Art Barry is a successful entrepreneur who lives in north Texas with his wife and three rescue dogs. He has written numerous articles for magazines including Technical Photography, Audio Visual Communications, Texas Computing, Computer Currents, and QST, the Amateur Radio Relay League magazine. He held managerial and marketing positions for several major U.S. corporations including the Color Tile division of the Tandy Corporation and Electronic Data systems Corporation. In 1992 he founded his own company to provide specialized batteries for computers, peripherals, and medical equipment.  The company has shipped products to over 19,000 customers in 42 countries.