Allison Maddox:  

College I graduated from the University of Phoenix with a BSIT in March 2005 after 4 years of working on my major and attending Ventura College for my general education. I hated high school, but really enjoyed college. What a contrast between the two. I made the National Deans List, and just recently was notified that I have made the selection for the International Scholar Laureate Program Delegation on Technology in China for May 2006. Stoked? You bet! I'll be travelling to Beijing, Quingdao, Suzhou, and Shanghai for 14 days, and then it's off to Tibet for three days. Finally I have done something note worthy in my life, and not just working at a dead end job. Been there; done that! Workplace After high school I worked for Semtech Corporation in Newbury Park. Semtech is the leading supplier of mixed signal and analog semiconductors. At Semtech I worked in the Burn In (Life Testing) department for about seven years; during that time I performed reliability testing, accetance testing, high voltage testing, and environmental testing. I left Semtech and went to work for Polycore RF, also in Newbury Park; where I assembled Radio Frequency Transistors. I was also responcible for creating kits for production and assebling data packets for tracebility. I also performed environmental testing on each unit, i.e. hermetic seal, centifical force, and temperature cycling. Once the lots were completed I was in charge of packing and shipping the finished product to customers. After being laid off from Polycore I went back to work for Semtech, and was placed in the Qulaity Assurance Test lab; where I performed more environmental testing, i.e. moisture, salt spray, solderability, flameabilit...Expand for more