Graduated from University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Engineering Science in 1985, focus on materials. Materials and Process Engineer at Lockheed Missiles and Space in Austin, Texas for 5 years. Manufacturing Engineer at Oki Semiconductor Manufacturing plant in Tualatin, Oregon for 10 years building memory chips and ICs for Honda engines. 15 years at Axiom Electronics, a contract manufacturer of highly complex low volume PCBAs and System Integration assemblies, as a Manufacturing Engineer followed by 10 years as the Director of Quality Assurance.