Bjarne Stroustrup is the designer and original implementer of C++.
He is a founding member of the ISO C++ standards committee and a major contributor to modern C++.
He worked at Bell Labs and is now a professor at Columbia University and a fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge.
He is a member of the USA National Academy of Engineering, an ACM, IEEE, and CHM Fellow.
He is a recipient of the Draper Prize.
His publication list is as long as your arm. For details, see his home pages (www.stroustrup.com)