John Resig is an American software engineer and entrepreneur, best known as the creator and lead developer of the jQuery JavaScript library.

[6] Resig graduated with an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2005.

During this time he worked with Ankur Teredesai[7][8] on data mining instant messaging networks and Jon Schull on exploring new ways of encouraging real-time online collaboration.

For his work on jQuery, he was inducted into the Rochester Institute of Technology's Innovation Hall of Fame[1] on April 30, 2010.

and has presented at many conferences related to web technology, including SXSW,[20] Webstock,[21] MIX, and Tech4Africa.