Barry Demchak Bio

Barry Demchak has been active in the computer software industry since 1971. He started as a systems programmer enhancing Hewlett Packard’s timesharing system, the first commercial minicomputer-based timeshare system. Since then, he has combined both his programming and business skills to create two different software consulting companies and a software product company. Barry has done leading edge work on most major computing technologies, including operating systems, compilers, device drivers, language design, networks, databases, graphics, and communications. He is also an experienced project manager, consultant to management, and expert witness.

Barry is a graduate of the University of California, San Diego, and is active in numerous professional organizations, including the Corporate Directors Forum, the San Diego Software Industry Council, and the San Diego Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM co-chair). His current company, Torrey Pines Software, was founded in 1987 and is located in La Jolla, California. It has performed system architecture and design, software project management, acquisitions evaluation, and programming services for its clients, including: AT&T, Sterling Software (now Computer Associates), Orban (Harmann International), Symantec, Harcourt Brace, Berkeley Process Control, and Digital Descriptor Systems.