William L MartinBill Martin has Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University (1961 and 1962) and, in 1975, a Master's in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He began his career in the defense industr as a designer of computers and military command and control systems. He led a major commercial Air Traffic Control program and was principal investigator of a NASA-sponsored study of ultra-reliable computing. As a participant in highly classified programs, he gave senior-level briefings at the Pentagon and NATO headquarters. In the Sloan School of Management at MIT, he created a comprehensive simulation model of the future of health care. He taught a course in advanced communications statistics at the University of Southern California (USC) and for twenty years taught college-level mathematics with highest ratings from his students. Later, he was vice-president of engineering for a Northern California test equipment firm. He managed the development of a family of circuit board testers with over $100 million in sales. In retirement, he tutored local students in mathematics. He was elected to public office and served as trustee at Sierra College, Placer County, California. He attended six Rose Bowls and one Final Four. Bill lives in Northern California with Linda, his wife of 62 years. His two children and their spouses live nearby. Read More Read Less