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He founded UltraBac's parent company, BEI Corporation, in 1982 to develop and market software utility applications for the minicomputer marketplace and became an expert on tape storage applications. After a decade spent developing and marketing a wide range of products for minicomputers, Mr. Edwards reinvented the company in 1993 when the waning minicomputer user base forced a shift to a new platform. The newly released Windows NT® operating system from Microsoft® became the focus of the company's development efforts, resulting in creation of UltraBac Backup and Disaster Recovery Software for Windows NT/2000. BEI was renamed UltraBac Software and became a leading backup solution provider for commercial users of the highly successful Microsoft platform. Under Mr. Edwards' leadership, the company has been included in Software Magazine's list of the 500 largest software companies, Puget Sound Business Journal's list of fastest growing private companies, and Deloitte & Touche's Technology Fast 500 and Washington State Technology Fast 50 Award recipients. Trained as a computer systems engineer while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, Mr. Edwards went on to graduate from the University of Washington with a degree in business administration. Before founding BEI, he worked for three major computer companies: Burroughs Corporation, Sperry Univac, and Wang Laboratories. | 