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Barry A. Goldblatt is a consultant and nationally recognized authority on computer clock battery failure. His companies, Resource 800, http://www.resource800.com/ and Epower2go, Inc., http://www.epower2go.biz/, began selling computer battery products online in 1992 using AOL, CompuServe, Genie and Prodigy. Selling on the Internet became a reality in 1995 when Mosaic, Netscape and Explorer browser applications gained wide acceptance. Since then, the two companies have amassed over 20,000 customers. The customer list includes individuals, companies, non-governmental agencies, civilian government and military installations in more than 30 countries around the world.
He grew up in west Texas learning about retail operations and customer service from his parents. After attending college he returned home and revitalized the family business so his parents could retire. The business was sold after 50 years of successful operation.
Mr. Goldblatt has written numerous articles for newspapers, magazines, newsletters and web sites throughout the U.S. including Technical Photography, Audio-Visual Communications, Computer Currents, Texas Computing, Home Office Computing, QST, Plano Amateur Radio Klub "Parking Ticket", Ham-Com and ARRL web sites. His first nationally published article, "Is Your Computer Clock Losing Time?", first appeared in 1992 and is known as "the article that started it all."
He is an Extra Class Amateur Radio operator, call sign WA5KXX. For the past several years he has served as a Network Control Station (NCS) for the Collin County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) and regularly participates in severe weather alert activities in his home county. He took part in the Columbia Space Shuttle debris recovery in 2003 and hurricanes Katrina and Rita relief operations in 2005.
He was a mentor for the highly successful Collin County Community College District's (CCCCD) Tech Camp series from 2000-2002, which helped license over 150 middle and high school students. He authored an article about the project that appeared in the February 2001 edition of QST, the American Radio Relay League's (ARRL) national magazine.
The newsletter series that he produced for the Plano Amateur Radio Klub (PARK) received a national Apex Award for Excellence in 2002. He served as President of PARK from 2002-2005 was Chairman of Ham-Com for the 2004, 2005 and 2006 events. He is currently a member of the Ham-Com, Inc. Board of Directors.
Mr. Goldblatt has been an active participant in various Amateur Radio projects including: The Brandenburg Life Foundation’s “Ham Radio in Schools” program, the ARRL’s “Big Project,” the National Weather Service “Storm Ready Partner” project in behalf of the Plano Independent School District and the North Texas APRS Workshop held at the University of Texas at Dallas in September 2003.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at Arlington. His business experience includes management and marketing positions at Tandy Corporation and Electronic Data Systems.
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