Barton George

I joined Dell in ’09 as their cloud computing evangelist. As such I act as Dell’s ambassador to the cloud computing community (I had to supply my own sash). I also work with analysts and press and am responsible for messaging as well as blogging and tweeting (you can follow me on twitter at barton808).

Prior to Dell I spent 13 years at Sun Microsystems in a variety of roles from manufacturing to product and corporate marketing. My last three years there I spent as an Open Source evangelist, avid blogger, and driver of Sun’s GNU/Linux strategy and relationships.

Before Sun, I spent a year at Johnson & Johnson consumer products marketing dental floss (remember, you don’t have to floss them all, just the ones you want to keep). New Jersey winters got the better of me and after the 16th snow storm in one year (literally) I left J&J and relocated to San Francisco.

I began my professional career out of college with a four year stint in Tokyo where I worked for Sony working with ISVs for their UNIX-based “NEWS” workstation.

Fun Facts to Know and tell about Me

Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, I headed east for higher education and attended Williams College and Harvard Business School.

Outside the virtual office

On the personal side, my wife and I have three young children. A few years ago, after living in the San Francisco bay area for over a decade we emigrated to Austin, Texas where we currently happily reside.

Disclaimer: The views expressed on this blog do not necessarily reflect those of my employer Dell, or any other organization with which I have an affiliation. These are my own thoughts and opinions.