Tom Pittard

Thomas Strozier "Tom" Pittard was a senior research engineer in the Advanced Technology Group at Apple Computer.Tom Pittard, LinkedIn. Accessed 2021-02-26.
==Family and education==
Tom Pittard is the son of James Dillard "Jim" Pittard Jr.,Guest Book, The Sarretts of Georgia. 2011-03-03. Accessed 2021-02-26. descendant of the Duke of Mont Sarrette, who traveled to America on the same ship that the had used, and fought in the .Sarrett: One American Family, The Sarretts of Georgia. Accessed 2021-02-26.
The younger Pittard studied fine arts painting at what is now the in .Story by Tom Pittard. Accessed 2021-02-26. In 1978, he received a B.A. in media communications and filmmaking from the .
==Career==
After graduating, Pittard worked at Atari contributing to games and programming automation for manufacturing.
===Apple Computer===
Pittard joined Apple in February 1981 as employee #1926. He worked in the product engineering group on video hardware and processor architectures such as ARM. He later joined the Apple Advanced Technology Group and received an award in 1990 for his work on hyperlinks and multimedia over prototype broadband networks. Pittard left Apple in August 1991.
===After Apple===
Pittard joined in 1991 where he became a principal network protocol architect and worked for 4 years. He then worked as a consultant on various projects and is presently semi-retired as a fine arts painter. Pittard resides in California and Taiwan with his wife Lan-Yu Hsieh.
==References==
==See also==
*List of early Apple Computer employees
==External links==
*Tom Pittard official homepage
*Tom Pittard Art at Fine Art America
*Tom Pittard Art at Pixels
Category:Former Apple employees
Category:Former Atari employees