidt was singled out once again for his Agenda Setting... [07 Oct 2008]
Jeremy Allison
AS Profile It's his work to remove the barriers to interoperability between these two worlds - a key piece in enabling Linux to become accepted in the enterprise - that earns Allison a spot on this year's Agenda... [07 Oct 2008]
Arianna Huffington
AS Profile Its founder Arianna Huffington caught the eye of the Agenda Setters panel for redefining the rules of journalism and showing that blogs can take on established broadcast and print media. An... [07 Oct 2008]
Jonathon Porritt
AS Profile Described by an Agenda Setters judge as a "beacon for the sensible and intelligent green movement", Porritt - a former director of Friends of the Earth and co-chair of the Green Party - is setting the... [07 Oct 2008]
Ray Ozzie
AS Profile The Agenda Setters panel also commended Ozzie's "immense support for continued R&D" at Microsoft, which it will no doubt draw on for years to come. A previous Agenda Setter who took the... [07 Oct 2008]
Aaron Seigo
AS Profile Aaron Seigo earns a spot on the Agenda Setters list for his work on what the panel called the "exciting" open source KDE project. KDE is a desktop environment for Unix-based systems that is praised for... [07 Oct 2008]
S Gopalakrishnan
AS Profile The Agenda Setters judges praised Gopalakrishnan for creating an international player from a home-grown Indian business and for boosting Infosys' reputation in comparison to its rivals. As the guiding... [07 Oct 2008]
Craig Mundie
AS Profile Microsoft will only retain its dominance if it focuses on innovation, agreed the Agenda Setters panel - and so Mundie's leadership of the research division is becoming increasingly vital. After Bill... [07 Oct 2008]
Jeffrey Katzenberg
AS Profile But it's not a love of Shrek that has the Agenda Setters judges voting for Katzenberg this year but rather their belief that the groundbreaking work of the studio in using new digital projection... [07 Oct 2008]
Jonathan Zittrain
AS Profile An Agenda Setters judge described Zittrain as "a brilliant lecturer on the possible futures of the internet and society". As cyber law professor at the University of Oxford, Jonathan Zittrain's expertise... [07 Oct 2008]
Mark Shuttleworth
AS Profile His campaign for ease of use could be just what Linux needs to finally take on Windows and Mac operating systems for everyday users, according to the Agenda Setters panel. Breaking through this barrier... [07 Oct 2008]
Neelie Kroes
AS Profile Although Europe competition commissioner Neelie Kroes didn't earn a place in the Agenda Setters 50 last year, she's made several appearances over the years, mainly as a result of the Competition... [07 Oct 2008]
