Larry Tesler
Lawrence G. (Larry) Tesler is a computer scientist working in the field of human-computer interaction. As of 2004, he is Vice President of Shopping Experience at Amazon.com.
Tesler studied computer science at Stanford University in the 1960s, and worked for a time at the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. From 1973 to 1980, he was at Xerox PARC, where, among other things, he worked on the Gypsy word processor.
In 1980, he moved to Apple Computer, where he held various positions, including Vice President of AppleNet, Vice President of the Advanced Technology Group, and Chief Scientist.
He left Apple in 1997 to form Stagecast Software, and came to Amazon.com in 2001.
He is also on the board of the Gorilla Foundation.
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