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Jonathan Anderson

Jonathan Anderson
Former Commodore UK exec who became head of Amiga Technologies after the Escom takeover.

Michael Battilana

Michael Battilana
CEO of Cloanto, publisher of the Amiga Forever emulator for the PC.

Kevin Bryan

Kevin Bryan
Keen Amiga user Kevin formed the Amigaholics social group for London and the SE and also co-ordinated a disk-based magazine of the same name. Kevin also contributed articles on programming to AUI. He is now a glider enthusiast.

John Campbell

John Campbell
Former Vice President of Applications and Technical Support at Commodore International, John is now President of Cambium Learning Technologies.

Eddy Carroll

Eddy Carroll
Programmer. Famous for SnoopDOS et al, now runs a likewise-named software consultancy in Dublin.

Ashley Cotter-Cairns

Ashley Cotter-Cairns
Freelance writer and professional poker player now living in Hudson, Canada. Was legally named Santa Claus between 1996 and 2000.

Steve Connelly

Steve Connelly
Former Commodore UK executive. Further info required...

Lew Eggebrecht

Lew Eggebrecht
Designer of the original IBM PC, VP of Engineering at Commodore, now an executive at Integrated Device Technology Inc.

Andy Eskelson

Andy Eskelson
Andy's experience with computers began with the Commodore PET, getting involved with the computer press by accident after being contacted for help by fellow ham radio enthusiast Ian Bennett of Commodore Computing International (CCI). Andy's experience led to him write reviews and programs - including the invaluable S-Entry utility that checked typed-in listings. AUI began as a CCI insert, so Andy'naturally took on Amiga Answers, typing over 300,000 words by his own reckoning during the course of AUI's life. Andy now works in financial services data management.

Jack Ezra

Jack Ezra
Pioneer of 3D images on the Amiga.

Steve Franklin

Steve Franklin Steve Franklin
Former MD of Commodore UK.

Curtiz Gangi

Curtiz Gangi
Former VISCorp executive who went on to unexpectedly leave other companies.

Andrew Gould

Andrew Gould
Dentist, writer and programmer.

Irving Gould

Irving Gould
Investor, Financier and once Chairman of Commodore.

Dr. Allan Havemose

Dr. Allan Havemose
Amiga International's Head of Development and holder of several patents.

Tony Horgan

Tony Horgan
Games reviewer. Started at AUI, went on to be Editor of CU Amiga magazine and then joined Amiga Format.

Jim Hawkins

Jim Hawkins
Developer of games (F-19 Stealth Fighter) and titles for the CDTV such as Asterix.

Tony Horgan

Tony Horgan
A former staff writer at AUI, Tony went on to become a staff writer at CU Amiga, rising through the ranks to become Editor of the magazine in 1996.

Antony Jacobson

Antony Jacobson
Publisher and Editor of AUI and keen volunteer worker.

Steve Jones

Steve Jones
Developer of the Siamese System and now IMICA.

Andrew Korn

Andrew Korn
Former Deputy Editor of CU Amiga magazine.

Chris Ludwig

Chris Ludwig
Former Commodore Software Engineer.

Dr. Peter Kittel

Dr. Peter Kittel
Former Technical Author and Web Services Manager at Amiga Technologies. Peter was involved in Pios AG, a company that was to develop Mac-clones. The company then evolved into set-top unit manufacturer Metabox AG after a trademark conflict.

Jim Mackonochie

Jim Mackonochie
Game developer specialising in flight simulations, keen yachtsman and movie star.

Tony Miller

Tony Miller
Tony set up one of the first UK Amiga-dedicated and based BBS services - 01 for Amiga - providing a fledgling community with chat and support. You can download a copy of the 01 For Amiga magazine from the AUI Links menu to the right.

He now runs a charity in East London.

Jeff Minter

Jeff Minter
Game developer famous for use of camels, sheep and llamas - hence Llamasoft - in his productions.

Fleecy Moss

Fleecy Moss
Former Chief Technology Officer of Amiga Inc., responsible for OS3.5. Co-developer of the KOSH gaming system.

Dave Parkinson

Dave Parkinson
Ex-teacher, formed Ariadne Software with Mike Bolley to develop BBS software for PetNet (later Compunet). Author of The kickstart guide to the Amiga.

David Pleasance

David Pleasance
Marketing then Managing Director of Commodore UK, partner in Tangent Music and Flamenco guitarist. He once owned a Mexican restaurant and a Flamenco dance company and appeared in concert, cabaret and on television supporting people such as Gallagher and Lyle. He now lives in Australia.

Jolyon Ralph

Jolyon Ralph
Prolific in the Amiga arena, he was Almathera Systems, promoter of Photogenics and publisher of a considerable number of CD-ROMs for the Amiga. He's also a keen collector of minerals.

Sharon Rodrigo

Sharon Rodrigo
...was based at Commodore UK's Maidenhead office.

Carolyn Scheppner

Carolyn Scheppner
Commodore-Amiga's Developer Support Technical Manager. She is an amateur musician and builds her own musical instruments. Carolyn lives in Pennsylvania.

Jeff Schindler

Jeff Schindler
Former General Manager of Amiga Inc. Was flogging flat screen TVs in California.

Toby Simpson

Toby Simpson
Developer of Diggers and Global Effect for the CD32.

Kelly Sumner

Kelly Sumner
Former Managing Director of Commodore UK. Following this, Kelly moved to Gametek which was then taken over by Take Two Europe (Grand Theft Auto III) of which he became worldwide CEO, later becoming CEO of Activision-acquired RedOctane (Guitar Hero) in California. Now retired from computer games, he pursues other projects and lives in Somerset.

Kieron Sumner

Kieron Sumner
Kelly's brother Kieron was involved in the non-games side of Amiga and developed the Amiga 1500 amongst other products. He was also heading up a bid to buy the company at the time it went into Chapter 13, but failed in the bid against Escom despite offering more money. Kieron went on to head up LG Electronics Technology Sales division in the UK and now works in a training company, travelling the world selling and delivering training services.

Barry Thurston

Barry Thurston
Formerly Commodore UK's Multimedia Sales Director. Later at Scala UK and now with Beaver Solutions, an information delivery company in Hertfordshire

Mick Tinker

Mick Tinker
Hardware designer, responsible for the BoXer and CD32 modifications. Now somewhere in California.

Petro Tyschtschenko

Petro Tyschtschenko
Petro was made President of Amiga Technologies when that company was formed by Escom after the closure of Commodore International. He retired from the world of Amiga in 2000 to found a company that specialises in importing into Germany product from the Far East

Jeff Walker

Jeff Walker
Jeff worked for Amiga Shopper and Amiga Computing but really made his name with the World's Most Black and White Amiga Magazine - JAM (Just Amiga Monthly). He then went on to work for HiSoft in their Amiga book division and now runs his own web design consultancy.

This page updated November 2010