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San Francisco, CA

San Francisco Bay Area

Advising, Mentoring Companies, People in the Innovation Domain

San Francisco Bay Area

Elder Care organization providing health care and housing for seniors across Bay Area, headquartered in SF; currently Chair of Senior Health Services portion of group

Helped to form and run this company in leading edge technology with units in Berkeley, CA and Budapest, HU -- customers were US military suppliers and DoD orgs. Products had very high scientific content

Leading initiative into embedded technologies for security, surveillance, missile defense and UAV applications

Ran startup in internet via two way satellite communications using proprietary technology; company closed down due to lack of funding; new products introduced, installed base of satisfied customers; worked with court to sell technology and recover some $$ (approximately $3M)

Ran multiple divisions, directly or indirectly for the US operations of a $40B global company; member of US Board of Directors as well as member of Board of US R&D subsidiary; directly founded and managed startup in semiconductor graphics chip design; introducted leading chip with $50M sales in first six months.

Anaheim, California, United States

Part of Turn-Around Team successfully bringing growth and profitability to a moribund organization -- responsible for new products, sales support, and revenue forecasting

Ran Sales and Marketing for this innovative, enterprise networking integrated voice and data company

Sunnyvale, California, United States

GM Function for Innovation, New Products

Nashville, Tennessee, United States; Research Triangle, NC

Worked in various capacities for established Canadian Organization moving into US

Multiple

Multiple assignments in multiple locations with Western Electric, Bell Labs, ATT HQ in different innovation activities; experience with Regulatory, Economist, and Standards functions. Assignments in Engineering, Research, Development, Manufacturing, New Product Delivery, Installation, Finance, Executive Assistant tour at HQ for EVP, New Product Definition

Msor, Operations Research

Thesis on Inventory Control Systems under Stochastic Regimes; also taught undergraduate classes in systems theory; also complete all.

Msee, Electrical Engineering

Thesis on Laser communications techniques using doppler shift; completed degree while working full time at Western Electric Company in.

Bsee, Electrical Engineering

Specialized in statistical communications and information theory