User:Roger Wood/Cristopher H. Bajorek

Christopher H. Bajorek (Chris) has been a major contributor and a leader in the prototyping, development, manufacturing and application of magnetoresistive recording (MR) heads in the data storage industry. At IBM, he was an integral part of the team that pioneered MR heads for consumer-transaction readers, tape drives and disk drives. He also led IBM’s Advanced Packaging Technology Laboratory and Magnetic Recording Institute.

In 1990, Bajorek became an IEEE Fellow "For leadership in the development and manufacture of magnetic data storage and high-speed computer switching devices". Bajorek has contributed to more than 20 patents and 50 publications in the fields of semiconductors, electronic packaging and data recording. He also has served as director of the International Disk Drive Equipment & Materials Association. Dr. Bajorek was executive vice president of Advanced Technology of Komag, Inc., San Jose, California.

In 2002, Bajorek received the Reynold B. Johnson Award in 2002 as a "major contributor and a leader in the prototyping, development, manufacturing and application of magnetoresistive recording heads in the data storage industry".