Guy Williams:  

Hey...thanks for stopping by. I worked for Elgin Electronics for a few years as my first electronics job. Time there was well spent as I learned a variety of technolgies from Power Supplies for mainframe computers to the delicate items made for Western Electric. One of our contracts involved building speciality equipment for AO Smith in Erie, which I found to be most interesting. One friend that I met at Erie Institute of Technology worked at AO Smith together with several people from Corry. They all said "it's a great place to work." I decided to join them in 1976. Shortly after joining them, the company was sold to Geosource (a Houston based company). About a year later, they announced that all electronics would be moving and I decided to make the big move to Corpus Christi, TX. I was one of only a few folks that actually made the move and it was a great career move for me. At the time I spent most of my time engineering custom discrete instruments used to measure and compensate oil. At the time, oil was $20 a barrel. In many cases the instruments were sold to our own "systems" group which eventually led me into the world of Systems Engineering. I eventually was drafted to be the manager of electrical engineering. This work included a number of major projects including some of the very largest oil terminals in the world. I have given white papers at the International School of Hydrocarbons (University of Oklahoma - Norman), a regular speaker at the Petroleum Extension of University of Texas on advanced elect...Expand for more