David Westerkamp:  

After graduation in 1969, I worked for General Cable Corporation in Westminster CO, responsible for component and subassembly planning and supply for final production locations in San Carlos CA, Frederic MD, and Decatur GA. After 7 years, I left General Cable Corp to relocate to Houston TX to work as Inventory Control Manager for FMC Corporation. I spent 5 years there. In 1985, I was a founding partner of Surgimedics, Inc., a medical device manufacturing company specializing in custom cardiovascular surgical tubing packs that were used to facilitate bypass and other open heart surgical procedures. In 1988 we built a 72,000 square foot 100k cleanroom manufacturing facility in The Woodlands north of Houston. We opened a new ETO sterilization facility in Conroe TX in 1989. In 1993 I received my BS in Management from The University of Houston at long last! In 1996 we acquired a medical device company in Evergreen CO. I relocated back to Denver to move the business into a new 10k cleanroom facility in Golden and to integrate Denver Biomaterials (DBI) with Corporate systems, and served as Vice President of Operations until my business partners and I sold the entire company to investors in October 1999. In December of 1999 I retired and relocated with my domestic partner to San Francisco. My partner passed away in September 2000. During the ensuing 18 years, I have spend my time traveling, spending summers at a lake house in Auburn CA, in the lake country in the Sierra foothills northeast of Sacramento. I ride my 800cc Honda Intercepter, hike with my two pittbull dogs (Magg...Expand for more