Harry Saal

Harry J. Saal is an American technology entrepreneur, executive, and philanthropist. Saal co-founded Nestar Systems with Len Shustek.

Biography Saal was a Westinghouse Science Talent Search finalist in 1960 and received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D., all from Columbia University. He joined the Stanford University Linear Accelerator Center after receiving his doctorate in physics. In 1986, Saal, co-founded Network General Corporation, a network diagnostics company which developed the Sniffer, a protocol analyzer, with Shustek. He served as CEO and President of Smart Valley Inc., from 1993 to 1998, a nonprofit organization serving to enhance the quality of life in the Silicon Valley. He was also a director and vice chairman of Inprise Corporation from 1993 to 1996, a director of Network Associates from 1997 to 1998, and chairman of Retrotope until 2020.

In 2002, Saal was chosen by the United States Department of Justice to serve to lead the technical committee charged with monitoring and enforcing the Microsoft anti-trust case.

Saal is active in civic life. He served as a director and was chairman of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.

Between 1989 and 1996, he has given away more than 20 percent of his net worth to various philanthropic causes, including medical research, education charities, and the assistance of Jewish refugees from Russia.