Clifford Swords:
CLASS OF 1966
Johnson High SchoolClass of 1966
Sacramento, CA
Sacramento City CollegeClass of 1968
Sacramento, CA
Killeen High SchoolClass of 1966
Killeen, TX
Washington High SchoolClass of 1966
Bryte, CA
Nolan Middle SchoolClass of 1962
Killeen, TX
Clifford's Story
How to sum up 58 years? Tough! Bottom line is that it has been fun, fast paced, an adventure and most important - satisfying. AND, I would do it ALL over again!
EDUCATION:
Graduated H.W. Johnson HS and went on to Sacramento City then on to UC Davis with major studies in Economics, Computer Sciences and Enology plus minors in Music, German literature and military sciences.;
Honorary Faculty member at MIT Sloan Graduate School of Business (10 years) and guest Lecturer at the Hass School of Business (Cal) and Golden Gate University. Lecturing primarily on the evolution of payment mechanisms/electronic value exchange and predictive modeling/data mining (BI/AI)
CAREER::
Recruited to the Department of Justice from UC Davis to design and engineer Telecommunications and Justice Information Systems. (CJIS and CLETS)
Called up to active duty in 1971
Developed the VISA Check Card for VISA USA/International
Directed Corporate Planning Federal Reserve,
Senior Marketing and CIO executive at:
VISA,
BankCal,
Bank of America,
Wells Fargo,
IBM,
Oracle
Siebel Systems
Speaker...Expand for more
at hundreds of conferences worldwide from Sydney to Prague
. I retired at age 57 and moved to Arizona to care for aging parents.
MILITARY:
Active duty: 1971 to 1973 LT - Captain, US Army
Reserves: 1973 to 1986 Captain - Major, HQ DARCOM and Joint Chiefs of Staff
OTHER::
o Vice President and President the Woods of San Francisco HOA
o Representative, the West of Twin Peaks Central Council, SF
o 1986-1987 Civil Grand Jury of San Francisco
o Grand Jury Association of San Francisco
o Board of the Mount Zion Pain Control and Epilepsy Research Center
o Advisor to the Northern California School for neurologically handicapped Children
o Volunteer, Recreation Center for the Handicapped, San Francisco
o Board; Member, the China Town Resource Development Agency
PERSONAL INTERESTS::
Travel,
Music (Opera, Symphony, Musicals),
Wine,
Computers
Dogs (show Samoyeds) plus Therapy dog work.
Some orchestra, pit orchestra and piano performances.
PERSONAL LIFE: Widowed 3 years now and had married in 1971, 50 wonderful and Beautiful years - forever the love of my life; but no children - I miss her very much!
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