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SPEAKER BIO

A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for the past three
decades, Steve Wozniak, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Wheels
of Zeus (wOz), helped shape the computing industry with his
design of Apple's first line of products the Apple I and II
and influenced the popular Macintosh. For his achievements at
Apple Computer, Steve was awarded the National Medal of
Technology by the President of the United States in 1985, the
highest honor bestowed America's leading innovators.

In 2000 Steve 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."

Making significant investments of both his time and resources
in education, Wozniak "adopted" the Los Gatos School District...

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