Resume of: Geoffrey Fernald Contact Info Sept. 2004 ________________________________________________________________________
EDUCATION
B.S.E.E. University of California, Berkeley; M.S.E.E. University of California, Berkeley
BS Moleculary Biology Stanford University 2011
Additional education includes numerous management courses,computer architecture, advanced control systems, DSP, and UNIX courses.
POSITION SOUGHT
A senior management position which provides an opportunity.
WORK EXPERIENCE
SUMMARY
8 years as a technical individual contributor doing circuit design.
13 years of analog/digital and power-electronics design including 4 years of Medium Voltage(4160vac) switch gear design and manufacturing.
23 years of technical management - 5 in small companies and 18 in large corporations as a 1st and 2nd level manager and as a Director.
CHRONOLOGY
Fall 2007-Spring 2011 Stanford University School of Humanities and Science: Biology Major
Oct. 2004- 2007 Sabbatical and Author of "Not in a Thousand Years"
Advanced Bionics Corp., Sylmar, CA (near LA)
Director, Hardware Design Engineering
Acuson Corp., Mountain View, CA
Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah
Manager of Hardware Development & Diagnostics
* 6/85 - 8/86 Family Sabbatical in New Hampshire at father's ancestral home.(some time spent doing designs for process automation - mechanical to digital interfaces).
Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (IBM compatible Mainframes)
Manger: Power, Cooling, and EMC
Elliott Control Co., Burlingame, CA (408) 637-3761
Electrical equipment manufacturer of medium voltage motor starters. (20 employees)
BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit District), Oakland, CA
Group Manager-Vehicle Electrical/Electronic Systems(8 engineers).
* During 1972-73 my wife and I traveled through Europe.
Westinghouse R & D Center, Churchill, PA.
Design Engineer - Power Conversion Group
LANGUAGES - Norwegian (fluent), German (conversational),
COMPUTER-TOOLS - UNIX, All Macintosh/PC
OUTSIDE INTERESTS - Family, people, fine art, poetry, management, science.
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