Eben Upton

Eben Upton has a diverse work experience spanning multiple industries. Eben is currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer of Raspberry Pi Trading, a position they assumed in September 2020. Prior to this, they founded Raspberry Pi Foundation in 2008 and still holds a role as the founder.

Between 2006 and 2020, Upton worked at Broadcom as a Distinguished Engineer. During their tenure, they played a significant role in the development of video and graphics hardware, including designing shader processor microarchitecture and elements of the graphics pipeline for VideoCore IV. Eben also had overall responsibility for VideoCore V multimedia architecture.

From 2004 to 2007, Upton worked at St John's College, Cambridge as the Director of Studies in Computer Science. In this role, they were responsible for admissions and arranging all teaching for undergraduate students in the Computer Science Tripos.

In addition, Upton founded Podfun in 2004, a lifestyle company where they wrote and sold Java mobile games, and licensed out the underlying technology. Eben also worked as a Visiting Researcher at Intel Corporation for a brief period in 2004.

Prior to their entrepreneurial ventures, Upton worked at Ideaworks3D from 1998 to 2001, serving as the Founder and CTO. This company focused on mobile games and middleware, and currently has 50+ employees in London.

Upton's early professional experience includes a role as a Software Engineer at IBM from 1995 to 1996, where they worked on REXX and C programming under OS/2 as part of the Warwick Development Group. Eben also contributed to DB/2 database development.

Eben Upton has a rich educational background. Eben began their academic journey at the University of Cambridge in 1996, where they pursued a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physics and Engineering. After completing their undergraduate studies in 1999, they went on to pursue further education at the same university. In 2000, they obtained a Diploma in Computer Science, specializing in this field. With a growing interest in the subject, Eben Upton continued their studies, culminating in the completion of a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Cambridge from 2001 to 2005. Furthermore, they pursued an Executive MBA from the University of Cambridge between 2009 and 2011. Eben Upton's diverse educational background showcases their commitment to learning and their passion for both Physics and Engineering, as well as Computer Science.