Background
Porter, James Neil was born on October 3, 1931 in Sacramento. Son of Neil Lendell and Alice Elizabeth (Hummell) Porter.
Porter, James Neil was born on October 3, 1931 in Sacramento. Son of Neil Lendell and Alice Elizabeth (Hummell) Porter.
Bachelor, San Jose State University, 1953.
Manager product management, Memorex Corporation, Santa Clara, California, 1968-1971; director marketing planning, Cartridge television, Inc., San Jose, California, 1971-1973; director marketing, CMX Systems, joint venture Columbia Broadcasting System and Memorex, Sunnyvale, California, 1973-1974; product manager, Unicom Systems subsidiary Rockwell International, Sunnyvale, 1974-1975; management consultant, Mountain View, California, 1975-1977; president, Disk/Trend, Inc., Mountain View, since 1977.
With United States Army, 1953-1955. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, International Data Storage Equipment and Materials Association (board directors since 1986, Executive Committee since 1988).
Married Susan Elizabeth Moore, April 16, 1955 (divorced February 1990). Children: David James, Mary Katherine, Anne Elizabeth.