Dec 4 2007 7:50PM GMT

Overheard: The Top 10 Sexiest Men in IT, 2007

Posted by: Margaret Rouse

The decision to select the 10 sexiest men in IT (2007) was done under highly scientific conditions.

Dave Barry says that means “while your wife is not home.” In our case, it means “over lunch.” The comments are my daughter’s.

So here you are, the Top 10 Sexiest Men in IT, with apologies to People Magazine and Matt Damon.

	Tim Berners-Lee Director of the World Wide Web Consortium, Senior Researcher at MIT’s Laboratory for Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence (CSAIL). “Who knew the father of the World Wide Web was so cute?” Read bio
	Larry Page Larry Page is the co-founder of Google and is currently the President of Products for Google Inc. “If it wasn’t for his helicopter and all that money, he’d kind of be the boy next door.” Read bio
	Nova Spivack Nova Spivack is CEO and Founder of Radar Networks and Earth Web. Peter Drucker was his grandfather.” Love his name. Uber-geek cute.” Read bio Read Nova Spivack’s gracious acceptance speech.
	Gordon Moore Dr. Gordon E. Moore is the retired chairman and CEO of Intel Corporation. You probably know him for “Moore’s Law.” “When he smiles in that interview, the whole room lights up. You have to put him on the list.” Read bio
	John Forsyth Vice president of strategy at Symbian.” Doesn’t he look a little like Toby McGuire?” Read bio
	Ron Markezich Vice president of Managed Solutions at Microsoft and former CIO. “Very preppy. Bet he’s a jock. Great smile.” Read bio
	Peter Semmelhack Founder and CEO of Bug Labs “He looks like he could put up a shed on the weekend. He’s got that HGTV look going for him.” Read blog
	Michael Kozicki Director of the Center for Applied Nanoionics (CANi) “I love outdoor geeks.” Read bio
	David Risley He is the founder and President of PC Media, Inc. “He looks friendly in this photo but his other pictures make him look mysterious. Kind of like David Arquette.” Read bio
	Mark Richards Executive IT Architect at IBM. “I bet this guy has a great laugh. He looks like he enjoys life.” Read bio