Jon E. Mittelhauser (born May 1970) is a software executive who co-wrote the Windows version of NCSA Mosaic and was a founder of Netscape.
Mittelhauser attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he joined the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science in 1992 and a master's degree in 1994.[ citation needed]
In 1993, as a graduate student, he co-wrote NCSA Mosaic for Windows with fellow student Chris Wilson while working at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). [1] Mittelhauser was part of the original team of five programmers of Mosaic with Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina ( Unix version), Aleks Totic ( Mac version) and Chris Wilson (Windows version). [2] [3] [4] The Windows version that Mittelhauser and Wilson wrote was the first browser with over a million downloads and is often characterized as the first widely used web browser.[ citation needed] Mittelhauser is considered a founding father of the browser. [5] [6]
After leaving the University of Illinois in 1994, Mittelhauser became one of the founders of Netscape Communications Corporation. [4] [5]
His next position was Director of Engineering for Geocast Network Systems, a start-up funded by Mayfield Fund, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Institutional Venture Partners. [7]
Mittelhauser led the software organization at OnLive, Inc. and managed their successful launch in 2010. [8] He left at the end of that year as VP of Engineering and joined their Technical Advisory Board.
In May 2012 he became Vice President of Engineering for Nebula, Inc. [8]
From December 2014 to December 2016, he was chief executive officer of the software company that develops CloudBolt. [9] [10]
As of July 2018 [update] he is Vice President of the Container Native Group at Oracle Corporation. [11]
Mittelhauser has two daughters and lives in Silicon Valley. In 1999 he opened The Basin restaurant in Saratoga with fellow Netscape-er Bill Foss. [12] [13]
Jon E. Mittelhauser (born May 1970) is a software executive who co-wrote the Windows version of NCSA Mosaic and was a founder of Netscape.
Mittelhauser attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he joined the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science in 1992 and a master's degree in 1994.[ citation needed]
In 1993, as a graduate student, he co-wrote NCSA Mosaic for Windows with fellow student Chris Wilson while working at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). [1] Mittelhauser was part of the original team of five programmers of Mosaic with Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina ( Unix version), Aleks Totic ( Mac version) and Chris Wilson (Windows version). [2] [3] [4] The Windows version that Mittelhauser and Wilson wrote was the first browser with over a million downloads and is often characterized as the first widely used web browser.[ citation needed] Mittelhauser is considered a founding father of the browser. [5] [6]
After leaving the University of Illinois in 1994, Mittelhauser became one of the founders of Netscape Communications Corporation. [4] [5]
His next position was Director of Engineering for Geocast Network Systems, a start-up funded by Mayfield Fund, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Institutional Venture Partners. [7]
Mittelhauser led the software organization at OnLive, Inc. and managed their successful launch in 2010. [8] He left at the end of that year as VP of Engineering and joined their Technical Advisory Board.
In May 2012 he became Vice President of Engineering for Nebula, Inc. [8]
From December 2014 to December 2016, he was chief executive officer of the software company that develops CloudBolt. [9] [10]
As of July 2018 [update] he is Vice President of the Container Native Group at Oracle Corporation. [11]
Mittelhauser has two daughters and lives in Silicon Valley. In 1999 he opened The Basin restaurant in Saratoga with fellow Netscape-er Bill Foss. [12] [13]