Top General Magic Employees

Andy Hertzfeld, born April 6, 1953, is an American computer scientist and inventor. He joined the original Apple Macintosh development team during the 1980s. Hertzfeld bought an Apple II in January 1978. He worked for Apple Computer from August 1979 to March 1984. He designed the Macintosh system software. Hertzfeld co-founded Radius in 1986, General Magic in 1990, and Eazel in 1999. In 2002, he helped Mitch Kapor promote open source software with the Open Source Applications Foundation. Hertzfeld worked at Google from 2005 to 2020.

Andrew E. Rubin is an American computer programmer, engineer, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist. He founded the tech startup incubator Playground Global and partners at Redpoint Ventures. Rubin co-founded and served as CEO of Danger Inc. and Android Inc.

Bill Atkinson, born 1951, is an American computer engineer and photographer. Atkinson worked at Apple Computer from 1978 to 1990. Atkinson designed the graphical user interface (GUI) for the Apple Lisa. He was one of the first thirty members of the original Apple Macintosh development team. Atkinson created MacPaint, a program that used the computer as a creative tool. He designed and implemented QuickDraw, the graphics toolbox used by the Lisa and Macintosh.

Dennis brings over 15 years of advertising sales and business development in traditional and new media to 8020 Publishing. Dennis held executive and management roles in print, broadcast, and interactive advertising. Dennis opened a national interactive advertising firm for COX in San Francisco in 1996. Dennis worked with and consulted for several start-ups nationally and in the Bay Area. Dennis held positions at the SF Newspaper Agency, Gannett, Knight Ridder, General Magic, and Red Herring. Dennis earned a BS degree from the University of San Francisco and enjoys sailing.

John Giannandrea is Vice President, Engineering at Google. John co-founded Metaweb Technologies with Danny Hillis and Robert Cook in 2005. Earlier, John served as CTO at TellMe Networks and Netscape. John graduated from Strathclyde University in Glasgow.

Marc Porat is a tech entrepreneur and angel investor. Porat founded six companies, including General Magic. In the early 2000s, Porat joined tech executives launching cleantech companies. He launched three companies in the built environment: Serious Materials, Zeta Communities, and CalStar Cement. Porat was a member of the U.S. China Green Energy Council.

Peter founded Lightspeed. He covers cleantech, software, and the internet. Peter has twelve years in venture capital and seven years in operations. Before Lightspeed, Peter worked in business development and product marketing at General Magic. General Magic pioneered e-commerce and electronic media services by partnering with top telecom and consumer electronics firms before the Web arrived. Peter also ran Acer's portable PC business in North America, where he launched.

Phillip York, "Phil" Goldman (July 17, 1964 – December 26, 2003), was an American software engineer and entrepreneur. He engineered Macintosh software at Apple Inc. Phil Goldman co-founded WebTV.

Stephen G. "Steve" Perlman invented Internet, entertainment, multimedia, consumer electronics, and communications technologies. Perlman developed QuickTime, WebTV, OnLive, pCell, and Mova Contour facial capture technologies. Perlman also founded companies. He served as a Microsoft division president and a principal scientist at Apple Computer. Critics questioned Perlman's management style.

Anthony Michael Fadell, born March 22, 1969, is an American engineer, inventor, designer, entrepreneur, founder, coach, and investor. Fadell started with General Magic in 1992, founding companies and designing products for over 30 years. Fadell joined Apple Inc. in 2001. He became Senior Vice President of the iPod division at Apple Inc. Tony oversaw all iPod hardware, software, and accessory development and iPhone hardware, firmware, and accessories development from March 2006 to November 2008. Fadell is known as the "father of the iPod" for his work on