Andrew Kay

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Andrew F. Kay is President and CEO of Kay Computers, a personal computer design, manufacturing, and marketing company. He also spends time as the Sr. Business Advisor to ACCELERATED COMPOSITES, LLC.

Mr. Kay, a graduate of MIT, started his career with Bendix followed by two years at Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He became a computer icon, having formerly launched Kaypro, a world famous computer company, that evolved from Non-Linear Systems, Inc. (NLS), manufacturer of digital instrumentation since 1952.

NLS developed a reputation for providing rugged durability in critical applications from submarines to spacecraft - continuing in design and manufacture of computers. At NLS, Andy Kay invented the digital voltmeter. In 1963, Electronic Design magazine "credited Andy Kay and Dr. Schockley, co-inventor of the transistor, with starting the digital revolution".

He is a founder of Rotary Club of Del Mar, California. As a member of Board of Directors of Johnson O'Connor Research Institute, he has pursued the advancement of education with particular attention to development of "a thinking vocabulary" as a basic component to creating leadership capabilities for managers of science and technology .

Andy Kay brought San Diego into the personal computer world by leading the industry with KAYPRO II in 1982.

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