Gordon Smith
Jul 23, 2010 21:50 Filed in: Alumni
Stories
I lived in Utah in 1979 and returned to San Jose in
1980. My father transferred there for a short time
through Lockheed, which kind of disrupted me staying
in touch with my high school friends from 79-80. Upon
my return, I immediately started working at HP, and
then in 1982 started at Northern Telecom and ended up
working there for 7 years. In 1989, I became an
Engineer and thought I better go to college and get a
degree to support my new title. I graduated from
DeAnza in 1994 in Quality Assurance, and then took my
experience in QA and have now worked at 7 different
medical device manufacturers, including Medical
Lasers, Nuclear Medicine, Microbiology, and
Orthopaedics. I'm now a Director at a small
orthopaedics device company in El Dorado Hills, CA. I
cannot say I love my career, but it certainly has
provided well for my family and my wife has not had
to work since our son was born.
I met my wife in 1980 and we dated for 16 years prior to getting married, and now have been happily married for 14 years. We have one son, Cameron, who is 12 years old. He routinely get's honor role in an excellent school system here in Rocklin where we have lived since 2000.
Some of my interests include: Home Theater, Numismatics, Chess, Golf, Music Concerts, Classic Cars, & Flea Market perusing. Oh, I'm also an avid seller on eBay and have a side business that is a lot of fun!
I met my wife in 1980 and we dated for 16 years prior to getting married, and now have been happily married for 14 years. We have one son, Cameron, who is 12 years old. He routinely get's honor role in an excellent school system here in Rocklin where we have lived since 2000.
Some of my interests include: Home Theater, Numismatics, Chess, Golf, Music Concerts, Classic Cars, & Flea Market perusing. Oh, I'm also an avid seller on eBay and have a side business that is a lot of fun!