Tom Coughlin, Coughlin Associates, President

Phone/Fax: (408) 978 8184

Email: tom@tomcoughlin.com

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Biography

Tom’s 20+ years of magnetic recording experience included flexible tape and floppy as well as rigid disk recording at such companies as Polaroid, Seagate Technology, Maxtor, Micropolis, Nashua Computer Products, Ampex and SyQuest. Since 1997 Tom has worked with Dennis Waid at Peripheral Research Corporation co-writing several of the annual PRC reports. He has published over 40 articles, reports, technical papers and presentations. Tom has provided marketing, intellectual property and technology assessments and projections for several data storage technologies companies and venture capitalists. In addition he has served as project and general manager for significant technical projects.