Here is where I list as many former BTI employees names as I can scrounge up. Some came from recollection; some were supplied by other former employees; some were found via resumes on the internet. The idea is that one of them will find this page, or someone who knows them will find this page, and they'll send me an email. If you are on this list and want it, I'd be happy to add your contact or other biographical information.
In the table below, the following abbreviations have been used:
- CPU
- Central Processing Unit
- MCU
- Memory Controller Unit
- PPU
- Peripheral Processing Unit
- SSU
- System Services Unit
- CTC
- Cartridge Tape Controller
- CIA
- Communications Interface Adapter (serial ports)
- BFDC
- Binary Formatted Disc Controller
- LPC
- Line Printer Controller
Here, then, are the people and whatever information I have about them.
- Robert Adams
- job: software
- went on to: Intel
- Charles Anderson
- job: software
- worked on: ISAM repair utilities
- employment: 84-86
- went on to: Megatest
- contact: website
- Glen Andert
- job: software
- worked on: original author of the Dragon language
- Harlan Andrews
- job: hardware
- worked on: BTI 5000, BTI 8000
- employment: 74-82
- went on to: Apple Computer, Inc.
- BTI memories
- Ron Arthur
- job: hardware
- worked on: MCU
- went on to: somewhere in Utah
- Steve Auditore
- job: software
- worked on: OS, compiler
- employment: Dec 75-Aug 79
- John Balun
- job: software
- went on to: Brooktrout
- Eldon Bard
- job: customer support, second shift
- Tim Bartlett
- job: field service engineer
- employment: 81-90
- went on to: Nortel
- email: tim.bartlett -at- shaw.ca
- contact: website
- contact: website
- Jim Battle
- job: hardware
- employment: 85-86
- contact: website
- Keith Bender
- went on to: Hach Ultra Analytics
- Martyn Bidgood
- Linda Blevins
- job: accounting
- Elwood (Woody) Bode
- job: hardware
- worked on: BFDC
- Jim Brady
- job: technician, customer support
- employment: 75-??
- went on to: Tandem
- Don Brazelle
- job: technician
- employment: 75-??
- went on to: Sun
- Chris Brock
- job: field engineering
- Paul Brumlow
- job: customer support, team leader
- Dale Burley
- job: customer support, CSS
- worked on: SSU microcoding
- Mike Byron
- job: software
- Rosemary Bolger
- Larry Bonham
- job: software
- Pat Corder
- employment: 80-89
- Lee Brown
- went on to: Unisys
- Mark Boswell
- Phil Bourekas
- job: hardware
- employment: 85-86
- went on to: IDT
- contact: website
- Allan Bradley
- employment: ??-82
- went on to: Adobe
- Frank Butera
- went on to: HP
- Richard Bowden
- Howard O. Califf Jr.
- job: technician
- employment: 75-??
- John Caris
- job: hardware
- worked on: board layout
- William (Bill) Cargile
- job: hardware
- worked on: BFDC
- went on to: Crosspoint
- Reid Christiansen
- job: hardware
- worked on: DRAM-based MCU
- employment: ??-86
- Rick Clayton
- job: software
- worked on: pre-8000
- employment: ??-79
- Sam Cohen
- job: marketing
- Dave Conroy
- job: hardware
- worked on: CIA
- employment: 78-??
- Shay Conway
- Don Cosner
- job: field engineering
- employment: 80-84
- Steve Court
- job: shipping
- employment: May 79-Dec 82
- went on to: Reynolds & Reynolds
- David Coyle
- job: marketing
- Ron Crandall
- job: software, eventually head
- employment: 73-93
- went on to: Cray
- BTI memories
- Phil Deal
- Bruce DeLaCruz
- job: customer support, second shift
- Jack Deurloo
- Lou DeMartini
- job: software
- worked on: FORTRAN compiler?
- Wolfgang Dirks
- employment: 76-81?
- Bill Dollahite
- Bob Dorf
- job: CE
- employment: 78-78
- Greg Doudna
- job: customer support
- Paul Dunn
- job: hardware
- worked on: PPU, CPU
- went on to: HP
- Alice Earl
- Roger Fairfield
- job: hardware
- worked on: PPU, debugger
- went on to: Rolm, Sun
- Carl First
- went on to: Intel
- John Fuller
- job: software
- Len Fyock
- Jim Giambruno
- job: hardware
- employment: ??-85
- Dianne Goings
- Kevin Graham
- went on to: Compaq
- Craig Hampel
- job: hardware
- employment: 85-86
- went on to: Altos, Rambus
- Linda Hand
- Jim Harper
- went on to: Novtek
- Dave Harrison
- went on to: Apple
- Charles Haynes
- job: software
- employment: 80-81
- Pat Helland
- job: software
- worked on: designed/implemented DRAGON, btree subsystem, ISAM, and primitive DML
- employment: 78-82
- went on to: Tandem, HaL, Microsoft, Amazon, Microsoft
- contact: website
- Jim Henry
- went on to: Compaq
- Shirley Henry
- Kathy Hensley
- Mark Hettish
- job: software
- went on to: Siemens
- Rodney Hoffer
- job: field engineering
- Michael Hohnbaum
- went on to: IBM
- Frank Holt
- Suzanne Jacobs
- job: hardware, CPU microcode
- worked on: CPU
- Stan Jacoby
- job: customer support, phone team
- Craig Johnson
- job: technician
- Jim Jolly
- Juergen Kaiser
- job: technician, manufacturing assembly boss
- employment: 75-??
- Peter Kellogg-Smith
- went on to: Adobe
- Chris Kennedy
- job: software
- employment: 80-82
- went on to: Atari
- contact: website
- Lisa Kelly
- job: sales lit writer
- employment: 79-81
- went on to: Daisy, Cornerstone Designs, StataCom, Quickturn Systems, Writers Plus Inc.
- contact: website
- John Kinsel
- job: hardware
- worked on: CPU5 hw design
- employment: 81-85
- went on to: MIPS, QED, PMC-Sierra
- Jim Koral
- job: supervisor
- went on to: Oregon
- Gary Korstad
- job: customer support, phone team
- Steve Krause
- job: hardware
- worked on: CIA
- Terry Lamb
- Guy Lauterbach
- job: software
- worked on: utilities, debugger, BASIC, RDF (Remote Diagnostic Facility)
- employment: ??-82
- went on to: Pyramid, Amdahl, HaL, Maspar, Network Appliance, Gray Pine Vineyard
- George (Lew) Lewis
- job: R&D manager
- Jeff Libby
- job: hardware
- worked on: SSU, LPC, CPU5 microcode
- employment: 78-85
- went on to: HP, Juniper Networks
- Gary Lulowsi
- job: field engineering
- Steve Lundgaard
- went on to: Digi International
- Jim (aka Jimbo) Lyon
- job: software
- went on to: Tandem, Microsoft
- contact: website
- David McAdams
- job: software
- employment: 81-82
- contact: website
- Jim Meeker
- Phil Miller
- went on to: Pillar Corp
- Rob Miller
- went on to: Pyramid
- David Milton
- job: hardware
- worked on: CTC, PPU, CPU
- employment: 78-82
- went on to: XEBEC, Western Automation Labs Inc (Spectre), IBM
- email: dmilton -at- us.ibm.com
- Eric Minoski
- job: field engineering
- employment: 77-??
- Cathy Minton
- George Mitchel
- job: field engineering
- Roger Mohme
- job: hardware
- worked on: MCU
- employment: 78-??
- went on to: Apple Computer, Pheonix Technologies
- Gary Mueller
- job: manufacturing manager
- Andy Morrison
- Keith Mortensen (sp?)
- job: hardware
- worked on: DRAM-based MCU
- Bill Newell
- job: customer support
- Scott Newman
- job: hardware
- worked on: board layout
- employment: ??-85
- Ron Nicholson
- job: hardware
- worked on: CPU
- employment: 78-80
- went on to: Apple Computer, co-Founder of Amiga, HP, Silicon Graphics, Agate Logic
- Jon Nickerson
- job: marketing manager
- Bill Oliver
- job: hardware
- employment: ??-85
- went on to: Olivetti
- Fred Ordeman
- job: R&D manager (after George Lewis)
- John Mock (aka Tovar)
- job: software
- worked on: wrote the text editor
- Ralph Osborn
- Kevin Owen
- job: hardware
- employment: 85-86
- went on to: HP
- Ed Owsley
- went on to: Sun
- Ed Paluch
- worked on: worked on PPU with Roger Fairfield
- went on to: Everest
- Bob Pariseau
- job: software
- went on to: Tandem, Amiga SW team leader
- Jim Pichette
- job: mananged the big disk room
- Fred Polizo
- Ed Pollack
- job: hardware
- worked on: PPU
- Steve Porter
- job: co-founder, hardware
- Bev Pomeroy
- job: software
- Tom Poulter
- job: Founder, President
- employment: 68-99?
- Bill Quackenbush
- job: hardware
- worked on: CPU, backplane protocol
- employment: ??-82
- went on to: Cisco
- Don Quaintance
- Kevin Rardin
- job: technical writer
- contact: website
- Dave Ratz
- job: customer support, phone team
- Ann Rice
- job: mgr tech pubs
- employment: 79-83
- went on to: Sun Microsystems
- Mark Richards
- job: hardware
- worked on: reel-to-reel tape controller
- Nan Roey
- went on to: Compaq
- Bob Ruiz
- job: mechanical design
- Patty Sadler
- job: secretary
- Joe Sanchez
- Bill Sayre
- job: CFO
- went on to: went on to become a VC
- Eric Schmidt
- job: hardware
- went on to: Pyramid
- Paul Schmidt
- job: co-founder, marketing
- Margarget Schmidt
- job: executive secretary
- Alan Schwartz
- Winfield "Walt" Scott
- went on to: real estate
- Ray Smith (photo)
- job: @005 diagnostics, Customer Software Support, Q/A
- employment: 80-85
- went on to: Pyramid, Ungermann-Bass, UBI, Newbridge, Alcatel, Advanced Network Services
- BTI memories
- contact: website
- Quentin (Gus) Smith
- Hal Sparks
- job: head of hardware
- worked on: SSU
- Patrick Solomon
- went on to: Applied Materials
- Harvey Thackston
- job: tech support manager, 5000 sustaining engineer
- Maybelle Thornburg
- job: accounting
- Mike ("Tuch") Tuccinardi
- job: technician, running the football pool
- employment: 76-82
- went on to: Pyramid, Sun
- BTI memories
- contact: facebook
- John Wattle
- job: customer support
- Jon Wexler
- Jim Warholic
- job: field service engineer
- employment: 78-80
- contact: website
- contact: website
- Jay Weber
- job: field engineering
- Mark Williams
- job: hardware
- worked on: CIA, CTC, real-to-real tape controller
- went on to: Tandem, HP
- Mark Willson
- job: tech support manager
- worked on: pre-8000
- employment: ??-79
- contact: website
- Mark Woods
- Dennis Yelle
- job: software
- worked on: cross assemblers, SSU microcode, RS232 microcode, disk controller microcode
- employment: 78-80
- contact: website
- Lou Yurek
- job: customer support, CSS
- employment: 79-92
- BTI memories
- Mike Zarrabian
- Ben Zeider
- job: customer support, second shift
- Al Zimmerman
- job: hardware
- worked on: CPU
- Joel Zussman
- job: customer support, second shift
