Bryan Cantrill

He studied computer science at Brown University, spending two summers at QNX Software Systems doing kernel development.

Cantrill was included in the TR35 list for his development of DTrace, a function of the OS Solaris 10 that provides a non-invasive means for real-time tracing and diagnosis of software.

Sun technologies and technologists, including DTrace and Cantrill, also received an InfoWorld Innovators Award that year.

[6] In 2006, "The DTrace trouble-shooting software from Sun was chosen as the Gold winner in The Wall Street Journal's 2006 Technology Innovation Awards contest.

"[7] In 2008, Cantrill, Mike Shapiro and Adam Leventhal were recognized with the USENIX Software Tools User Group (STUG) award for "the provision of a significant enabling technology.