Michael C.

Barnes
CEO NorhTec
6807 Brisbane Street
Springfield, Va. 22152
Work: +1 (703) 596 0291
Mobile +6881 451 7447

Summary
Founded Xcore, nOrh Loudspeaker and NorhTec Corporation in Thailand. Published m
any articles on all aspects of technology, particularly, Linux and Open Source.
Established Sun Microsystems' Asian Government group, Was Sun Microsystems' expe
rt on E-Governance resulting sitting on Malaysian Government's Multimedia Super
Corridor project for one year. Gave a presentation at the 1999 World Economic Co
nference on E-Governance and to the United Nations in Sri Lanka on using the Int
ernet to promote home grown industries. Believes that technology can create weal
th anywhere and put that belief to test by inventing the inverter horn loudspeak
er, a loudspeaker based on traditional Thai drum making techniques and selling t
hem over the Internet. Possesses uncanny ability to predict technical trends and
is a pioneer in the field of energy efficient computing devices.
Work History
Thailand
Jun 2002 - Present
CEO NorhTec
Founded NorhTec after leaving Sun Microsystems. NorhTec manufactures small, ener
gy efficient, ultra low cost computers and is primarily focused on emerging mark
ets. Developed the business plan. Raised initial seed money. Hired the staff. Fu
nctionally designed the products. Created the marketing plan. Set up manufacturi
ng. Created a strong reputation and high visibility on the Internet by writing a
rticles on aspects of small servers and Linux.
Sun Microsystems
Springfield, United States
Aug 1988 - Jun 2001
Business Development Manager
Managed Sun Microsystems DoDIIS community andDefenseIntelligence business. Sun b
ecame thestandard server for the DoDIIS community. Took over Sun's Army sales a
ctivities resulting in Sun winning their largest contract ever, the CHS 2 projec
t.
After wining CHS2, took charge of Sun Microsystem's Asia Government business sal
es. Grew the business from $250,000 per year to $37 million per year.
M/A-Com
Jun 1985 - Jul 1988
Sr. Account Manager
Won $100 million USD Agency Standard Workstation at US Defense Intelligence Agen
cy which led to the company being spun off and sold to Centel. The company was l
ater spun off as Cordan. Awarded top DoD Account manager. Highest individual sal
es all three years.
Education
Capital Radio Engineering Institute
DC, United States
1979 - 1983
Micro Processor Design
Completed two year degree program with 3.8 grade average on designing with Micro
Processors.
New York Regents
Associates, Education
1979 - 1984
Skills
Linux
(Expert)
10+ Years Experience, (Currently in use)
Published several articles on using Linux in theorganization. Set up support web
sites for developing kernels targeted for specific devices and managed the porti
ng of x86 and ARM based Linux distributions to embedded devices.
Product Development
(Expert)
7-9 Years Experience, (Currently in use)
Invented the inverted horn loudspeaker and formed nOrh loudspeakers to create an
d sell products based on the design. Functionally designed amplifiers, preamplif
iers and other electronic devices.
Founded NorhTec to develop and sell small, fanless computers. Led the team that
developed one of the world's first x86 computers with hard disk that could fit i
nto the palm of a hand able to run Windows or Linux without a fan. Introduced in
tegrated touch screen devices including devices that could be mounted inside aut
omobiles.
Formed Xcore to create, manufacture and distribute products based on a complete
computer built on a single chip. Created the world's most energy efficient x86 c
omputers. Led the team to develop several products based around the Xcore86 "Dev
iceonchip" to include a fanless laptop designed for students, a computer integra
ted into a keyboard, a portable tablet PC that required no fan and operated on A
A batteries as well as a small, fanless computer using the Xcore86.
Thai Language
(Rockstar)
10+ Years Experience, (Currently in use)
Completed the 1 year course at the Defense Language Institute with the highest p
roficiency of any student completing the Thai course. The US Army awarded me pro
ficiency pay bonus for being rated the top linguist in my group. I currently man
age 22 Thai employees and routinely give presentations in Thai.
e-Governance
(Expert)
5-6 Years Experience, (Last Used 1-2 years ago)
Sun Microsystems' e-Governance expert for 8 years. Presented to the World Econom
ic Forum in 1999 to present on e-Governance. Was one of the web shapers in defin
ing theMulti MediaSuperCorridor for Malaysia. Invited to sit with a board of adv
isers to the Hyderabad e-Governancecommitteeand was on the industry group to adv
ise on the Cyber City project at Subic Free Port in the Philippines.
Thin Clients / Cloud Computing
(Expert)
I have worked with several cloud based computing companies to include Nivio, G.h
o.st, Jolicloud and other to design hardware suitable for cloud environments. I
have consulted on projects using Adobe Flash, Microsoft RDP and Linux as client
s. I have also worked on education projects using the
Open Source EyeOS cloud based computing solution.
ID Management Systems
(Rockstar)
10 Years Experience (Currently in use)
5-6 Years Experience (Currently in I have personally been involved with many bio
metric projects. These include designing and selling the registration system for
the Philippines Inland Tax system, an ID system for the APEC conference at Subi
c Bay during President Clinton's visit. Designing an Electronic Voting Machine f
or Nigeria. Building an ID capture system for a company in Australia. Proposing
a voter registration system for Nigeria. Designing biometric capture system used
in retail stores to verify credit cards.
use)
Highest Clearance Ever Held
Held 1973 - 1994
Top Secret - Full Scope/Life-cycle Polygraph
Inactive