Alan West:  

After graduation from Monroe, I attended Pierce JC. I graduated in 1968 and then attended Long Beach State. I graduated with a BS degree specializing in construction project management. I was a college hire at Pacific Telephone/AT&T in 1970. My career with AT&T spanned 31 years. I had various tours of duty in Southern California and in the San Francisco Bay Area. My favorite duty was managing the HQ complex at San Ramon for 8 years. This 2.1 million sq. ft. building housed over 8000 people. During this time as representative for the company and for Bishop Ranch, I was appointed to a position with the City of San Ramon in Traffic Managment. These were fun and challenging times. I retired in 2001. My second career began immediately with Siemens Building Technologies as a project manager. There I specialized in energy retrofit projects which included boiler replacements, new lighting and other energy efficiency upgrades to buildings. I became the Manager of Procurement for the Northe...Expand for more