Don Newby:  

October 2013: Retired to La Conner, WA. Remain active in community affairs serving currently on the Shelter Bay Board of Directors. Biography Don Newby has been a Sales and International Business Development executive for the past 35 years and has a broad background in New Business Development, Marketing, Strategic Planning and Sales Management. Don’s introduction to the world of high-technology began when he worked on a number of government projects that included assignments at the Institute of Defense Analysis, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the National Military Command Center Pentagon, Washington D.C. He was then transferred to the Kwajalein Missile Range in the Marshall Islands as Senior Systems Engineer of the large-scale real-time computer system. The Kwajalein Atoll, the largest in the world, is the primary test area for the United States strategic missile systems. Returning to the US, Don’s career path took him into the business side of high technology. He was an investor/principle in a start-up electronics instruments and computer peripheral distribution business where he created the first ARINC 429 portable digital test instrument for the Boeing 757/767 airplane program. The innovative instrument became a multi-million dollar product. Other computer technology projects he developed and managed include the Northwest’s first electronic funds transfer network The EXCHANGE and Portland, Oregon’s 911 emergency dispatch system, the country’s first patrol car mobile data terminal that allowed officers to check license and registration information without the need for any human intermediary. He was Business Development and Program Manager on several multi-million dollar Aerospace/Defense contracts including the Space Defense Operation Center (NORAD Headquarters) Colorado Springs, CO. He was responsible for the impleme...Expand for more