David Barnes is a technical evangelist for IBM and leads IBM's evangelism efforts around Web 2.0 technologies.http://www.nicsa.org/web/conferences/2007_tech/Tech07_bios.htm


He was an IBM

IBM

International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...

 Team OS/2

Team OS/2

Team OS/2 was an advocacy group formed to promote IBM's OS/2 operating system. Originally internal to and sponsored by IBM, Team OS/2 became a wholly grassroots organization following IBM's decision to de-emphasize OS/2. It is one of the earliest examples of an online viral...

 member, nicknamed "The OS/2 Evangelist", for his work in the user-level enthusiasm movement. He was also IBM's spokesperson for the 1996 Olympic Games.

Barnes has appeared in different IBM commercials http://www.os2bbs.com/download/avi.html, and has often presented new IBM technology in interviews and at press conferences and conventions. http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,15638,00.asp http://www.chinabusinessreview.com/public/0109/success.html