1986: Doug Tocci, Scott Sternberg
Douglas L. Tocci
113 Glenmore Road
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516
Current Work Location & Employer:
International Business Machinery
3039 Cornwallis Road
RTP, NC 27709
Office Phone: (919) 254-1743
Work email: dtocci@us.ibm.com
Arena of work: IBM Complex Storage Area Network Solutions
Personal email: dltocci@nc.rr.com
History:
U.S.A.F 1977 - 1981
SUNY Cortland BS Physics 1986
Grumman Technical Services 1987-1992
Sumitomo Fiber Optics 1992-1994
MCI Telecommunications 1994-1999
IBM, Research Triangle Park, N.C. 1999- Present
In 1987 I began work at Grumman Aerospace as a semiconductor equipment engineer located at the IBM E.Fishkill, N.Y. facility in support of electron beam accelerators used for personalization of ICs. I also worked several months at the Brookhaven National Laboratory for semiconductor equipment research.
By mid-1992 I moved to Durham, N.C. to begin 2 years at Sumitomo
Fiber Optics as a technical supervisor for fiber optic fusion splicing
equipment. In early 1994 I was performing network management functions for MCI
telecommunications in Cary, N.C. I held three different positions including
network surveillance of MCI's national fiber system, staff engineer developing
next-generation network management applications, and as a WAN engineer. At the
close of 1999 I joined IBM in RTP as an IP network engineer focusing on routed
networking support. In 2001, another career shift occurred, this time within IBM
working in the Storage Area Network (SAN) and Network Attached Server (NAS)
arena performing technology solutions and product support for the IBM customer
base. Since 2004 my combined experience and skills are applied to complex SAN
networks in enterprise level environments. A very demanding profession offering
boundless challenges and opportunities with the requirement to continually learn
new IT technologies.
Overall, my professional career has taken on a satisfying and continual
metamorphosis. A cornerstone to my ever changing career is my diverse technical and physical sciences studies during my
undergraduate days.
On a personal note, I married in 1988. My wife, Lynn completed her 2nd master's degree in 1999 from UNC at Chapel Hill. We have a 10 year old son, Nicholas and 6 year old daughter, Marissa. We have lived in North Carolina since 1992 with a home in Chapel Hill. We really enjoy the Raleigh-Durham area with plans to be here for a while. Go Tarheels!
Scott J. Sternberg
3460 West Quail Haven Circle
Tucson, AZ 85745
Home: 520-628-9810
slwstern@gateway.net
Roper Scientific
3440 East Britannia Drive
Tucson, AZ 85706
Office Phone: (520) 889-9933
FAX: (520) 573-1944
ssternberg@roperscientific.com
History:
SUNY College at Cortland BS 1986
Colorado State University (CSU) MS 1990
Research Associate (CSU) 1990-1992
Roper Scientific 1992-present
As I look back on my career I realize that my interests have centered around optical
detection. After graduating from the Cortland Physics department I pursued a Master's
degree at Colorado State University. As it was difficult to blend my studies into the
numerous outdoor activities found in Colorado, I managed to use high-resolution optical
spectroscopy to measure the relativistic Doppler shift in moving atoms. As my interest in
optics increased, I found myself focusing at the microscopic level. Imaging developing
nerve cells first exposed me to quantitative imaging. Currently I am employed designing
and marketing CCD imaging systems for such fields as astronomy, spectroscopy and, of
course, biological microscopy.
In 1992 I married a Denver native, Louise, and together we moved to the wonderful desert
environment here in Tucson. We have a one-year old son William who keeps us fit by chasing
us around the house. Louise recently completed her Master's in Education but plans to
return to the working world are temporarily on hold as we are expecting our second child.
In our free time we enjoy hiking, biking, star gazing and travel.