Ralph Bond

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In his role as consumer education manager for Intel Corporation, Ralph Bond's mission is to travel North America, sharing with radio and television audiences how a home computer and the Internet can help families learn, create, communicate, and have fun. A twenty-four year veteran of the computer industry, Ralph began his career as a technical writer in 1981 while teaching night and weekend courses at Saddleback Community College (Mission Viejo, California).

Ralph has shared his home computing expertise via print and broadcast outlets for more than 10 years. His broadcast résumé includes appearances throughout the United States and Canada, averaging nearly 100 TV and radio interviews each year.

Regular media stops for Ralph include the nationally broadcast radio shows Into Tomorrow, Computer America, Computer Outlook, and The David Lawrence Show. Ralph also appears frequently on the NBC, CBS, and ABC television affiliates in Chicago, and in Canada he has appeared on the nationally broadcast City TV show. On the print side, Ralph has been quoted on the pages of USA Today, The New York Times, Esquire, the New York Post, the Boston Globe, Miami Herald, St. Petersburg Times, and the Globe and Mail, among other top newspapers.

His writing experience began in the 1970s when he served as a contributing editor in southern California with such publications as Art Week, Orange Coast Magazine, and the Orange County Metropolitan Journal where he served as a home computer products reviewer. During his years as one of Intel's PC Dads, Ralph authored numerous articles, and co-authored with Mark Ivey The PC Dad's Guide to Becoming a Computer-Smart Parent (1999).

Ralph received his bachelor's degree in art history with a minor in education in 1975, and in 1981 earned a master's degree in art history from California State University, Long Beach. Ralph lives in Hillsboro, Oregon with his wife and seventeen-year-old son. His twenty-one-year-old daughter is a student at the University of Oregon.