Richard Insinga:  

After graduating from Paly High, I went to Columbia University for a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering. I continued there for a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Environmental Science and Engineering. After completing my Masters, I went to the Stanford University Graduate School of Business for an MBA. When I graduated from Stanford, I took a job at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC. (By the way, I married Judith Schnitman in June 1970 shortly after graduating with the Bachelors degree.) Both Judith and I went to Stanford Business School after I completed the Masters at Columbia and she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Barnard.) My position at EPA was on the Administrator's staff, and I did a lot of work on implementing the Clean Water Act Amendments of 1972. Due to my mother's disability, we moved to the New York area. I took a job at Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc. in Florham Park, New Jersey, just a bit West of the City, where my mother lived. My wife and I left Washington in August 1976. The division of Booz-Hamilton specialized in new products, which had become my interest from working at EPA. In August 1975. I was hired by Avco Corporation of Greenwich, Connecticut where I was appointed Corporate Director of Technology Development. I remained with Avco until November 1981 and left when the Corporation was acquired by Textron Corporation. After leaving Avco, I set up my own consulting business until I was hired by United Technologies Corporation of Hartford, Connecticut. At this point, I had three sons, and Judith and I moved closer to Hartford. I ultimately became the Director of Strategic Planning at United Technolo...Expand for more