Ron Wunderlich:
CLASS OF 1979
Horseheads High SchoolClass of 1979
Horseheads, NY
SUNY at Binghamton - Watson School of EngineeringClass of 1995
Binghamton, NY
Syracuse University - EngineeringClass of 1990
Syracuse, NY
Rochester Institute of Technology - EngineeringClass of 1984
Rochester, NY
Horseheads High SchoolClass of 1980
Horseheads, NY
Ron's Story
Life
Got a 16 year old daughter who's following my steps a 12 year old son is still trying to find his way.
We have a pet which is known as a speckled rat, hoover, stomach with 4 legs, Cruelella's fur coat or sometimes called a Dalmation. He gets treated better than me.
School
If anyone is wondering why I'm listed as graduating in 1979 at Horseheads and a friend for Horseheads 1980, well I was supposed to graduate with 1980 class but I doubled up my last year (took 11th and 12th grade together) and got out a year earlier in 1979.
Was it worth it ? The part of getting out a year earlier was worth it but graduating with no one you knew, wasn't. like the Judas Priest song, I'm nowhere in between.
College
Just study, work and ocassional party at RIT for my BSEE. Syracuse University for my MSEE, IBM brought down the professors to Endicott to teach. Binghamton Unversity for PhD in Semiconductor Physics, took off a year from IBM at full salary to work on my thesis. Nice. Don't ask what my thesis is on.
Workplace
The day jobs were kind of boring. Did make it to Chief Engineer for a 50 person...Expand for more
development group at Clestica. That was neat. Then they shut the lab and took a job with a start up company in Portland OR but telecommuted from Binghamton,NY. At that time I started consulting until my day job interferred with my night job so I quit in 2005. Been on my own full time since then.
The consulting business is great. Got to see everything from a rail gun down to plasma reactor supplies. I get brought in when there is a problem or when they need a 2nd opinon. Also work with attornies on patent disputes where their clients are getting sued. One thing I have been lucky with and even in this recession, I havent had to look for any jobs.
Now I'm working on growing my company Have 2 people working for me part time and want to see if how much work I can bring in if I start looking. My company Innovative Ideas and Designs and can be found on the web under i2designs.
For enjoyment, I like to have a few drinks on the deck at night while listening to music. Go out and do things with my kids. Like watch my 16 y/o daughter bowl with her right hand txt on her left with her cel phone. Lol.
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