Paul Terry Walhus

Technology veteran who works and lives in a high rise condo and office between downtown Austin, Texas and the University of Texas campus. He also spends time on his 15 acre homestead ranch and retreat in Cedar Creek, Texas. Founder of Spring.net

After graduating from the University of Illinois in 1969 with a BUP and emphasis in Computer Science, he worked for the world's first software company to go public, BPI Systems. He installed and supported the entire computing environment for Sematech, the semiconductor Consortium that moved from California to Austin in the 80s.

Currently, he is developing a social networking site for Austin with a social networking "badge" that folks can carry around and instantly swap all their social network with acquaintances, friends and business associates.