Mike Scuderi:  

When I was in high school, my first and only priority was to get out as fast as I could. I never felt like I really fit in with most groups and was somewhat a loner there for four years but, while there, I had the great fortune to have Mr. Vinnie Mosdar for a teacher in electronics, a field that I knew nothing about before attending but found extremely interesting and challenging. Little did I know how much his teaching would impact my life. I tried college but was bored to tears and found that I was better suited for other than an academic career. I dropped out of college then flew for Eastern Airlines for a while but found the corporate culture to be too political for my tastes. With air carriers merging or being gobbled up, I constantly found myself losing whatever seniority I had gained. Leaving the industry, I went to work for a manufacturer of vacuum packaging equipment in international, technical, field service. I worked in many of the free European countries but after five years of nonstop travel, lost the taste for travel. My prior introduction to electronics landed me a job with Western Electric (now Verizon) in the then cutting edge technology of touch tone dialing (remember rotary phone dials?). They sent me to company schools for five years where I learned lots of technical stuff but more importantly, that I would never survive the culture to see retirement without hurting someone. Leaving there, I went to work for various companies where I learned then honed my skills in the electrical, mechanical, plumbing and engineering trades. In 1974 I got married, moved to Glen Rock, bought a home, raise...Expand for more