The cofounder of the security company CrowdStrike wants to help cyberattack victims strike back.

“After the investigation of Operation Aurora, the cyberattack on Google from within China that was revealed in 2010, I realized a completely new type of security strategy and technology was needed. I was leading research at McAfee and had been involved in investigations of criminal activity online, working closely with law enforcement. Aurora put us up against a nation-state, not a criminal. I was briefing the State Department as they crafted statements for Hillary Clinton to make publicly about the issue.

When the Internet was getting big in Russia, he was in the right place at the right time. Now he hopes to do it again with personal robotics.

Dmitry Grishin was born on a missile base in the Soviet Union. He grew up around technical people working on secret projects; his father designed radar systems for the MiG-29 jet fighter.

In the jobless economic recovery, an online labor marketplace thrives.

When Leah Busque worked as a software engineer for IBM’s Lotus group, her favorite part of the job was attending an annual conference at Disney World, because it was the only time developers in her division got to meet customers. It made her realize she wanted to start a business of her own.

Many innovations can’t happen without the right connections.

Rebeca Hwang thinks the insularity of Silicon Valley stifles innovation. To fix this, she’s become what she calls a mega-connector, trying to make it easier for entrepreneurs anywhere to find opportunities.

To complement our list of young innovators, here are several who have been at it for decades.

For over a decade, we’ve celebrated innovators under the age of 35. We choose to write about the young because we want to introduce you to the most promising new technologists, researchers, and entrepreneurs. But I often hear: You really think older people can’t innovate?

Intel offers their heavily weighted seal of approval for HTML5 programming putting decades of solid programming history on the line.

Artisan Infrastructure and Maldivica have formed a new and strategic partnership designed to provide a seamless service provider access to Artisan’s high quality and fully scalable cloud storage platform.

Kevin Maxwell ’02, Ph.D., language, literacy, and culture, was recently appointed chief executive officer of Prince George’s public schools. Maxwell has a long history in public education, having spent more than 20 years as a teacher, principal and chief educational administrator of Prince George’s County. Most recently, he was superintendent of Anne Arundel County.

From the Baltimore Sun article:

“This is a homecoming for him. He is truly one of our shining sons of Prince George’s County,” County Executive Rushern Baker III said before a gathered crowd Friday, June 28 at Northwestern High School in Hyattsville. “We are so lucky we can stand here today and welcome back one of our best.”

Maxwell received his Ph.D. in Language, Literacy and Culture from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). In 2002, he was recognized by UMBC as its Outstanding Alumnus-Humanities.

You can read more on the UMBC Insights blog.