Nationality Dutch Role Computer scientist Employer Jaunt Spouse Marleen Zwiers | Website about.me/avh Books Hooked on Java Name Arthur Hoff | |
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Occupation Computer programmer, entrepreneur Children Emil van Hoff, Cosmo van Hoff Organizations founded Ellerdale, Strangeberry, Marimba Similar People James Gosling, Don Hopkins, Bill Joy, Kim Polese, Evangelista Torricelli | ||
Arthur van hoff over twitter google en microsoft in true tuesdays
Arthur van Hoff (born 16 February 1963) is a Dutch computer scientist and businessman.
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- Arthur van hoff over twitter google en microsoft in true tuesdays
- Van de Polder naar de Valley Java grondlegger Arthur van Hoff
- Biography
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Van de Polder naar de Valley: Java-grondlegger Arthur van Hoff
Biography
After studying computer science at the University of Strathclyde and Hogere Informatica Opleiding, Van Hoff joined Sun Microsystems as an engineer with the Distributed Objects Everywhere team. In 1993, he joined the Java development team, writing the language's compiler and taking responsibility for its first release to Netscape in August 1995. In 1996, he left Sun, feeling that the options to develop Java outside of the organisation were "too tempting", and established the startup Marimba, serving as its Chief Technology Officer. At Marimba, Van Hoff led the engineering team in developing a push technology-based software distribution system, Castanet.
In 2002, Van Hoff left Marimba, which was acquired by BMC Software for $240 million. He started Strangeberry, a startup that developed software to play computer-stored content on televisions. It was acquired by TiVo, Inc. in January 2004 and he joined TiVo as Principal Engineer. He resigned from TiVo in 2005 and later joined Flipboard as their Chief Technology Officer. He left Flipboard in November 2012 and started a company named Jaunt with co-founders Tom Annau and Jens Christensen. He currently serves as Chief Technology Officer of Jaunt, Inc., as well as the Entrepreneur-in-Residence of Redpoint Ventures.