Susan Barnes

Susan Kelly Barnes was the financial controller of the Macintosh division at Apple Computer.

Apple Computer
Barnes joined Apple Computer in 1981, first reporting to financial executive Debi Coleman and then directly to co-founder Steve Jobs. In 1985, Barnes and Coleman helped Jobs to get Apple to acquire a 19.99% stake in Adobe Systems, the developer of PostScript.

NeXT
When Apple co-founder Steve Jobs left the company in 1985, Barnes also left and joined Jobs as a founding member of NeXT, where she became the Chief Financial Officer. She married fellow Apple and NeXT colleague Bud Tribble. Barnes left NeXT in 1991 to spend more time with her family, including a young new child.

After NeXT
Barnes then became the chief financial officer of investment banking firm Richard C. Blum & Associates. She later served as CFO for Intuitive Surgical, a clinical robotics manufacturer, and Pacific Biosciences, a DNA sequencing company. She is also a member of the board of Bryn Mawr College.

Articles

 * Steve Jobs' legacy includes the women he inspired by Shara Tibken at CNET (2015-11-02)