Brent Noorda is a multifaceted technologist and caregiver with 13 years of professional experience spanning software founding and leadership, healthcare, and philanthropic grantmaking. A UC Berkeley Engineering Physics alumnus who later earned a BSN, he has led startups as CEO/COO, founded Nombas (an early contributor to scripting language evolution), and now serves as Trustee of the Ray & Tye Noorda Foundation while working clinically as a registered nurse. Comfortable switching between code, operations, and night-shift patient care, he brings rare cross-disciplinary empathy to technical and social problems. His career blends entrepreneurial grit, systems-level engineering, and a hands-on commitment to community care — including grassroots projects like telephone reassurance for seniors. Notably, he has a history of ambitious, experimental programs (some ahead of their time) that reveal a preference for bold, unconventional solutions.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Engineering Physics, BS, Engineering Physics at University of California, Berkeley
98.6, everthing, 98.6, everthing at De Anza College
BSN, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse, BSN, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse at Samuel Merritt University
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Brent Noorda - Trustee at Ray & Tye Noorda Foundation