Pamela Lopker

[2] Lopker’s family eventually settled in Cupertino, California where she was the first student at her school to earn an A in her auto shop class.

In 1972, Lopker started college at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) as a mathematics and economics major.

[4] She eventually left that job and pursued a career in business oriented software development.

[5] Lopker says that she named the company using the initials of the nearby Queen Anne Road.

[7] Lopker and her husband gave a $500,000 endowment to UCSB in 2005 and are also actively involved with their alma mater UC Santa Barbara through other means such as mentorship and acting as guest lecturers.