Tony Tokuno:  

I graduated from UC Davis (Go Ags!) in 1974 in Electrical Engineering, a major I finalized after using a TI35 calculator in 1971, which helped me better understand the potential of semiconductors. Since then we've gone from calculators to personal computers to cellphones to the Internet to social networking. I met my wife Norma in 1975, we have 3 fine sons and are living the good life in Cupertino. We have lived in the Silicon Valley for since 1976. I've been fortunate to be part of the electronics boom years and to work on medical electronics for cancer therapy and diagnostic imaging, 16 years in defense and surveillance electronics as part of the Cold War effort, on Smart Grid systems to increase the efficiency of our electric power distribution systems, on WiMax wireless systems for broadband communications and, in my last management position with Cisco Systems, on network routers for enterprise and service p...Expand for more