Intersil
Intersil 1970 – I left Fairchild to join a startup – sort of. I was recruited by Ken Moyle, a former colleague from Fairchild to join Intersil Memory Corporation. Intersil, in Cupertino, CA was an already established company making mostly…
Inka Inka
When our son Todd was a senior in high school he formed a band. This was somewhat unique in that it was a reggae band composed of white guys. They had two guitars, a bass, a trumpet, a sax, a…
Work Suggestions
Work Suggestions Do what you say you will do when you said you would. This should be the first commandment of work, maybe of life. How many times have you been disappointed by someone not doing what they said…
Work Advice
I have been working for 55 years at a variety of jobs from paper boy to VP of several high technology companies in Silicon Valley. I just retired, although I prefer to say that I am on vacation. Retiring sounds…
Wilder History
Bosworth Field. August 22, 1485, Leicestershire, England. The War of the Roses, fought on and off for 30 years came to an end at a decisive battle between the House of Lancaster, whose symbol was a red rose…
Why Fear Change?
I have a theory as to why people avoid change. Or put another way, people embrace the status quo. Examples of this in our behavior include resistance to changing work office assignments or layouts. People do not want to move…
Tropian
Tropian 2000 – Tropian was a startup, working on developing a transceiver chip for the cell phone market. I was the Vice President of Operations with responsibilities for all aspects of order fulfillment including manufacturing partner relationships for wafer fab,…
Travels
Since I retired I am able to travel more often with Gale. She is in the business and loves to travel. I like to see and experience new things so aside from long plane rides I like it too. I…
Tigger & the Mercury
Tigger was a black 1947 Ford pickup with cream colored trim that my father bought used when we bought the place on the Rio Grande. It had a flathead six cylinder engine that probably put out about 100 horsepower. My…
The VW
As a college graduation present my parents bought me a new red Volkswagen. They actually did this as I began my senior year at the University of New Mexico studying electrical engineering. I guess they had faith in me that…