Famous Canadian Computer Engineers

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Garrett Camp
(Innovator & Entrepreneurs)
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Birthdate: October 4, 1978
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Calgary

Tech magnate Garrett Camp made headlines in 2020 when he quit his position of board director of Uber, a company co-founded by him, to focus on its product strategy. Camp has also formed companies such as StumbleUpon and the start-up incubator Expa Labs, and is part of The Giving Pledge.

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Rob Pike
(Canadian Programmer Best Known for His Work on the 'Go Programming Language' and 'Plan 9' Operating System)
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Birthdate: 1956 AD
Birthplace: Canada

Best known as the co-designer of the Go programming language, computer programmer Rob Pike has had an illustrious stint with the Bell Labs and now works with Google. He was also part of the Unix development team and has co-written books such as The Practice of Programming.

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Patrice Désilets
(Game designer)
Patrice Désilets
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Birthdate: May 9, 1974
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu

Canadian game designer Patrice Désilets is best known for his Assassin's Creed game series. He also contributed to the creative direction of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and Hype: The Time Quest. After leaving Ubisoft, he formed his own studio, the Montreal-based Panache Digital Games.

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Andrew Coyne
(Columnist, Editor)
Andrew Coyne
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Birthdate: December 23, 1960
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Ottawa

Andrew Coyne is a Canadian columnist who has worked with popular publications like Maclean's and National Post. He is currently working for The Globe and Mail. In 1994, Andrew Coyne was honored by the Public Policy Forum with the prestigious Hyman Solomon Award for Excellence in Public Policy Journalism.

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Theo de Raadt
(Computer scientist, Engineer, Network engineer, Programmer)
Theo de Raadt
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Birthdate: May 19, 1968
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Pretoria

Born to a South African mother and a Dutch father in Pretoria, Theo de Raadt later moved to Canada with his family. The software engineer founded the OpenBSD and OpenSSH operating system networks and also contributed to NetBSD. He has also formed the Internet Exchange YYCIX in Calgary.

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MafiaBoy
(Canadian Computer Hacker & Security Expert)
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Birthdate: 1986 AD
Birthplace: Montreal, Canada

Michael Calce or MafiaBoy is a Canadian computer hacker-turned-security expert. He achieved notoriety in 2000 when he launched a series of denial-of-service attacks against large commercial websites like Amazon.com, Yahoo, Dell, Inc., eBay, and CNN. The defenseless state of computer systems were realized after MafiaBoy's attack, which led to a significant increase in online security in the decade that followed.