Michael Tomczyk

Michael Tomczyk
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Oshkosh (en) , 20 Nuwamba, 1948 (77 shekaru)
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Karatu
Makaranta	University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh (en) Bachelor of Arts (mul) University of California, Los Angeles (en) Master of Business Administration (en) University of Pennsylvania (mul) master's degree (en)
Harsuna	Turanci Yaren Sifen
Sana'a
Sana'a	ɗan jarida, ɗan kasuwa da consultant (en)
Kyaututtuka	gani Bronze Star Medal Army Commendation Medal
Aikin soja
Digiri	captain (en)
Ya faɗaci	Vietnam War (en)

Tare da Jack Tramiel (hagu), 1982

Michael S. Tomczyk an fi saninsa da rawar da ya taka wajen jagorantar ci gaba da ƙaddamar da microcomputer na farko don sayar da raka'a miliyan ɗaya, a matsayin Manajan Samfurin VIC-20 daga Commodore. An bayyana gudummawarsa dalla-dalla a cikin littafinsa na Shekaran 1984, THE HOME COMPUTER WARS: An Insider's True Account of Commodore and Jack Tramiel . An kuma rubuta rawar da ya taka sosai a cikin tambayoyin da labarai da yawa. VIC-20 ita ce kwamfuta ta farko mai araha, mai cikakken launi da kuma kwamfuta ta gida ta farko da za a sayar a KMart da sauran kantin sayar da jama'a. Michael ya shiga Commodore a watan Afrilu na shekara ta 1980 a matsayin Mataimakin Shugaban kasa (Commodore Founder Jack Tramiel wanda ya nada shi VIC-20 Product Manager). An kira shi "mahaifin tallace-tallace" na kwamfutar gida. Michael ya kuma kasance majagaba a cikin sadarwa, a matsayin mai tsara Commodore VICModem, wanda ya ɗauka kuma ya kwangila yayin da yake Commodore. VICModem shine modem na farko da aka farashi a ƙarƙashin $ 100 kuma modem na mbụ don sayar da raka'a miliyan ɗaya.

Ilimi

Yana da MBA. daga UCLA da BA daga Jami'ar Wisconsin-Oshkosh, inda ya sami Kyautar Alumni. Ya sami digiri na biyu a cikin nazarin muhalli daga Jami'ar Pennsylvania a watan Mayu 2010.

Ayyukan soja

Michael Tomczyk ya yi aiki na shekaru uku a cikin Sojojin Amurka (1970-73 - matsayi mafi girma Kyaftin), yana aiki don umarnin soja ciki har da XVIII Airborne Corps (Ft. Bragg), 1st Signal Brigade (Vietnam) da USASTRATCOM / United Nations Command (Korea). A matsayinsa na Jami'in Bayanai na Jama'a a Fort Bragg, ya taimaka wajen kaddamar da Sojojin Sa kai (VOLAR) wanda ake tukawa a shekarar 1970. Ya gwagwarmaya kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta Bronze Star don aiki mai daraja a Vietnam (1971-72). Yayi sami lambar yabo ta Sojoji don hidimarsa a Koriya (1973). Ya yi aiki a cikin Sojojin Tsaro bayan aiki.

Injin Kasuwanci na Commodore

A farkon Shekaran 1980, Tomczyk ya shiga Commodore a matsayin Mai Kasuwanci da Mataimakin Shugaban kasa (wanda ya kafa Commodore Jack Tramiel). Lokacin da Tramiel ya sanar da cewa yana so ya bunkasa kwamfutar gida mai araha "don jama'a, ba azuzuwan ba," Tomczyk ya rungumi manufar kuma ya goyi bayan sabon kwamfutar. An haifi manufar sabon kwamfuta a taron gudanarwa na Commodore a gidan Fox da Hounds a wajen London, Ingila, makon farko a watan Afrilu 1980. Duk da matsayinsa na sabon memba na ƙungiyar gudanarwa, Tomczyk ya goyi bayan kwamfutar gida kuma a lokacin da ya dawo Santa Clara, California, ya rubuta wata sanarwa mai shafi 30 ga Tramiel, yana ba da cikakkun bayanai, farashi, fasalulluka da sababbin abubuwan da ya yi tunanin ya kamata a haɗa su. Tramiel ya burge shi kuma ya sanya Tomczyk a matsayin mai kula da jagorantar ci gaba da ci gaban kasuwa na sabon kwamfuta.