From 1984 until 1993, Ed
Juge headed Tandy Corporation's media relations effort and was the
corporation’s primary spokesperson. He built credibility and a strong
personal relationship with leading national, local and trade
journalists and industry analysts.
Over the past decade, his monthly columns have appeared in three
national PC magazines where they consistently ranked at the top of the
"most-read" lists. A number of publications, including Barron's, CQ,
CRN, PC Laptop, OMNI and QST, have published his articles. He has
"ghost-written" op-ed pieces and speeches for corporate officers, and
contributed to, or authored, brochures, catalogs, news releases, annual
reports and advertising copy for Tandy and Radio Shack. Juge is founder
and administrator of the Recreational Vehicle Forum on CompuServe.
No newcomer to technology, Juge's 40-year passion for electronics began
with an amateur radio license at age 14. His experience in personal
computers dates from 1972, including time as an early personal computer
builder and business user. Juge spent eleven years in electronics
retailing before joining Tandy in 1978. He entered the PC industry in
its first year, as Director of Computer Merchandising for Radio Shack
(1978 to 1984). He established and supervised Radio Shack's personal
computer product management group, while revenues rose from $200,000 to
near $1 billion. When he left in 1993, he was Senior Director of
Marketing Relations.
Mr. Juge served on the Board of Directors of the IEEE Computer
Society's Technical Committee on Personal Computing and on the Advisory
Board for Datapro Reports on Microcomputers. He is listed in the Social
Register of the Personal Computer Industry, and was a participant in
the nationally televised 1991 Computer Bowl. Juge served on the
American Radio Relay League's 1989 "No-Code" committee which
recommended landmark amateur radio licensing changes enacted by the
Federal Communications Commission in December 1990. He chaired the
ARRL's national Committee on Digital Communications for the year 1992.
Currently, Mr. Juge does computer “evangelism” for the CompuServe
Information Service and Compaq Computer Corporation, and some writing,
working from his motorhome or home in New Mexico.