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JON PEDDIE President, Jon Peddie Research
Dr. Jon G. Peddie is the founder and president of Jon Peddie Research(JPR), a Tiburon, California research and management consulting firm focused on technology. JPR provides market analysis services to companies in high-tech fields including graphics hardware development, multimedia for professional applications and consumer electronics, entertainment technology, high-end computing, and other product development.

A former President of Siggraph Pioneers, Peddie serves on the advisory boards of several conferences, organizations, and companies. He contributes articles to numerous publications. In 2015, he was given a Lifetime Achievement award from the CAD society.

A recognized pioneer in the graphics industry, Peddie is currently an IEEE Distinguished visitor. He lectures at numerous conferences and universities on graphics technology and emerging trends in digital media.

Jon G. Peddie, Author
Dr. Peddie has authored or contributed to eleven technically-oriented nonfiction books. His most recent books are: “Augmented Reality, where we all will live” and  “Ray Tracing, a Tool for all.”. Four of his non-fiction books are used as references for the Computer Graphics Wikipedia page. “DATABASE” is Jon G. Peddie's first novel and is the first in a series of Scott Mitchell detective techno-mystery novels set in San Rafael, California.

Education
Columbia Pacific Univ. Degree Name: PhD 1983 – 1983

Columbia Pacific Univ. Degree Name: Master of Business Administration - MBA - 1982

Columbia Pacific Univ. Degree Name: Bachelor's Degree - 1982

American Institute of Technology - 1968 – 1970 Degree Name: AIET BSEE

Internal Links
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_graphics#Pioneers_in_computer_graphics