Barry, Tim

Tim Barry has been in and around the high technology companies since 1974. Starting out in Silicon Valley as a semiconductor engineer at legendary semiconductor pioneer Fairchild Semiconductor, his career has spanned the start up of the personal computer and Internet eras and included a variety of positions in hardware and software product development, marketing, senior management and independent consulting.

The holder of eight patents; the author of five books plus numerous articles on the personal computer industry, the editor of over 50 computer books and a former "Infoworld" columnist,