"That game is pretty much over," said Bernard Meyerson, chief technologist of I.B.M.'s systems and technology group.

"That's 'don't care' power," said Randy Cole, chief technologist of the Texas Instruments audio business.

Rahul Sood is the chief technologist for the unit and sits on the company's research and development council.

From 2004-2009 he was the chief technologist of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex.

Ken Revell, chief technologist at BL Technology, says he is concerned at the time the government study has taken.

Dr Robin Batterham, chief technologist of Rio Tinto Group.

Matt Zimmerman, chief technologist of Ubuntu.

In the audience, Jeffrey Senn, chief technologist for the Maya Design Group, a software company in Pittsburgh, shook his head.

Ms. Wynn, who was 45 years old, had been employed since 1970 at St. Luke's Hospital as chief technologist in the radiation therapy department.

Nathan Myhrvold, chief technologist at the Microsoft Corporation, noted that one can now order custom-fit blue jeans directly from the manufacturer.