Experience

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  IBM Retiree

  • Cupertino, CA

  • SCORE Volunteer Mentor and member of the board of SCORE Silicon Valley

    • Jul 2018 - Present
    • Cupertino, CA

    SCORE is a national non-profit, started in 1964 by the SBA, with over 10,000 volunteers today, across 227+ chapters. SCORE mentors provide free consulting and free or low-cost classes to new and existing small businesses. The mentors are seasoned business executives, mostly retired, or previous ...

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  IBM Corp

  • Director, WW Sales, System z Software

    • Jul 2002 - Jul 2014

    Responsible for the WW team of sales professionals for System z Software sales, across all IBM Software brands, and cross brand (z Client Architects). Our focus is growing our global customers' solutions on System z and zEnterprise, when the platform is the "right fit" for the customer's business needs. Managed an organization of over 600 professionals across the globe, with 7 geographic executives.

  • Roles in sales, tech sales, development, marketing and industry solutions

    • May 1974 - Jul 2002

    Systems Engineer, Unit Manager, Systems Engineering Manager, Development Manager, Marketing Manager, Utilities and Energy Services Solution Development Manager, Sales Manager

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  Ford Motor Company

  • Dearborn, MI

  • Developer at Ford's Research Division

    • 1973 - 1974
    • Dearborn, MI

    Developer for the first on board engine control processor for Ford, at the Ford Research center. Responsibilities included designing and writing the assembler for the 16 bit processor created to provide the engine control processor. Funded for emission control. Also developed the application t...

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  The Aerospace Corporation

  • El Segundo, CA

  • Systems Programmer

    • 1972 - 1972
    • El Segundo, CA

    Supported the CDC 7600 system; designed and implemented customized changes for the Aerospace Corp environment, with focus on the "permanent file manager" area of the operating system.

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  Control Data Corporation

  • Sunnyvale, CA

  • Developer of the Permanent File Manager System for the CDC 7600

    • 1970 - 1972
    • Sunnyvale, CA

    Designer and developer for the "permanent file manager" system for the CDC 7600 operating system.

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  Bettis Atomic Power Company

  • West Mifflin, PA

  • Systems Programmer for the CDC 6600 System

    • Jun 1968 - Aug 1970
    • West Mifflin, PA

    My first year out of college, I was hired as an associate mathematician to do Monte Carlo statistical analysis for nuclear reactor safety design, using Fortran as the programming language. I moved to a systems programming role in my second year at Bettis, to support the CDC 6600 system environme...