Jim Blubaugh:
CLASS OF 1982
Walnut High SchoolClass of 1982
Walnut, CA
California State Polytechnic UniversityClass of 1987
Pomona, CA
Jim's Story
Life
Well it's been a wild 25 years! After Walnut, I attended Cal Poly Pomona and was very active in things other than studying ( Girls and Fraternity Life). Finally pulled it around and managed to graduate with a decent GPA in '87.
After college, got married and had two wonderful children, Kyle (16) and Haley (12). After 13 years of being married it ended in a divorce. But out of something bad, good always emerges and I ended up meeting my wife during that aweful process and life has been great!
Currently, we live in San Diego but will probably relocate to Hong Kong in the near future, once Kyle is established on his path towards college. Our house is dominated by the kids when we have them, but really run by our Yellow Lab, Chelsea.
Career wise I have been fortunate to have been involved with some really great companies at the right time. After school, I starting working for a division of Ely Lilly which led to an opportunity at Toshiba. From Toshiba, I was...Expand for more
recruited to join Qualcomm in San Diego. After Qualcomm sold it's Mobile Phone division to Kyocera, I joined Flextronics Intl. Currently, I'm a Sr. Director for Global Supply Chain with responsibilities in China, Brazil, Japan, India, Mexico, and the Czech Republic. Needless to say, I spend alot of time on airplanes.
I'm still the same other than that. I continue to fly, most recently racing sailplanes. Cars are still a passion with a couple of restorations in the garage and an eye out looking for another all the time. I never made the PGA tour, but I did get the handicap down to single digits before I started to travel.
My biggest passions now are watching the kids grow up and being there to help them become adults. Travelling with my wife and watching the expression on her face as we she sees new things. Being outdoors either with the top down in a car or hiking on a mountain trail.
I wish all of you the best of luck.
Take care,
Jim
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