Bill
May
Spouse/partner: Mary
Children: Christianne (22) and Zak (17)
The day after graduation I was sitting on a gray hound bus bound for Tennessee to learn how to sell books door to door (with a slight head ache from the night before). In Illinois I decided selling books wasn't for me and I escaped to Michigan to work on my uncles' farm. What a great summer that was!
From there I went to Davis, California for my B.S. in chemical engineering.
After that, I was as a process engineer at an Intel wafer fab in Livermore for my first job in California. Working there my interest changed to electronics and software; in the evenings I took classes at a junior college, and eventually Cal State Hayward.
My next job, for 6 years, was for a small company called Allergan Humphrey (San Leandro, Ca) that made instruments for ophthalmology.
For the last 16 years I have worked as an embedded software engineer for Curtis Instruments in Livermore. During part of this time I enjoyed a wonderful commute to San Jose State for a MS in electrical engineering/control systems. Curtis builds electronics that control electric motors in battery powered vehicles; wheel chairs, cars, golf carts, fork lifts, boom lifts, etc (some of these controlling up to 700 amps). I live in Modesto Calif., which is hopefully known for something other than being the former home of Scott and Lacy Peterson. Since it was also the home of George Lucas, each summer there is a American Graffiti festival consisting of 2 weekend classic car shows. My happiness now is from my family, our 1971 Chevelle, classic cars, brewing beer, bonsai trees, camping, tennis, and golf.