 Labeled the "Grand Dame of Tech Talk" by Wired Magazine, Dr. Moira Gunn is best known as the host of Public Radio's Tech Nation . . . Americans & Technology, as well as a weekly columnist on Knight-Ridder's SiliconValley.com. Tech Nation's in-depth interviews enable Dr. Gunn to speak with the innovators who drive technology today, as well as everyday people who must cope in our new high-tech world. Popular business guests range from Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Yahoo's Jerry Yang and David Filo, to Intel's Andy Grove, Virgin's Richard Branson, and "Chainsaw" Al Dunlap. But the technology story of today goes well beyond the "dot.com" craze and high-tech economics. From Senator John McCain to Dilbert cartoonist, Scott Adams, from Rosalynn Carter to Sir Francis Crick, from Doris Kearns Goodwin to Stephen Jay Gould, from Alvin Toffler to Ralph Nader, everyone plays an essential part. In over 1,000 interviews with space pioneers and cyber-novelists, venture capitalists, and genetics researchers, teachers, and technophobes, Dr. Gunn addresses every facet of American life through the lens of technology . . . a life that is changing before our very eyes. Two-minute daily versions of Tech Nation also air on public radio stations, as well as on the Internet at the IBM Web site: www.ibm.com under "IndustryTalk." On another front, Dr. Gunn is a popular commentator on life in the technology age. Her weekly insights are available in both print and audio on the web at www.siliconvalley.com, and air nationally and internationally on Public Radio. A former NASA scientist and engineer, Dr. Gunn is no stranger to technology. She has served as a member of the Awards Selection Committee for the Space Technology Hall of Fame, and currently is a member of the Board of Directors of the Tech Museum of Innovation. Along with a PhD. in mechanical engineering from Purdue University, she holds degrees in computer science, as well as a technical patent in human nutrition. Dr. Gunn is a frequent guest on CNN and ZD-TV, and appears on local San Francisco Bay Area venues, including KQED-TV, BayTV, and KBHK-TV. She is regularly asked to speak on such topics as "The Impact of Cyberspace on Society," and "The Economic Opportunities of the Internet," as well as on her experiences as a woman working in the male-dominated field of science and technology.
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