Resume of: Geoffrey Fernald Contact Info -- Updated February 2010 ________________________________________________________________________
EDUCATION
B.S.E.E. University of California, Berkeley; M.S.E.E. University of California, Berkeley
2014 BS Molecular Biology
POSITION SOUGHT
A senior management position which provides an opportunity to lead difficult new technology product development in cross disciplinary areas.
WORK EXPERIENCE
SUMMARY
8 years as a technical individual contributor doing analog and power circuit design.
13 years of analog/digital and power-electronics design including 4 years of Medium Voltage(4160vac) switch-gear design/ manufacturing from raw materials.
26 years of technical management - 5 in small companies and 21 in large corporations as a first, second level manager and as a Director.
3 Multiple owner patents - Transceiver w/ a gate array core, cathodic protected Lithium-ion battery contacts, & cochlear implant hearing aid microphone augmented by the ears structure. (all listed under my full name: C. Geoffrey E. Fernald)
One non-fiction book written.
CHRONOLOGY
Dec. 2007- Present: Continuing Biological Education- Stanford University. 2010 - now in Junior year toward BS Molecular Biology.
Oct. 2004- Dec. 2006: Sabbatical in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire - Output: 2006: 265 page hardcover, self published non-fiction book: Not In A Thousand Years, summarizing world wide accomplishments in all fields over the span of the Twentieth Century that impacted multiple millions of people with lasting change. 300 copies sold privately.
July 1999- Sept 2004 Advanced Bionics Corp., Sylmar, CA (near LA)
February 1990- June 1999 Acuson Corp., Mountain View, CA (now Siemens Corp)
October 1986-January 1990 Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah
Super-computer Group - Mountain View, California
* 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).
July 1981 - June 1985 Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (IBM compatible Mainframes)
October 1977 - June 1981 Elliott Control Co., Burlingame, CA
Electrical equipment manufacturer of medium voltage motor starters. (20 employees)
June 1975-October 1977 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.
October 1968 - February 1972 Westinghouse R & D Center, Churchill, PA.
Design Engineer - Power Conversion Group
REFERENCES upon request
LANGUAGES - Norwegian (fluent), German (conversational),
COMPUTER-TOOLS - UNIX, All Macintosh/PC
OUTSIDE INTERESTS - Family, people, fine art, poetry, management, energy.
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