Prominent technology workers who lost their lives in this weeks terrorist attacks:
Anna Wilson Allison, 48, president of A2 Software Solutions
Myra Aronson, 52, analyst relations manager of software and services provider Compuware
Todd Beamer, 32, Oracle sales account manager
Graham Berkeley, 37, project manager of software and services provider Compuware
Klaus Bothe, 31, executive of German software company BCT Technologies
Christoffer Carstanjen, 33, computer researcher at University of Massachusetts
Jeffery Coombs, 42, Compaq Computer project manager
Charles Falkenberg, 45, director of research of data intelligence company ECOlogic – American Airlines Flight 77
Ed Felt, 41, software maker BEA Systems engineer – United Airlines Flight 93
Edmund Glazer, 41, chief financial officer of MRV Communications, an optical network components company – American Airlines Flight 11
Jeremy Glick, 31, software salesman of software provider Vividence – United Airlines Flight 93 (Glick has been lionized for his apparent effort to prevent the hijackers from crashing the Boeing 757 into a populated area; the plane crashed southeast of Pittsburgh)
Andrew Curry Green, age unknown, director of business development of e-commerce development firm eLogic – American Airlines Flight 11
Peter Hanson, 32, vice president of sales of Web scheduler TimeTrade Systems
Peter P. Hashem, 40, an employee of semiconductor maker Teradyne
James Hayden, 47, chief financial officer of Web security firm Netegrity – United Airlines Flight 175
Steven “Jake” Jacoby, 43, chief operating officer of paging and wireless messaging service Metrocall – American Airlines Flight 77
Charles Jones, 48, computer programmer of defense and systems integration company BAE Systems
Heinrich Kimmig, 43, president and CEO of German software firm BCT Technologies
Daniel Lewin, 31, co-founder and chief technical officer of Akamai Technologies – American Airlines Flight 11
Christopher Mello, 25, analyst of venture capital firm Alta Communications
Wolfgang Menzel, 60, human resources director of German software firm BCT Technologies
Jeff Mladenik, 43, interim CEO of e-commerce development firm eLogic – American Airlines Flight 11
Barbara Olson, 45, consultant working for mobile phone company NextWave Telecom – American Airlines Flight 77
Jane Orth, 49, retired from telecom company Lucent Technologies
David Retik, 33, general partner of venture capital firm Alta Communications
Phil Rosenzweig, 47, director of Sun Microsystems Boston Center for Networking – American Airlines Flight 11.
Michael Theodoridis, 32, information technology consultant
Christopher Zarba, Jr., 47, software engineer of Concord Communications
Sources: Company statements, Reuters, Associated Press