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Abbany, Zul

2011:  Zul has left Stromasys, and can now be reached at zabbany@nc.rr.com

10/09:   Meet Zul Abbany and Stromasys, Inc. - a virtualization company that keeps DEC products alive for our loyal users. Zul organized our Carolinas chapter and hosted its first meeting in October 2009.

Alessio, Bob

12/11: Bob Alessio is a DJ host of "VIVA Italia" - an Italian song fest on WCUW 91.3 FM in Worcester MA on Sunday afternoons from 12-2 PM EST. It can be listened to on the Internet on www.wcuw.org.

11/11: Congratulations and thanks to our member, Bob Alessio, a 30-year Digital veteran, for joining our DEC Connection Board. Bob stays very busy with his interest in Music, Adventure Sports, and as the Producer/Programmer of a Radio Show. His memories of Digital: Best-In-Class Founder, Company, Colleagues, Products and Services!  alessiobob@aol.com

Alvarado, Sara

2011:  Sara is now employed as a recruiter.

05/09:  Sara Alvarado is a senior recruiter, trainer in Resume Writing, Networking, Behavioral Interviewing, and researcher, now living in Phoenix AZ, with 25 years of Recruitment in hi-tech, DEC/Intel, Aerospace and Healthcare industries.  Sara participated as a speaker offering advice in our 2009 Jobs-Finding Concall.

Arnett, Bob

3/11:  Bob Arnett (at Digital from 1984-1999): is CIO of Cobb Electric Membership Corporation in Marietta, Georgia. Bob was recently promoted to Senior VP, and was awarded the 2010 Georgia CIO of the Year Award by the Georgia CIO Leadership Association. See this announcement in TechLinks, the CIO e-zine by clicking here. To reconnect with Bob, send an email to ba.arnett@gmail.com. Congratulations, Bob!

8/10:  Bob Arnett writes that he has served as CIO for Cobb Energy in Marietta, GA for the last 7+ years. He has received multiple professional awards: the 2007 Utilities CIO of the Year by EnergyBiz Magazine, and awarded Best CIS implementation in 2008 by CS Week Conference and Electric Power & Light Magazine. Way to go Bob! Congratulations!

Ashworth, Cori

2/11: Cori Ashworth (cori@careercontinuum.com) writes: I am now a career and management coach, working with local and remote clients and organizations. My website is www.CareerContinuum.com.

Battista, Chris

8/11:  Chris Battista (1976 WFO to 2000 MRO) writes: After spending 30 years in Stow, MA I am moving to Portland, Oregon to be closer to my extended family. We have been visiting for several years and have enjoyed every trip. It would be nice to find a few DEC folks in the Portland area. I can reached at my new/old employer, Hewlett Packard chris.battista@hp.com

Berg, Pamela

01/11: I worked for DEC from 1980 until 2005, after Intel’s take over. I currently work for BAE Systems, which is a military contractor out of the Nashua NH area. In one of our company communications newsletters in Oct 2010, they announced that they had just retired 3 VAX servers that had been dutifully running in NH for all these years! How proud I felt. Now that is a wonderful example of a quality product! dollcollector@charter.net

5/10: I worked at the Semiconductor plant in Hudson MA from 1980 until about 2005. I will remember my time at Digital forever fondly - I worked with the greatest group of brilliant engineers and technicians. If you were willing to work hard and had the ambition to excel, Digital gave you every opportunity. I loved working at Digital and miss it to this day. (Now, Pam is employed as an IC Designer.)

Berube, Ned

08/09:  Ned Berube sent in the photo of the newly dedicated Carlisle Veterans' Honor Roll/Memorial. "This is a project I worked on for over two years with the Carlisle Honor Roll committee to help replace the old wooden bulletin board honor rolls that were fast deteriorating. We had some 300 people attend the dedication."

nedberube@comcast.net

Brownson, Bob

3/12:  After working for 57 years I have ceased the monthly commute to Asia and have started doing some different activities around locally. If there are any hikers out there you may be interested in my website, www.wander-stock.com I craft canes, walking and hiking sticks. I am also doing volunteer work as well as enjoying travel that is not so geared to a business timetable. bobbrownson@gmail.com

Bujnowski, Michael

1/11:  From Michael Bujnowski: Don Goduti and I are teaching a course about PCs to seniors in the Bow NH area.  mbujnowski@comcast.net

Byers, Hugh

1/11:  I was the owner/founder of a DEC hardware/software OEM in the late 70's and early 80's and a programmer of every DEC processor (except the 3, which I did see once.) My current interest is to see if there is some DEC aficionado or collector who can read/transcribe some DECTapes for me. hugh@ingeniouspartners.com

Carthy, David

08/09:  David Carthy, an Israeli member of DECconnection, has his own consulting company. He wrote in suggesting we check out this nice reminder of what we are and were on You Tube: DEC - A Glimpse of the Future, 1994. david@carthyconsulting.com          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1l6aBgX5UY

Church, Pauline

12/09:  Pauline Church has moved from CA to MA (Maynard area) and is looking for a job in Purchasing. If you know of any openings please let her know at churchp@aol.com.

Cole, Mary

2/10:  I'm working on the business plan for a medical device company doing surgical instrumentation and trying to help two different groups of friends find ways to make their dreams come to fruition. One needs financial backing and has a patented technology that can change the face of wireless communications, stop the carnage from texting while driving, and end all unauthorized use of cellphones within restricted areas (see www.quietcell.com). The other effort involves helping a great lady named Teresa Martin down on the Cape get a children's book published. I see the potential as similar to Andre Norton's award-winning works. It's good to have people and things to believe in as well as challenges that keep the blood flowing. Best wishes to all.

Conaway, Jack

08/09:  Jack Conaway, who worked at DEC in product line and marketing groups from 1979 to 1993 (ESG, CAEM, CIM, Auto Industry) completed 800 miles on the Appalachian Trail on May 28, 2009 from Springer Mountain, Georgia to Bald Mountain, Virginia. He abandoned his thru-hike of the AT after contracting giardia and losing 31 pounds. Jack, who is retired had his 67th birthday on the trail in Georgia. He is recovered now and looking forward to his next adventure.

Cooper, Sandra

2/12: My retirement years have been spent traveling Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee in our 36' Winnebago - Adventurer. We mostly stay at State Parks and Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort. The Alaskan tour/cruise, last year, was the best cruise we have ever taken. So, I guess we are always looking for new adventures.  If DEC Connection organizes a cruise I would love to hear about it.   slcooper@tampabay.rr.com

Corsi, Giorgio

2/11: Giorgio Corsi (giorgio.corsi@wanadoo.fr) writes: "I am currently living in Vienna, Austria but commuting regularly to France and Italy. I am enjoying my retired status and I also do some consulting on HR issues with companies in Switzerland, France and Italy. We plan to be back to our place in France by the end of 2013 when my wife will also retire. Together with my wife we set up a consulting boutique that we called GHRICO (Global HR International Consulting). We mainly focus on personal coaching for senior executives (via phone or internet), post merger/acquisition integration and issues resolution, and company reorganization and restructuring.

1/10: I moved from Geneva to Vienna in March last year, I continue with my Human Resources consulting activity.

2/10:  Bill Costello (PTO: '84 to '96) left I/T (IBM Co.) in '02 and have been working for a component of the USAF since. Bill is now working as a contracting official for the PA Air National Guard (USAF) and is also teaching college part-time. Last June Bill was one of our featured speakers for our Member-Helping-Member Concalls in his area of expertise, getting jobs with the federal government, and how to do business with the federal government. Bill would also be happy to give advice on getting college teaching positions - write to him at William.costello@bc3.edu.

05/09:  Bill Costello, former sales/marketing pro in I/T for 23 years (Moore, DEC, IBM, E&Y and an IBM Partner) changed his career path in 2004 to work for the federal government as a civilian contracting officer in the Pittsburgh PA area.  Bill was a featured speaker in our 2009 concall series for how to find jobs in a challenging economy; his expertise is government employment and contracting.

D'Olimpio, Peter

11/10: From Peter D'Olimpio, PMP: I am a current HP employee, and I started with DEC in 1981. I saw something a year or 2 ago that I totally forgot about until now. While on a project, I was able to get a tour of what was left of the data center on Taylor Street in Littleton, MA (a former DEC location). While touring the floor, I saw something that I could not believe. I saw a small row of old DEC VAX machines still in use! After the initial shock wore off, I took my phone and quickly snapped the attached photo because I knew no one would believe me! The data center is closed now, not sure what happened to the machine? So here we have it, a DEC product that you just can’t kill!!!! Figured the members would get a kick out of it. peter.dolimpio@hp.com

Duchemin, Ray

1/11:  Greetings to all my former DECcie friends. I am currently working as a senior software engineer at AT&T in Tampa and recently published my first novel (MindLink) under the pen name of Raymond E Dyer. I would love to hear from any of my old friends at red0107@gmail.com.

Durant, Judy

6/11: The Real Estate market has risen from the ashes in Florida. I'm having my busiest year in a long time and there are some great Real Estate values here now. Come on down! Peter and I live just south of Tampa Bay (Bradenton/Sarasota area) - really a beautiful spot on the west coast. judy@judydurant.com

Earls, Alan

2/11:  Alan Earls (alan.earls@post.harvard.edu) writes that he is taking his interest in tech history into a new part-time position as Director of Development at the Charles River Museum of Industry in Waltham, MA. [Ed. note: Alan published a definitive work about Digital in 2004.]  See Members in Print.

12/09:  Alan Earls recently published an article about DEC, mentioning Gordon Bell's and Harlan Anderson's new books:

http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/11/30/daily23-DEC-may-be-gone-but-its-not-forgotten.html

Emerson, Will

4/11: Will Emerson, Sudbury MA: Currently self-employed as a Multi-Disciplinary Habitational Technician (in other words - I'm taking care of the house while my wife, Mary-Lee, continues with her highly challenging position in the healthcare industry ). I am seeking to return to the insurance industry as soon as possible. Also, we're eagerly anticipating the Jimmy Buffett concert in June followed with a week in Waldoboro Maine come July. will_emerson@verizon.net

Figuerido, Bob

1/10: Retired from HP in 2002 after 22 years with Digital and Compaq working in Real Estate Construction. Worked in Boston for Jacobs Engineering until July 2008. Presently working 3 days a week at Shepherd Engineering in Worcester. Registered Professional Engineer is 11 states and presently a Board Member on the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.

Foley, Rita

3/11:  Rita Foley, Brooklyn NY, wrote that she retired from being President of a $1b global packaging business 5 years ago in order to dedicate herself to giving back. Today she spends a third of her time on non profit work (she is on the board of Pro Mujer International and The Healthcare Chaplaincy). The second third is for serving on corporate boards so she can provide donations to those non profit initiatives. She also leads Crenshaw Associates board services practice. The last third is for fun. Under the fun category, Rita loves to travel and she has just co-authored a book Reboot Your Life. Energize Your Career & Life by Taking a Break, available April 2011. Visit www.rebootbreaks.com for workshops and more information. Congratulations, Rita! photo of book above right. rvfhome@aol.com      See Members in Print.

Fox, Mary

9/11: I recently retired from my second career in Healthcare IT at Sentara Healthcare in Norfolk, VA. Now enjoying golf and travel. golfingmary@gmail.com

Fraser, Linda

06/09:  Linda Fraser has recently kicked off a business venture. Website is http://www.packagedroi.com/

 - I am looking for an energetic person with sales background and experience in Manufacturing and Wholesale Distribution who would like to partner with me in growing this business. Contact her at 603-672-3400 or voyager2349@comcast.net

Fuller, Royce

2/11:  From Royce Fuller (roycefuller@verizon.net): "I have been retired for 7 years from Bank of America, which I joined after Compaq selected me for outplacement. My wife and I own and manage 3 multi-family rental properties in Maynard and Acton as our "retirement jobs" and I enjoy golf, skiing and travel for my recreation. I am happily anticipating a grandson, due any day now, to join my 5 other grandchildren."  Updated from 1/10.

Fuller, Sam

1/11:  I am the CTO and VP of R&D at Analog Devices, Inc. I now work on IC's that have an ASP of about $10 and have the performance and capacity of some of the PDP 11/70's or VAX 11/780's that sold for $250K or more back when I joined DEC in 1978. sam.fuller@analog.com

Gilchrest, Lucille

We are enjoying our winters in Puerto Rico; volunteer @ Children's shelter on the island; enjoy life on the lake in Maine May thru November; volunteer on several committees to benefit lake clean-up; 3 girls/6 grandkids are our treasures.  rgilchrest@roadrunner.com

Ginac, Linda

05/09:  Linda Ginac is Founder and CEO of The Ginac Group, a leading career development and education company headquartered in Austin, Texas, and a trailblazing volunteer in many professional and charitable organizations. www.ginacgroup.com    Linda was a speaker offering career advice to fellow DECcies in our concall series "The Ultimate Job-Finding Concall" in May, 2009.  linda.ginac@ginacgroup.com

Ginger, Ron

12/11: I am retired to the coast of Maine. I still do my boating, completing a 2000 mile run from Ottawa Canada to Maine, via the Great Lakes a few years ago. I'm also still into technology, active in computer control of machinery. ronginger@roadrunner.com

Girouard, Jaye

8/10:  Retirement just wasn't for me so I have a lovely part time job working at Cavium Networks in Marlboro. I'm helping them with their college program, which is perfect for me. I also have 3 grandkids who take up

some of my time. Just got back from London/Paris! Awesome. justjaye40@yahoo.com

Glorioso, Bob

2/12: Dee and I are spending the heart of the winter at our little condo in Florida before returning to Stow to sing in the Sounds of Stow Festival Chorus and Orchestra's winter concert on March 18. Thanks to some of the technology we pioneered at DEC, I am able to keep up with my BOD and technical consulting work while watching Manatees swim by.   Bob & Dee Glorioso, Riviera Beach, FL.  rglorioso@comcast.net

1/10:  I am mostly retired but enjoy consulting for entrepreneurs and sit on the Boards of Boston Green Goods that has several e-tailing websites, including www.Allergybuyersclub.com and www.greenandmore.com, Boston Logic that creates websites and does on-line marketing for the Real Estate industry, and B'aires, a wholesale distributor of fashion accessories from South America, www.welcometobaires.com.

Goldenberg, Ruth

10/10:  I have retired from high tech and have been focusing on healing people rather than software. I'm a Reiki volunteer at Emerson Hospital in Concord MA and Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor ME. I've just completed a two-year program in Biodynamics Craniosacral Therapy and am intending to grow a healing business. goldenruth@gmail.com

Goodwin, Dave

2/10:  I am an ex-DECcie from the UK. Currently I am working part time for the UK Government in IT. At the same time I am studying for a PhD at the University of London, looking at the downfall of DEC and the potential that was there at the ed. I should finish my theses in about a year from now.  dave.goodwin@gmail.com

Goodwine, Martha

2/10:  Martha Goodwine (formerly named Smithwood '78-'85, Phinney '85-'04) writes that she is now a Senior Financial Analyst/Worldwide Risk Compliance (Policy and Compliance) for Hewlett Packard. Martha has put in 32 combined (Digital/Compaq/HP) years with the company, and is now a telecommuter working from home in Hollis NH (her management based on the west coast).  m.goodwine@hotmail.com

Greer, Lou

12/11: The City of Greenville, SC has asked me to chair the host committee of the 2012 Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (www.mcla.us) championship tournament. We beat out San Diego and Denver to become the host city for the event that will take place here on May 14th through the 19th. The MCLA includes club lacrosse teams from 212 colleges and universities from across the country. The Division I champion in 2011 was Brigham Young; they beat Arizona State in the final.

7/11:  It's about ten years since my age dictated that retirement is about the only job I was not overqualified (or in reality not too old) to obtain. I have stayed pretty active as a high school lacrosse referee and coach, but the past couple of months have offered me the opportunity to use the skills and finesse I learned as a member of Deb Nichols' Program Team for DECworld 1992. I was a leader of the Greenville, SC team that got our city selected to host the 2012 and 2013 Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA) national championship tournament. Little Greenville was chosen over San Diego and Denver. The MCLA is an organization of 200+ college club lacrosse teams, including Boston College, UCLA, Michigan, Brigham Young, and many others.
 

I am now co-chairman of the organizing committee that will prepare for and execute the tournament ... the largest event of its type that Greenville has ever hosted. Our job includes the overseeing of the renovation of our stadium. You may have seen our ancient stadium; it was the one used for George Clooney's movie Leatherheads. Although I am not getting paid for my efforts, it is great to feel the same enthusiasm for a task that I did when I was with Digital 18 years ago.

Lou Greer, Digital 1980-1993. lougreer797@cs.com

1/10:  Recently remarried (9/22/08), Dee and I are living in retirement between our homes in Greenville, SC and Natchez, MS. In February we're hoping to establish a small DECconnection group in the SC Upstate. We would welcome a visit from any DEC alumni. We have a Red Sox-affiliated baseball team that plays on a field with the dimensions of Fenway ... including the Green Monster.

Hamilton, Karen

1/10:  Still living in Clinton; still working 3 days a week at Massachusetts Youth Soccer Assoc as the CORI admin. A member of Eastern Star in Maynard; of Clinton Fish & Game; and clerk this year of the Clinton Historical Commission. Do the publicity for the Lancaster Garden Club of which I'm a member. Cancer-free 5 years this past October. New titanium hip set off the metal detectors to and from my recent vacation-- a Caribbean cruise. karenhamilton@verizon.net

Hering, Sally

4/10:  After leaving DEC/CPQ in 2000 I have worked as Sales VP for Ernst & Young Technologies, Park City Solutions and Atlanticon focusing on Healthcare Tech and Consulting Solutions covering most states. I am currently seeking my next career opportunity and would like to reach out to former DECee's to network! I continue to reside in the Ft. Lauderdale area for 30 yrs now and love it! sahering@msn.com

Heuberger, Reinhard

2/10:  Reinhard Heuberger in Germany has posted a note looking for RL02 disk drive design information - please reply if you can help him with his vintage DEC PDP-11 Computer hobby. Reinhard.Heuberger@gmx.de

01/09: Reinhard, our new member, is a guy with the fastest PDP-11s in the world!

http://www.youtube.com/user/PDP11GY?gl=DE&hl=de

Hoffman, Greg

2/11:  From Greg Hoffman (ghoffman@intermap.com): I was a member of the HR group in DEC Colorado Springs Operation from 1987 to 1993, joining Quantum Corp. in 1993 when they purchased the major portion of the disk drive business from us. I am now working with a small high technology Geospatial company in Englewood CO as their HR leader. The DEC network continues to amaze me... I wonder if Ken ever really understood the magnitude of what was created here!

1/10: Appreciate the work that you guys are doing to keep the DEC connection alive and well. I'm currently working with a high tech mapping company headquartered in Denver, CO as the lead HR guy. Having fun and looking forward to a successful 2010.

Hovsepian, Vartkes

Hughes, Lyle

10/10:  I was WFR'd from HP in April 2010, but I'm grateful to have made it for 36 years (starting with DEC in 74) without a layoff, so I've been enjoying the Summer while I look forward to my Phase II career opportunities and challenges. HughesLT1@Yahoo.com

Hughes, Roland

Roland Hughes has recently released an EPUB version of "The Minimum You Need to Know to Be an OpenVMS Application Developer" which is available on both Sony and Barnes & Nobel Web sites. He is releasing two Qt focused titles in EPUB format during Q1 2012 "The Minimum You Need to Know About Qt and Databases" along with "The Minimum You Need to Know About Mono and Qt". He is also a technology blogger for Motley Fool so if you have OpenVMS news which can be directly tied to a stock symbol please pass it along. "Selected" blog posts are syndicated throughout "the Foolish Family" of sites so if you want to see OpenVMS mentioned far and wide again, pass along the info and visit the site to see how many times OpenVMS has been mentioned already. roland@logikalsolutions.com

Iannuzzelli, Ray

06/09:  I wanted to share some very positive news that had its origin at the Digital 50th Reunion a few years ago. My wife and I went to the reunion with a friend and his wife who also had been employed at DEC. As a mechanical engineer with a long interest in solar energy, I was very interested in one of the companies displaying their products, Nanoptics, whose solar H2 generator peaked my attention. After talking with the owner about mechanical issues his equipment might experience and exchanging business cards I soon forgot about Nanoptics until almost a year later when I received an email requesting a quotation for some mechanical analysis services. I replied with a quotation, got the work, and started my consulting company, RJ Iannuzzelli LLC. Now, a year after starting that work and my company I am still going with two current clients, both startups. So thanks to The DEC Connection for the obscure and circuitous start of my consulting company. Best Wishes, Ray Iannuzzelli, riannuzzelli@comcast.net, 603-672-2701

Kahle, Jackie

10/11:  Jackie Kahle writes: Having spent 28 years at Digital/Compaq/HP (1975-2003) and after stints at a startup, ATG and Gartner, I am now a VP of Marketing at CA Technologies. Every single one of my jobs has been gotten through my network of DEC contacts!  I’m still living in NH with actor-husband Michael Dell’Orto, daughter Sarah is in arts management in New York. I’m also the Vice-Chair of the NH State Council on the Arts. Happy to reconnect with more ex-Decies out there! jrtkahle@comcast.net

Kearns, Geri

06/09: Geri Kearns, former LACR Property and Real Estate Manager, is now selling residential real estate in Palm Beach County. She can be reached at geri@gerikearns.com, Grand Floridian Estate Realty, Boca Raton, FL 33432, 561-212-8760.

Kilty, Nancy

Nancy Kilty serves as President of The DEC Connection.  After retiring from Digital/Compaq with over 25 years in sales and marketing management and business development, she completed Northeastern University’s CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Certification Program and became a financial advisor with SII Investments, Inc., and now Legacy Financial Advisors, www.LFSAdvisors.com. 

Nancy Kilty, CFP®
Legacy Financial Advisors, Inc., 1700 West Park Drive Suite 250, Westborough, MA 01581
Home Office: 617-924-0264   nkilty@lfsadvisors.com

Kristoffy, Ivan

2/10: I am retired, since I accepted the retirement package from Digital in 1992. I am doing some volunteer work in our church. I am still somewhat active in the Hungarian Society of Massachusetts. Currently I have started to organize monthly get-togethers for those Boston area American Hungarians who, like myself, escaped from Hungary after the 1956 revolution. I am starting to write our family history. ivankristoffy@cs.com

Letendre, Maureen

6/11: Our new Featured Entrepreneur is Maureen Letendre. Maureen is certified for several types of professional and personal coaching (all geared to helping her clients achieve excellence and personal satisfaction in their lives) and is a senior-level human resources consultant. Click here to read more about her business and talents.

m.letendre@indemandcoaching.com

Levick, Lois (at left, below)

3/12:  Run a satellite office in Framingham for SOAR 55 to place retired and unemployed folks 55 and over in not-for-profit volunteer positions. loislevick@earthlink.net

8/11:  Lois Levick, Framingham MA, wants to let people know about a wonderful volunteer opportunity she enjoys - they are looking for additional volunteers:  Make a Difference in the Life of a Child this fall: Help an at-risk elementary school child improve their reading or math skills to succeed in school. Utilize your life experience to inspire children, help students gain confidence and competence and help support their future success as students by helping them master critical skills and abilities. No teaching experience necessary. Meet with student (s) twice a week for an hour during or after school for a school year long commitment. Training and support provided. Contact Lois Levick, Volunteer Coordinator at 508-532-5570, ext. 4353 or at llevick@minlib.net. Visit us on the web at www.ncscweb.org/programs/soar55

4/11: Lois wrote in Feb. to tell us of her UMass alumni trip to New Orleans to help Katrina victims. The trip was fulfilling and all this time later the needs are still great. Link to their blog: http://umass2011nola.wordpress.com

2/11: Lois Levick (loislevick@earthlink.net) writes that she is headed to New Orleans along with other UMass alumni for a Home Building Community Service Trip to help Katrina victims. The team will be there for one week to help people in need of assistance.

Lindgren, John

08/09:  John Lindgren has started a new career in Non-Profit Fundraising. He is now the Director of Development for Rape Crisis Services of Greater Lowell. JohnLindgren@charter.net

LoTurco, Ed

2/12: Retired from my own Consulting Business and continue as Lexington High School Track & Field Coach.
Preparing for my 10th year riding for the Pan Mass Challenge (PMC) while enjoying time with family and travel.  eloturco@verizon.net

9/10:  From Ed LoTurco, Lexington MA: I am presently semi-retired. Still doing part time consultant work under my company name EDM Consulting. I have also recently retired after 25 years as a Lexington High School Asst Football Coach, but continue as the Boys and Girls Field Coach for the Lexington High School Track & Field Teams. Enjoy riding my bike and each year ride in the Pan Mass Challenge Charity Ride.

Loughlin, Ian

3/11:  From Ian Loughlin, UK: Currently running a portfolio of Internet Marketing and Information Publishing ventures including Membership Sites. Providing training and consultancy to enable people to succeed in the field of Internet Marketing and to establish their own home-based business. ianloughlin@btinternet.com

MacArthur, Cecily

09/09:  Cecily MacArthur generously led us in a "Member Helping Member" concall  called “How to Stay Positive in Challenging Times”.  Cecily MacArthur is a Life Coach, a transition specialist, and understands powerful ways to manage the changes in your life from a positive perspective. cecily.macarthur@comcast.net

MacFadden, Bruce

11/11: I joined Digital in 1969 at the Mill, worked in Palo Alto, Sunnyvale, Stow, Princeton, and parts of Europe. I came to Houston with Compaq from Singapore in 2000. I retired in 2003 after doing a bit of the prelim merger work with HP. My wife and I split our time with about 7-8 months in Texas and 3-4 months at Lake Sunapee, NH. macfad@att.net

Macksey, Pat

Patricia Macksey, Ardmore PA: After leaving DEC, I started For Pets Sake, LLC an In-Home-Pet Sitting Service in the Ardmore, PA. Currently have 8 employees and thoroughly enjoy being with people's pets every day! PatMaxi@aol.com

Markoff, Eliane

1/11: Elaine Markoff's charitable foundation, Art in Giving, has launched an e-mail newsletter. Eliane was featured at a UMass luncheon honoring Vicki Reggie Kennedy, where Eliane presented Vicki with an original painting in appreciation for her support. Eliane also held her first exhibit in a Paris gallery! at Le Marais section: http://www.galerie-des-impressionnistes.com

11/11: Our member, Eliane Markoff will receive a community award on December 13th from Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology (W.E.S.T) at the Microsoft NERD Center in Cambridge MA for her work with Art in Giving and the Rachel Molly Markoff Foundation. Congratulations, Eliane!   esmarkoff@artingiving.com

Masingill, Joanne

2/11:  Joanne Masingill (masjoanne@aol.com) writes: Lon and I became Florida residents in 2010 since we are now spending 7 months in Florida. We enjoy the outside life in Florida but still think of ourselves as northerners. 2011 marks our 30th wedding anniversary and we have plans for a wonderful month long trip including a transatlantic cruise and 2 weeks in the UK.

 McNiel, John

5/10:  John McNiel sent in a 1979 Digital This Week featuring an article about the first decentralized A/P system that he worked on. Worked as system analyst for system 1119 in the mill - Maynard mfg - we had the 4 business - board shop - test equipment - etc. I reported to Jerry Christopher, plant controller, and to Phil Cognetta, system 1119 programming, etc. I took care of the REBNI system as well as the BOM maintenance. Nice to see the pics of the Mill again. I lived on Summer street in Maynard with my wife and 2 small daughters after leaving EDS in Boston. 

Mileski, Jack

12/11:  Jack Mileski, of Stow MA, our DEC Connection Vice President, is the Polish DJ on "The Polish Polka Party" on the same station on alternate Sundays from 2-4 PM on the same station. He'll be on on Jan 1, 22nd, and 29th and then, starting in Feb, every 2nd and 4th Sunday.  jack@decconnection.org

Mirkin, Sonia

Sonia Mirkin (339-234-6325) I'm a full time real estate agent with RE/MAX. It's a great honor to help buyers find their dream home. I have a commitment to the sellers to sell their homes in today's market. Thanks to Digital my project management skills are a great help in Real Estate.  mirkin@great-home.net

Mollin, Richard

1/10: Richard Mollin is President of Sentinel Advisory Services, LLC a Registered Investment Advisor. This service focuses on helping people protect their 401K, IRA and other investment portfolios during the early stages of a market decline. When market conditions are favorable, relative strength comparisons are used select equities that are leading the market up. He recently started a blog at http://www.sentineladvisoryservices.blogspot.com    richard@sentineladvisoryservices.com

Molloy, Pat

2/11:  Pat Molloy (pat@thesalesalliance.com) writes: I live in paradise (Marco Island, FL), but I am not able to spend as much time here as I would like. I have been running my own consulting business for 13 years (lucky 13) and part of that work is to deliver workshops to high tech sales and partnership teams. Last month I was in Chicago (twice), Costa Rica and Seattle, and this month I am heading to Prague and Dubai. What incredible opportunities my clients give me. I am truly blessed. Looking forward to hearing news from other members.

Morandi de Trarieux-Lumiere, Didier (DTL)

11/10: Didier Morandi de Trarieux-Lumiere (a.k.a. DTL, from Toulouse, France, where he helps their group of 1800 French ex-DECcies stay in touch), recently joined the DEC Connection and posted some musings about the Digital-Microsoft connection.

Nealon, Bob

7/10: I continue to benefit from the wonderful experiences that we shared at Digital. I provide consulting and business advisory services to a wide range of clients and have been doing so for the past 10 years. My year around home is in Pocasset on Cape Cod where I am involved in various community groups. In addition, I am very engaged in the activities of my children and grandchildren. Contact me at 508-361-4849.  bobnealon@aol.com

O'Leary, Joe

5/11:  Joe O'Leary would like former members of the Digital Hockey League to contact him for a possible reunion. Email Joe at: netman35@verizon.net - he was the goalie for the Mill Northstars.

Olivier, Roland

07/09:  Roland Olivier worked in Digital's Contracts Department, Law Department and the Office Information Systems Group from 1976-1995. After leaving Digital, Roland practiced law for 8 years in two of New Hampshire's largest law firms. In 2003, he joined Hitchiner Manufacturing Company, a privately-held manufacturer of automotive, aerospace and defense parts in Milford, NH, as its Corporate Counsel. In August 2008, Roland became the General Counsel of Pennichuck Corporation, a publicly-traded water utility in Merrimack, NH. In addition to his role as General Counsel, Roland is also the President of The Southwood Corporation, Pennichuck's real estate management and commercialization subsidiary. lawconsult09@yahoo.com

Potucek, John

10/11:  John "CIA" Potucek writes: Got out of Engineering in 2001. Middle School Math Teacher since then. Involved in NHTM and NCTM Math Groups at all levels, incl. National. Member of NH-Dept.of Education committees. potucek1@comcast.net

Powell, Peter

08/09:  In 2007 I turned over a new leaf and committed myself to photography as a business. I am sure glad that I did. I cover weddings, b’nai mitzvah, and other social events and take senior, family & group portraits. I also help to give greater visibility to small businesses through effective advertising. See http://www.peterpowellphotography.com/for ideas. Referrals appreciated.

Robertson, Elizabeth

3/11:  Elizabeth Robertson, MA writes: It was so nice to read the gracious feedback [our Memorials] on Ken Olsen. He was one of a kind, certainly to be missed. I do volunteer work at our senior center, including a newsletter. I have 4 grandchildren, all doing well. My town, Rutland, is noted for having a tree that sits in the middle of Mass. Ave 2 streets from my house. I enjoy our events year-round, especially the 4th of July, and the Chowder Challenge at the Fire Brigade. (no email address on file)

Russell, Marcia

10/11:  Marcia Russell shared some exciting news from her pre-Digital years: Some former Itek colleagues and I are being honored this October 24 to be the guest of Goodrich Corporation in Danbury CT. My job prior to Digital was top secret; 3 months ago, the government declassified the program. We former team members are being honored for our outstanding achievements 40 plus years ago. Remember that magnificent photo of Earth rise as taken from the moon. That was the team that I belonged to at Itek Corporation. I was involved with all the Apollo missions from 1967 to 1973. We provided the optics for as all the lenses and cameras for the space ships, moon landings and satellites.

Editor: congratulate Marcia at marciarussell@comcast.net

Sachs, Beryl

Beryl Sachs writes: When Jean and I got married in 1973 and I joined DEC, we moved from our homes in Baltimore MD to North Carolina. After moving again to Upstate NY and then to Hopkinton. MA, we finally came back to Baltimore in 2010. Nice being back! b.sachs@verizon.net

Sackler, Sy

1/10:  Welcome to our New Board Member, Sy Sackler- Sy was Digital's Labor and Employment Attorney for 23 years, counseling senior management and personnel. He retired after the Compaq merger but did consulting until H-P acquired Compac. Sy now does consulting work and teaches a course at Framingham State college. In his spare time, he volunteers for projects run by the counsel on aging and the AARP program Money Management. Great to have you on Board, Sy!   sylawyers@aol.com

Sanchez, Roxana

11/09:  I am still married to my husband of many years. My two daughters finished college. My older one has a good job in New York City and my younger one is a graduate student on the West Coast. Professionally since I left Digital/Compaq I have worked in controllership functions in colleges and in non-profits. I also worked as a Senior Consultant in a national consulting firm in the Higher Education practice. Currently I am looking for a new job opportunity.  roxanads@aol.com

Sarandrea, Terry

12/09:  I am currently the Office Manager at RSM McGladrey, Burlington, MA. I am on the board of Commonwealth Cats, www.commonwealthcats.org, a non-profit that sponsors monthly spay/neuter/vaccination clinics for feral and unowned cats in Massachusetts. I am active in TNR (trap/neuter/release) of feral/unowned cats, and provide foster care to cats until they are adopted. 

tsandrea@msn.com

Sares, Ted

9/11: I live with my wife Holly in the White Mountains of northern New Hampshire where I write, play golf, and am active in local politics. I am working on my fourth book due out in November 2011.  www.tedsares.com

12/11: Ted Sares' newest (and fourth) book titled Shattered, a true crime book, will be released by Tate Publishing to book stores in about three months. Ted continues to write for the prestigious web site Boxing.com and remains one of the most respected boxing writers in the United States. tedsares@roadrunner.com

(see Members in Print)

Schimel, Lin

07/09:  Lin Schimel is principal of Creative Action Marketing LLC, creating effective customer loyalty and go-to-market programs, such as Advisory Boards, Webinars, Seminars, and Executive Meetings. Check out http://www.creativeactionmarketing.com

Lin can be reached at 603-883-0818, or lschimel@comcast.net

Lin also leads the NH Chapter of the DEC Connection.

Schoepke, Mike

11/11: Our member Michael Schoepke works at the Daily Herald in Chicago. He writes: "We have an 4 CPU ES450 system running 8.3. Running circulation and receivable packages for our newspaper. Around 3.5 million lines of COBOL. Long live VMS!" mschoepke@dailyherald.com

Schuetz, Bob

2/11:  From Bob Schuetz (rjschuetz@aol.com): "My company, floatstorage.com®, that DEC Connection was gracious to report on a while ago, is going strong. I recently split this site to create a second one, www.urbanpatioliving.com, which carries non-pool items. I am having a "ball" exhibiting at trade shows, working with manufacturers to take on new products, and most important, processing orders! With the new website I will be exhibiting at shows such as the Dallas Home & Garden Show, which will give me more exposure and allow me to market smaller pool toys and devices, and some unique products like contemporary LED lights. If you have neck and back pain check out the new NEKDOODLE™ on my website. I enjoy reading DECconnection and I continue to be impressed with the number of "DECies" that contribute articles and updates. A great idea - let's keep it going!"

11/09: Bob Schuetz, former District Software Manager, NW District, Redmond, WA. After DEC and several other major players in the IT world, I was laid off right in the middle of our bad economy. I invented a rack to store swimming pool floats for my own use and everyone kept telling me I should market it. Well, with plenty of time on my hands, I started my own company: www.floatstorage.com. I’m now featured in several major catalogs and pool accessory web sites. My utility patent is applied for and I now have four registered trademarks. Visit www.floatstorage.com. If you have a pool, live near a lake or the ocean, or just like swimming pool toys, you’ll like what my site has to offer. Note: Bob is our current Featured Entrepreneur on our website.

Simarano, Ellen

5/10: A SERPer in 1992, I held temp positions until 1993 when I experienced a significant decline in health that I had been attributing to stress - spent the next 2 months being tested for a plethora of neurological symptoms at Emerson Hospital, Boston rehabs, Lahey, MGH... until a "non-professional" friend suggested I pursue a Lyme Disease specialist. Voila! Quite an unexpected journey. Currently I enjoy gardening, knitting, cooking, reading, and grandchildren. Life is good! I look forward to seeing you at the Mill on September 11th.

Sorkin, Al

10/10:  I’m happy to report that I am working full time for NASA Headquarters Environmental Management Division as a Sr. Principal Engineer. I am developing collaborative technology demonstration projects in the TEERM Principal Center- “Technology Evaluation for Environmental Risk Mitigation”. This work is directed at implementing Federal Executive Orders in the area of energy, water and high performance sustainable buildings. This is very challenging and rewarding work to “green” NASA facilities around the country involving renewable energy, hydrogen and fuel cells,etc. My recent picture at Kennedy Space Center is attached. I work out of my home offices in New Hampshire and Florida.  al@sorkin.com

Stagg-Giuliano, Sylvia

Stashluk, Margaret

07/09:  Margaret Stashluk says that DECcies would know me as Margaret Nourell. I worked for Health Services - still do but with Intel at the old semiconductor plant in Hudson MA. It's 17 years in Hudson now!

Stettner, Armando

3/11:  Armando Stettner, MA, a new member, writes that he is currently a director at Verizon heading up FiOS advanced development. aps@ieee.org

Stewart, Caleb Paul

05/09:  Caleb Paul Stewart co-founded Randolph Associates, Inc., in 1984, a contract and permanent placement agency for Engineering and Information Design Professionals, where he is Vice President. www.greatjobs.com  Caleb generously participated in our 2009 concall series advising fellow DECcies on finding jobs.  caleb@greatjobs.com

Strong, Elizabeth

2/10:  Elizabeth Strong is a senior consultant with PMI, www.performancemethods.com, a consulting firm that helps industry-leading companies achieve results through sales best practices and effective account management. She can be reached at estrong@performancemethods.com.

Thakur, Vijay and Gwen

6/10: Vijay and Gwyn Thakur proudly announce the launch of http://www.ConventionCenterPlace.com, an online portal that is helpful to event planners, exhibitors, attendees and business travelers.

Trapasso, Linda

2/10:  I am currently on a short contract with HP for technical writing. As this is part time work, I am looking for other opportunities as well. Also thinking about whether to get more education or start a new career. Would enjoy connecting with former DEC technical writers. lstrapasso@netzero.com

Trocchi, Bob

3/12:  Now into 18 yrs of retirement from DEC. Where has that time gone? Still active in volunteer work for church and driving people to Dr. visits who cannot drive themselves. Have a vacation house in Lakeland FL. and generally spend Feb.-mid April in FL. Thanks for the continuing efforts of DEC Connection. Cheers to all. bob@bobtrocchi.com

Vezina, Hank

1/11:  I'm still doing Recruitment/HR consulting and I'm currently working for an exDECie named Steve Wentzell at Dynamics Research Corporation. See DEC Stories for a great story about the longevity (over 30 years!) of a PDP-9 I worked on in Manufacturing in 1967! hank_44@hotmail.com

Webber, Steve

1/10:  I am a 3 year employee at Raytheon in Woburn, MA. I work as an Information Systems Security Officer responsible for Security of Information etc for my Raytheon business area. Since leaving Digital/CPQ/HPQ about 6 years ago I worked part time as a Mail Delivery person, a supervisor in a local ice cream/golf/etc place, and also did a little sub contracting for a computer repair business.  Webbers10@hotmail.com

Wetzell, Geri

2/11:  From Geri Wetzell (ghwetzell@msn.com): The DEC Connection is a great idea. I worked at DEC from 1979 to the first buyout in 1990, starting in the Mill as a TAG (Temp. Assistant Group) to working in GIA Mfg. as a Project Specialist. Loved it, fun jobs, DECworlds, fun travel, the end of an era. I am retired living in VT and FL in the winter.

Whalen, Kate Stanton

9/11: Greetings to all of my old DEC Media Comunications friends! I'm currently semi-retired, doing marketing and comms consulting work for HP - AND, I own, breed and show champion alpacas!

Warmest regards, Kate Stanton Whalen katewhalen52@msn.com

Winberg, Betty J.

12/11/11: In response to the last newsletter, you would like to have NewsBytes about former "DECcies".  As a DEC employee, I started out in 1978 working in the main office in the Mill in Maynard for the Manager of Corporate Sales Training, Dianne Durkin.  The following year our group was among the first to occupy the first DEC building in Merrimack, NH.  In fact we all had window offices in the wing closest to the main entrance.  Except for the final year or two as a DEC employee, my entire time was in my original position.  Sales Training then was shrinking, and Dianne moved on to Telecom, and my final year or two was working in Merrimack for Nancy James, manager of the National Research Center.  After attending the pre-retirement seminars, I eventually retired in March of 1989.  My years at DEC were some of the most rewarding and satisfying of my career.

Upon retirement, I turned to a couple of successful community non-profit organizations - two of the most successful and rewarding experiences I've ever been connected with.  I was initially a co-founder of Harbor Homes, a non-profit social service agency that started in 1980 following de-institutionalization of the state hospital mentally impaired, and grew to be over a $9M non-profit business that's grown to accommodate over seven affiliates. 

[Editor's note: Betty is now being honored for her work - click here to see 15 October 2011 Nashua Telegraph article Harbor Homes to honor mental health advocate.]

When my Board term expired with Harbor Homes, I became co-founder of RISE - a program by and for folks over 55, located at Rivier College, which has grown from an initial membership to over 500.  Our motto is "Learning and Curiosity never retires."  Our class subjects are based on students' wishes, and vary from the very serious science and computer instruction to lighter fare.  For example, as a "student" I created and taught a photography course three times  - 'til I got bored.  I also created a course I called "Who's Driving Your Bus" - a self-explanatory course on choices and various roads we can all explore/try out now that the usual directions to our lives are entirely up to each of us.

Class subjects are the standard provided older folks, but can be as varied as travel, writing, science of many sorts.  There are just not enough hours in the day for us to explore our potential.  It truly was an idea whose time had come.

Aging is exciting, with lots of new doors to open.

Our classes are run by our members at a local Catholic liberal arts college here in Nashua NH - Rivier College.

Personally, I've never stopped growing and continue enjoying all that the aging process opens up for me.

Sincerely,

Betty J. Winberg - 603-882-6957 - Nashua NH

Woolsey, Mel and Nancy

8/11: Mel and Nancy Woolsey in Tennesee have started a non-profit software cooperative, More Than Data, Inc., that services affiliates of Habitat for Humanity. It is a wonderful way to combine technology professionalism with philanthropy. Check out their website at www.morethandata.org and email Mel: mel@morethandata.org