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Andrew Charles Darbyshire AM is an Australian software company executive, philanthropist, author and speaker.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Andrew Darbyshire )〕 He is chairman of Pacsoft, a software development company, and is also active in several charitable and fundraising organisations. He is chairman and Founder of Caitlin's Retreat, chairman of The Click Foundation finding a cure for epilepsy. member of SecondBite Fundraising Committee, board member of Florey Neurosciences Foundation Council, and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. In the past, he was a board member of the Song Room, board member of the Zoos Victoria Foundation,〔(【引用サイトリンク】archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807013046/http://www.zoo.org.au/ZVF/About/Board )〕 board member of the Petstock Foundation, and chairman of the board of CAPRA (Child Abuse Prevention Research Australia) @ Monash University, and a member of The Rees Advisory Group.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Our Chairman )〕 He was named a member of the Order of Australia in the 2012 Australia Day Honours for "service to the community as a supporter of research into child-related brain conditions, through contributions to special needs children and their families, and to the arts." ==Career== During his teens, Darbyshire developed a passion for electronics and radio communications, and spent hours dismantling things to see how they worked. In 1976, aged 15, he left school for an apprenticeship in radio station engineering at 3DB and studied at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).〔 In 1979, Darbyshire was hired by Time and Frequency Technology, a manufacturer of broadcast equipment in Santa Clara, California, the heart of Silicon Valley.〔The Power of Persistence and Purpose, First Edition, Andrew Darbyshire, 2009.〕 In the mid-1980s Darbyshire founded a software company, Pacsoft. The company publishes inventory management software and now has about 35 staff and offices in Australia, New Zealand and the USA. In 2000 he sold his company to a small public company in Sydney for $7.5million. In 2004 Darbyshire bought back the business for $200,000 and has since rebuilt it to be a leader in its class throughout the world.〔(【引用サイトリンク】archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081213105755/http://thebigchair.com.au/news/radar/profile-andrew-darbyshire )〕 From some 30 staff, 10 have been with him for more than 10 years.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andrew Darbyshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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