Quentin Stafford-Fraser pointed a video camera at a coffee filter machine in Cambridge University in the early 90s. The ‘Trojan Room Coffee Pot’ became the first webcam, and one of the most famous sites on the early web. Since then, he has held research posts at Cambridge University, Xerox EuroPARC, Olivetti Research, and AT&T Labs. He was also a developer of the VNC software now installed on millions of machines worldwide.
More recently, Quentin has been involved in the founding of several technology-related startups in Cambridge, U.K., and Seattle, Washington, including Ndiyo in 2001, DisplayLink in 2003, Exbiblio in 2004, and Camvine in 2007 – a UK company dedicated to changing the way visual information is distributed and displayed – where he is currently based.
Quentin holds a Ph.D. from Cambridge, England and lives there with his wife, author Rose Melikan, and puppy.
