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{{short description|American chief technology officer}}
{{distinguish|Ronnie Schell}}
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| nationality = [[Americans|American]]
| nationality = [[Americans|American]]
| other_names = Ronnie Schnell, Ronald Steven Schnell
| other_names = Ronnie Schnell, Ronald Steven Schnell
| known_for = speaking at [[NYU]] (age 14), [[co-founder]] of [[Mail Call (company)|Mail Call]], [[Chief technology officer|CTO]] of [[Rand Paul presidential campaign, 2016|Paul'16]]
| known_for = speaking at [[NYU]] (age 14), [[co-founder]] of Mail Call, [[Chief technology officer|CTO]] of [[Rand Paul presidential campaign, 2016|Paul'16]]
| alma_mater = [[Syracuse University]]
| alma_mater = [[Syracuse University]]
| website = {{URL|http://www.Driver-Aces.com/ronnie.html|Driver-Aces.com}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.driver-aces.com/ronnie.html}}
}}
}}


'''Ron Schnell''' (born Ronald Steven Schnell on November 10, 1966; sometimes Ronnie Schnell) is a computer programmer in [[Weston, Florida]] and was co-founder of [[Mail Call (company)|Mail Call]] in 1997. He was the [[Chief technology officer|CTO]] of [[Rand Paul]]'s 2016 [[Rand Paul presidential campaign, 2016|presidential campaign]].<ref name=20150629recode /><ref name=20150515politico />
'''Ronald Steven Schnell''' (born November 10, 1966) is an American computer programmer in [[Weston, Florida]]. He was co-founder of Mail Call in 1997 and the [[chief technology officer]] of [[Rand Paul]]'s 2016 [[Rand Paul presidential campaign, 2016|presidential campaign]].<ref name=20150629recode /><ref name=20150515politico />


== Life and work ==
== Life and work ==
Schnell began programming in 1975 (age nine), on the [[IBM 360]] mainframe.<ref name=nyp81 /><ref name=upi81 /><ref name=wpix81 /><ref name=rockland81 /> In 1981, he tested and spoke about [[SETL]] (for [[VAX]] minicomputers) at [[NYU]]'s [[Courant Institute]].<ref name=nyp81 /><ref name=upi81 /><ref name=wpix81 /> In 1982, Schnell wrote a [[chat program]] for [[Telenet]] called [[NET-TALK]], while at the Maryland [[timesharing]] company [[Dialcom]]; this led to helping test the [[BBC Micro]].<ref name=acorn82 /> Schnell wrote<ref name=cultofmac13 /><ref name="emacs24.5" /> the [[text adventure]] game [[Dunnet (video game)|DUNNET]] in 1983 for [[MacLisp]]{{efn|name=aboutselfDunnet}} and 1992 for [[eLisp]].{{efn|name=usenet92}} After high school, Schnell attended [[Syracuse University]] from 1984 through 1986,{{efn|name=aboutselfCollege}} and was a [[disc jockey|DJ]] on [[WJPZ-FM]]
Schnell began programming in 1975 (age nine), on the [[IBM 360]] mainframe.<ref name=nyp81 /><ref name=upi81 /><ref name=wpix81 /><ref name=rockland81 /> In 1981, he tested and spoke about [[SETL]] (for [[VAX]] minicomputers) at [[NYU]]'s [[Courant Institute]].<ref name=nyp81 /><ref name=upi81 /><ref name=wpix81 /> In 1982, Schnell wrote a [[chat program]] for [[Telenet]] called NET-TALK, while at the Maryland [[timesharing]] company [[Dialcom]]; this led to helping test the [[BBC Micro]].<ref name=acorn82 /> Schnell wrote<ref name=cultofmac13 /><ref name="emacs24.5" /> the [[text adventure]] game [[Dunnet (video game)|DUNNET]] in 1983 for [[MacLisp]]{{efn|name=aboutselfDunnet}} and 1992 for [[Emacs Lisp]].{{efn|name=usenet92}} After high school, Schnell attended [[Syracuse University]] from 1984 through 1986,{{efn|name=aboutselfCollege}} and was a [[disc jockey|DJ]] on [[WJPZ-FM]]


Between late 1986 and throughout the 1990s, Schnell was a [[Unix]] kernel consultant.{{efn|name=aboutselfUnix}} He moved to the [[California|west coast]], and founded his [[serial entrepreneur|first startup]] in 1990, Secure Online Systems.<ref name=latimes91 /> He co-founded [[Mail Call (company)|Mail Call]] in 1997 in [[Florida]]; the product used [[IVR]] and back-end [[text-to-speech]] (subscribers could call a toll-free number, and check their email via the telephone—Mail Call was before the invention of the [[smartphone]]).<ref name=fortune98 /><ref name=familyCircle98 /><ref name=workingWoman99 /> From 2002-2005, Schnell was a divisional [[vice president]] at [[Equifax]].<ref name=infoWeek04 />{{efn|name=ftc04}} Schnell was general manager of [[The Technical Committee]] in [[Seattle]], a court-mandated computer-software-nonprofit which monitored Microsoft's [[Regulatory compliance|compliance]] with [[United States v. Microsoft Corp.#Settlement|a federal court ruling]].<ref name=wired11 />{{efn|name=doj11}} <!-- After leaving the TC, there are one or two other startups Schnell has been involved with since, including Quogic which currently is [[WP:NotJustYet]] in terms of press-coverage, but besides tech startups he also works as an [[expert witness]]; although methinks WP:RS could be found for his testimony, most court-documents contain personally identifiable info of SOMEONE so I'm leaving that bit out of this BLP-article for the moment. -->
Between late 1986 and throughout the 1990s, Schnell was a [[Unix]] kernel consultant.{{efn|name=aboutselfUnix}} He moved to the [[California|west coast]], and founded his [[serial entrepreneur|first startup]] in 1990, Secure Online Systems.<ref name=latimes91 /> He co-founded Mail Call in 1997 in [[Florida]]; the product used [[IVR]] and back-end [[text-to-speech]] (subscribers could call a toll-free number, and check their email via the telephone—Mail Call was before the invention of the [[smartphone]]).<ref name=fortune98 /><ref name=familyCircle98 /><ref name=workingWoman99 /> From 2002 to 2005, Schnell was a divisional [[vice president]] at [[Equifax]].<ref name=infoWeek04 />{{efn|name=ftc04}} Schnell was general manager of The Technical Committee in [[Seattle]], a court-mandated computer-software-nonprofit that monitored Microsoft's [[Regulatory compliance|compliance]] with [[United States v. Microsoft Corp. (2001)|a federal court ruling]].<ref name=wired11 />{{efn|name=doj11}} <!-- After leaving the TC, there are one or two other startups Schnell has been involved with since, including Quogic, which currently is [[WP:NotJustYet]] in terms of press-coverage, but besides tech startups he also works as an [[expert witness]]; although methinks WP:RS could be found for his testimony, most court-documents contain personally identifiable info of SOMEONE so I'm leaving that bit out of this BLP-article for the moment. -->


Starting in 2013, Schnell became an [[adjunct professor]] of [[information security|Computer Security]]{{efn|name=uscg14}} at [[Nova Southeastern University]].<ref name=nova15 /> In 2015, Schnell also became [[Chief technology officer|CTO]] of the Rand Paul presidential campaign; he hosted a [[hackathon]] in [[San Francisco]] during July 2015.<ref name=20150629recode /> Schnell [[software architect|architected]] the [[smartphone app|app]]{{efn | Released in September 2015; works on most [[iOS]] v8+ and also [[Android (operating system)|Android]] v2.3.3+ [[smartphone]]s.}} for [[Rand Paul presidential campaign, 2016|Paul'16]] (featuring a [[easter egg (computing)|hidden]] [[Space Invaders#clones|game]], [[United States Senate|vote]] [[straw poll|feedback]], [[Fundraising for the 2016 United States presidential election|donations]], and virtual-[[selfie]]s).<ref name=20150902nyt /><ref name=20150902verge />
Starting in 2013, Schnell became an [[adjunct professor]] of [[information security|Computer Security]]{{efn|name=uscg14}} at [[Nova Southeastern University]].<ref name=nova15 /> In 2015, Schnell also became [[Chief technology officer|CTO]] of the Rand Paul presidential campaign; he hosted a [[hackathon]] in [[San Francisco]] during July 2015.<ref name=20150629recode /> Schnell [[software architect|designed]] the [[smartphone app|app]]{{efn | Released in September 2015; works on most [[iOS]] v8+ and also [[Android (operating system)|Android]] v2.3.3+ [[smartphone]]s.}} for [[Rand Paul presidential campaign, 2016|Paul'16]] (featuring a [[easter egg (computing)|hidden]] [[Space Invaders#clones|game]], [[United States Senate|vote]] [[straw poll|feedback]], [[Fundraising for the 2016 United States presidential election|donations]], and virtual-[[selfie]]s).<ref name=20150902nyt /><ref name=20150902verge />


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
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==References==
==References==
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<ref name=nova15>{{cite web
<ref name=nova15>{{cite web
|url=http://cec.nova.edu/faculty/adjlist.html
|url=http://cec.nova.edu/faculty/adjlist.html
|accessdate=29 August 2015
|access-date=29 August 2015
|title=College of Engineering and Computing / About Us
|title=College of Engineering and Computing / About Us
|archive-date=11 July 2015
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711110636/http://cec.nova.edu/faculty/adjlist.html
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|title=The Whiz!
|title=The Whiz!
|author=Linda Stevens
|author=Linda Stevens
|publisher=[[New York Post]]
|newspaper=[[New York Post]]
|date=July 21, 1981
|date=July 21, 1981
|quote=...14-year-old Ronnie Schnell...is one of NYU's youngest undergrads this summer. He's helping to test a new computer language called "Pseudo-Parallel SETL." ... He started at 9.
|quote=...14-year-old Ronnie Schnell...is one of NYU's youngest undergrads this summer. He's helping to test a new computer language called "Pseudo-Parallel SETL." ... He started at 9.
}}</ref>
}}</ref>
<ref name=upi81>{{cite news
<ref name=upi81>{{cite news
|title=A computer genius at 14
|title=A computer genius at 14
|author=[[Lee Comegys]], [[United Press International]]
|author=Lee Comegys, [[United Press International]]
|page=E-10
|page=E-10
|url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/11/01/14-year-old-is-computer-whiz/3943373438800
|url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/11/01/14-year-old-is-computer-whiz/3943373438800
|publisher=[[E.W. Scripps Company]]
|publisher=[[E.W. Scripps Company]]
|date=October 18, 1981
|date=October 18, 1981
|access-date=May 20, 2022
|archive-date=March 4, 2016
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204934/http://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/11/01/14-year-old-is-computer-whiz/3943373438800
|url-status=live
}}</ref><ref name=wpix81>{{cite episode
}}</ref><ref name=wpix81>{{cite episode
|title=Evening news
|title=Evening news
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}}</ref> /NOT_VERIFIED_YET-->


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<ref name=fortune98>{{citation
<ref name=fortune98>{{citation
|title=Notable Websites
|title=Notable Websites
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<ref name=electronicHouse98>{{cite magazine
<ref name=electronicHouse98>{{cite magazine
|date=February 1998
|date=February 1998
|publisher=[[Kenneth D. Moye]], [[EH Publishing]], Inc., Wayland, MA <!--http://ehpub.com-->
|publisher=Kenneth D. Moye, EH Publishing, Inc., Wayland, MA <!--http://ehpub.com-->
|work=[[Electronic House (magazine)]]<!--http://electronicHouse.com-->
|magazine=Electronic House<!--http://electronicHouse.com-->
|issue=1
|issue=1
|volume=13
|volume=13
|editor=Julie Jacobson
|editor=Julie Jacobson
|pages=54–57
|pages=54–57
|author=[[Julie Jacobson (writer)|Julie Jacobson]]
|author=Julie Jacobson
|title=System Spotlight: Super Sundays!
|title=System Spotlight: Super Sundays!
|issn=0886-6643
|issn=0886-6643
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<ref name=motherJones13>{{Cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/media/2013/07/segway-polo-world-cup-everything-you-imagined|title=The Segway Polo World Cup is Everything You Imagined|access-date=2022-05-20|archive-date=2021-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811171442/https://www.motherjones.com/media/2013/07/segway-polo-world-cup-everything-you-imagined/|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name=motherJones13>
http://www.motherjones.com/media/2013/07/segway-polo-world-cup-everything-you-imagined
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</ref>


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<ref name=acorn82>{{cite magazine
<ref name=acorn82>{{cite magazine
|date=October 1982
|date=October 1982
|pages=20–22
|pages=20–22
|author=[[John Coll]]
|author=John Coll
|author-link=John Coll
|publisher=[[Acorn User]]
|publisher=[[Acorn User]]
|issue=3
|issue=3
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<ref name=20150629recode>{{Cite web|url = http://recode.net/2015/06/29/coding-for-liberty-on-the-ground-at-rand-pauls-presidential-hackathon/|title = Coding for Liberty: On the Ground at Rand Paul's Presidential Hackathon|date = 29 June 2015|access-date = 23 August 2015|archive-date = 29 August 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150829030632/http://recode.net/2015/06/29/coding-for-liberty-on-the-ground-at-rand-pauls-presidential-hackathon/|url-status = live}}</ref>
<ref name=20150629recode>
http://recode.net/2015/06/29/coding-for-liberty-on-the-ground-at-rand-pauls-presidential-hackathon/
</ref>


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<ref name=20150902nyt>{{cite web
<ref name=20150902nyt>{{cite news
|url=http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/09/02/rand-paul-campaign-makes-pixelated-pitch-through-an-app/?_r=0
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/09/02/rand-paul-campaign-makes-pixelated-pitch-through-an-app/?_r=0
|title=Rand Paul Campaign Makes Pixelated Pitch, Through an App
|title=Rand Paul Campaign Makes Pixelated Pitch, Through an App
|author=[[Nick Corasaniti]]
|author=Nick Corasaniti
|publisher=[[New York Times]]
|newspaper=[[New York Times]]
|date=September 2, 2015
|date=September 2, 2015
|quote=...Paul campaign is releasing a smartphone app... Ron Schnell, the chief technology officer of the Paul campaign and architect of the app.
|quote=...Paul campaign is releasing a smartphone app... Ron Schnell, the chief technology officer of the Paul campaign and architect of the app.
|access-date=May 20, 2022
|archive-date=February 24, 2021
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224204617/http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/09/02/rand-paul-campaign-makes-pixelated-pitch-through-an-app/?_r=0
|url-status=live
}}</ref>
}}</ref>
<ref name=20150902verge>{{cite web
<ref name=20150902verge>{{cite web
|url=http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/2/9248495/rand-paul-presidential-app
|url=https://www.theverge.com/2015/9/2/9248495/rand-paul-presidential-app
|title=Rand Paul's presidential app is no joke
|title=Rand Paul's presidential app is no joke
|author=Chris Plante
|author=Chris Plante
|date=September 2, 2015
|date=September 2, 2015
|quote=...Paul (R-KY) released an app promoting his bid for the [presidency] ...chief technology officer of Paul's campaign, Ron Schnell... who served as the chief architect of the app...
|quote=...Paul (R-KY) released an app promoting his bid for the [presidency] ...chief technology officer of Paul's campaign, Ron Schnell... who served as the chief architect of the app...
|access-date=May 20, 2022
|archive-date=March 9, 2021
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309003452/https://www.theverge.com/2015/9/2/9248495/rand-paul-presidential-app
|url-status=live
}}</ref>
}}</ref>
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<ref name=infoWeek04>{{cite web
<ref name=infoWeek04>{{cite web
|url=http://www.informationweek.com/microsoft-signs-on-for-e-mail-program/d/d-id/1024973?
|url=http://www.informationweek.com/microsoft-signs-on-for-e-mail-program/d/d-id/1024973?
|accessdate=30 August 2015
|access-date=30 August 2015
|date=May 7, 2004
|date=May 7, 2004
|title=Microsoft Signs On For E-Mail Program
|title=Microsoft Signs On For E-Mail Program
|author=Thomas Claburn
|author=Thomas Claburn
|archive-date=20 July 2015
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720132408/http://www.informationweek.com/microsoft-signs-on-for-e-mail-program/d/d-id/1024973
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<ref name=cultofmac13>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cultofmac.com/223455/there-is-a-surreal-cyberpunk-adventure-game-built-into-os-x-that-you-never-knew-about/|title=There is a Surreal Cyberpunk Adventure Game Built into OS X That You Never Knew About|date=15 April 2013|access-date=23 August 2015|archive-date=27 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150727011321/http://www.cultofmac.com/223455/there-is-a-surreal-cyberpunk-adventure-game-built-into-os-x-that-you-never-knew-about/|url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name=cultofmac13>
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<ref name="emacs24.5">{{cite book
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</ref>
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<ref name="emacs24.5">{{cite web
|url=https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/pdf/emacs.pdf
|url=https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/pdf/emacs.pdf
|author=[[Richard Stallman]]
|author=Richard Stallman
|author-link=Richard Stallman
|date=2015
|date=2015
|title=GNU Emacs manual, 17th edition, updated for Emacs 24.5
|title=GNU Emacs manual, 17th edition, updated for Emacs 24.5
|isbn=978-0-9831592-5-4
|isbn=978-0-9831592-5-4
|pages=pdfPage#24 aka printedPage#2, as well as pdfPage#429 aka printedPage#407
|pages=pdfPage#24 aka printedPage#2, as well as pdfPage#429 aka printedPage#407
|quote= Acknowledgments. Contributors to GNU Emacs include ...Ronald S. Schnell.... ...<code>M-x dunnet</code> runs an[sic] text-based adventure game.
|quote=Acknowledgments. Contributors to GNU Emacs include ...Ronald S. Schnell.... ...<code>M-x dunnet</code> runs an[sic] text-based adventure game.
|display-authors=etal}}</ref>
|display-authors=etal
|access-date=2022-05-20
|archive-date=2022-02-03
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203031139/http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/pdf/emacs.pdf
|url-status=live
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<ref name=wired11>{{cite web
<ref name=wired11>{{cite magazine
|url=http://www.wired.com/2011/11/how-microsoft-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-almost-love-open-source/
|url=https://www.wired.com/2011/11/how-microsoft-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-almost-love-open-source/
|accessdate=30 August 2015
|access-date=30 August 2015
|title=How Microsoft Learned to Stop Worrying and (Almost) Love Open Source
|title=How Microsoft Learned to Stop Worrying and (Almost) Love Open Source
|author=Cade Metz
|author=Cade Metz
|magazine=Wired
|archive-date=25 October 2021
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025170156/https://www.wired.com/2011/11/how-microsoft-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-almost-love-open-source/
|url-status=live
}}</ref>
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<ref name=latimes91>{{Cite web|url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-05-05-me-1870-story.html|title = Archives|website = [[Los Angeles Times]]| date=5 May 1991 |access-date = 2015-10-01|archive-date = 2015-12-04|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151204162350/http://articles.latimes.com/1991-05-05/local/me-1870_1_phone-bill|url-status = live}}</ref>
<ref name=latimes91>
http://articles.latimes.com/1991-05-05/local/me-1870_1_phone-bill
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<ref name=20150515politico>{{Cite web|url = http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/playbook/2015/05/jeb-no-more-powerful-influence-on-this-earth-than-the-christian-conscience-in-action-brady-may-miss-6-8-games-bday-dana-p-212543|title = JEB: 'no more powerful ... Influence on this earth than the Christian conscience in action' – BRADY may miss 6-8 games -- B'DAY: Dana P|website = [[Politico]]|access-date = 2015-08-30|archive-date = 2015-10-19|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151019025657/http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/playbook/2015/05/jeb-no-more-powerful-influence-on-this-earth-than-the-christian-conscience-in-action-brady-may-miss-6-8-games-bday-dana-p-212543|url-status = live}}</ref>
<ref name=20150515politico>
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/playbook/2015/05/jeb-no-more-powerful-influence-on-this-earth-than-the-christian-conscience-in-action-brady-may-miss-6-8-games-bday-dana-p-212543
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|url=https://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/documents/public_events/email-authentication-summit/draft_transcript_day1.pdf
|accessdate=29 August 2015
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|title=EMAIL AUTHENTICATION SUMMIT, Federal Trade Commission, November 9, 2004
|title=EMAIL AUTHENTICATION SUMMIT, Federal Trade Commission, November 9, 2004
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|title=Hacking 101: Using social engineering increases security attack effectiveness
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Not to be confused with Ronnie Schell.
Ron Schnell
Ron Schnell in 2011
Born (1966-11-10) November 10, 1966 (age 57)
New York City
NationalityAmerican
Other namesRonnie Schnell, Ronald Steven Schnell
Alma materSyracuse University
Known forspeaking at NYU (age 14), co-founder of Mail Call, CTO of Paul'16
Websitewww.driver-aces.com/ronnie.html

Ronald Steven Schnell (born November 10, 1966) is an American computer programmer in Weston, Florida. He was co-founder of Mail Call in 1997 and the chief technology officer of Rand Paul's 2016 presidential campaign.[1][2]

Life and work

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Schnell began programming in 1975 (age nine), on the IBM 360 mainframe.[3][4][5][6] In 1981, he tested and spoke about SETL (for VAX minicomputers) at NYU's Courant Institute.[3][4][5] In 1982, Schnell wrote a chat program for Telenet called NET-TALK, while at the Maryland timesharing company Dialcom; this led to helping test the BBC Micro.[7] Schnell wrote[8][9] the text adventure game DUNNET in 1983 for MacLisp[a] and 1992 for Emacs Lisp.[b] After high school, Schnell attended Syracuse University from 1984 through 1986,[c] and was a DJ on WJPZ-FM

Between late 1986 and throughout the 1990s, Schnell was a Unix kernel consultant.[d] He moved to the west coast, and founded his first startup in 1990, Secure Online Systems.[10] He co-founded Mail Call in 1997 in Florida; the product used IVR and back-end text-to-speech (subscribers could call a toll-free number, and check their email via the telephone—Mail Call was before the invention of the smartphone).[11][12][13] From 2002 to 2005, Schnell was a divisional vice president at Equifax.[14][e] Schnell was general manager of The Technical Committee in Seattle, a court-mandated computer-software-nonprofit that monitored Microsoft's compliance with a federal court ruling.[15][f]

Starting in 2013, Schnell became an adjunct professor of Computer Security[g] at Nova Southeastern University.[16] In 2015, Schnell also became CTO of the Rand Paul presidential campaign; he hosted a hackathon in San Francisco during July 2015.[1] Schnell designed the app[h] for Paul'16 (featuring a hidden game, vote feedback, donations, and virtual-selfies).[17][18]

Personal life

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Schnell was married in 1994, and has two children. Schnell's home automation system, which he helped specify, was profiled in 1998.[19] Schnell plays Segway polo, and in 2007 co-founded the Polo Bears team.[20]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Coding for Liberty: On the Ground at Rand Paul's Presidential Hackathon". 29 June 2015. Archived from the original on 29 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  2. ^ "JEB: 'no more powerful ... Influence on this earth than the Christian conscience in action' – BRADY may miss 6-8 games -- B'DAY: Dana P". Politico. Archived from the original on 2015-10-19. Retrieved 2015-08-30.
  3. ^ a b Linda Stevens (July 21, 1981). "The Whiz!". New York Post. ...14-year-old Ronnie Schnell...is one of NYU's youngest undergrads this summer. He's helping to test a new computer language called "Pseudo-Parallel SETL." ... He started at 9.
  4. ^ a b Lee Comegys, United Press International (October 18, 1981). "A computer genius at 14". E.W. Scripps Company. p. E-10. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
  5. ^ a b Miller, Robert (1981). "Evening news". Independent Network News (US). Season 2. New York, New York. Tribune Company. WPIX. ...Rockland Community College...
  6. ^ "Hilcrest Boy your average next door computer genius", Rockland County Journal News, 23 August 1981
  7. ^ John Coll (October 1982). "The BBC micro dials the world". No. 3. Acorn User. pp. 20–22. ...Dialcom Gold computers are [P]rime 5000 units and are connected to a worldwide network of similar machines. ...If I want to send a letter to Ronnie Schnell in New York, I type MAIL SEND RONNIE and my system directs the letter to him. ...We use the system for exchanging computer programs. His copy of Defenders was sent over by electronic mail... (More on Ronnie later.) ...Telecom Gold can turn up some surprises. One day I typed the NET-TALK command which enables you to talk to people on the network. ...I asked if he [Ronnnie] did any serious programming or whether he just mucked around and played games on the system. I was put firmly in my place by being told that he had written the international conferencing software we were using! ...I asked how old he was. The reply was 16! It will not surprise you that a short time later Ronnie received a BBC computer system. He has since been invaluable in helping to prove the file transfer software Acorn have developed. ... {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  8. ^ "There is a Surreal Cyberpunk Adventure Game Built into OS X That You Never Knew About". 15 April 2013. Archived from the original on 27 July 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  9. ^ Richard Stallman; et al. (2015). GNU Emacs manual, 17th edition, updated for Emacs 24.5 (PDF). pp. pdfPage#24 aka printedPage#2, as well as pdfPage#429 aka printedPage#407. ISBN 978-0-9831592-5-4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2022-05-20. Acknowledgments. Contributors to GNU Emacs include ...Ronald S. Schnell.... ...M-x dunnet runs an[sic] text-based adventure game.
  10. ^ "Archives". Los Angeles Times. 5 May 1991. Archived from the original on 2015-12-04. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
  11. ^ "Notable Websites", Fortune, July 1998
  12. ^ "Hello? You've Got E-mail", Family Circle, October 1998
  13. ^ "E-Mail, Phone Home", Working Woman, February 15, 1999
  14. ^ Thomas Claburn (May 7, 2004). "Microsoft Signs On For E-Mail Program". Archived from the original on 20 July 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  15. ^ Cade Metz. "How Microsoft Learned to Stop Worrying and (Almost) Love Open Source". Wired. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  16. ^ "College of Engineering and Computing / About Us". Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  17. ^ Nick Corasaniti (September 2, 2015). "Rand Paul Campaign Makes Pixelated Pitch, Through an App". New York Times. Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2022. ...Paul campaign is releasing a smartphone app... Ron Schnell, the chief technology officer of the Paul campaign and architect of the app.
  18. ^ Chris Plante (September 2, 2015). "Rand Paul's presidential app is no joke". Archived from the original on March 9, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2022. ...Paul (R-KY) released an app promoting his bid for the [presidency] ...chief technology officer of Paul's campaign, Ron Schnell... who served as the chief architect of the app...
  19. ^ Julie Jacobson (February 1998). Julie Jacobson (ed.). "System Spotlight: Super Sundays!". Electronic House. Vol. 13, no. 1. Kenneth D. Moye, EH Publishing, Inc., Wayland, MA. pp. 54–57. ISSN 0886-6643. ...sports-centric room of a Florida family... nine-screen video wall... the Schnells decided to design a video wall.... Ron, a software engineer by trade and technical tinkerer in his free time, had his own ideas for the video wall, but he couldn't do it alone. ...six surveillance cameras.... whole-house cable network ... face-to-face [video-conferencing].... With a little tinkering, Ron gave two of the small TVs... any channel at any time [capability via] X-10... commands to various lights and appliances... [via TV] remote, an X-10 keypad, or any touchtone phone.
  20. ^ "The Segway Polo World Cup is Everything You Imagined". Archived from the original on 2021-08-11. Retrieved 2022-05-20.

Notes

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  1. ^ http://www.driver-aces.com/ronnie.html#dunnet
  2. ^ Ron Schnell (1992-07-28). "dunnet - text adventure for e-lisp". USENET.
  3. ^ http://www.driver-aces.com/ronnie.html#university
  4. ^ http://www.driver-aces.com/ronnie.html#unix
  5. ^ "EMAIL AUTHENTICATION SUMMIT, Federal Trade Commission, November 9, 2004" (PDF). Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Joint Status Report on Microsoft's Compliance with the Final Judgments". 25 June 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  7. ^ Ron Schnell (2014). Barbara Chiarizia and Sarah K. Webster (ed.). "Hacking 101: Using social engineering increases security attack effectiveness" (PDF). Coast Guard Journal of Safety & Security at Sea, Proceedings of the Marine Safety & Security Council. United States Coast Guard. pp. 25 through 27. ...About the author: Mr. Ron Schnell is an adjunct professor of computer security at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale Florida...
  8. ^ Released in September 2015; works on most iOS v8+ and also Android v2.3.3+ smartphones.
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