Russell Theisen

Granby High School

Class of 1955

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Russell Theisen - Class of 1955 - Granby High School

First Name	Russell
Last Name	Theisen
Graduation Year	Class of 1955
Gender	Male
City	N/A
State/Province	CO
Country	United States
Occupation	Retired Professional Engineer, Retired Aerospace Engineer, Retired System Software Manager,
Married	Yes
Favorite School Memory	Science and Mathematic Classes,
About Me	Russ was the Software Quality Manager for the Technology Divisions of SANMINA-SCI Corp. They employ some 42,700 plus people in [97] electronic manufacturing services plants, located around the world. Russ, married Mary Ann Asbury from Memphis, Tenn.(1963). They had a [son] Timothy Mark born in (1965) and a [daughter] Yvette Marie born in (1968). Both Children have graduated college, and now have families of their own. Tim Lives in Houston, Texas and Yvette lives in Colorado Springs, CO. Russ and Ann are proud grandparents of [three], Cameron Michael and Lydia Ann and Deserai Marie Mihaly. Russ served [13+] years with USMC(R), there he instructed, in (32) electronic and military technical schools. After receiving his BSEE, He worked as an Electrical Engineer for IBM in 1964. Where he helped develop the IBM-360-20 Mainframe Computer System, He was a Manufacturing Plant Manager for Compton Industries 1965-66, and Professional Engineer and Program Manager at General Dynamics Electronics Division in 1974. where he helped develop the (GPS) Global Position Satellite System. From 1966 to 1992 He was a Reliability Engineer, Electrical Design Engineer, Sr. Test Technology Engineer, Sr. System Software Analyst, Professional Staff member, Program Manager and Professional Engineer for Martin Marietta Aerospace (MMA) in Orlando, Florida from 1966-1992. He retired from [MMA] in (1992). Until March,2003, Russ worked for SANMINA-SCI Systems Inc. "the world Premier (EMS) Electronic Manufacturing Services company". He was Documentation and Information Manger, a Certified Professional Manager and Professional Engineer. Listed in Empire Who's Who and the International IT Who's Who and several others. He was instrumental in IEEE Standards Development and the introduction of ARPA-NET e.g. World Wide Web and [PROFS E-Mail] in both the Executive Offices of the White house and Congress. He is active in both professional and civic organizations. He was a member of MENSA and has an IQ of 147. He is a past Director of the [IEEE] Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, [ACM] Association for Computing Machinery,[AIAA] American Institute of Avionics and Astronautics, [MMMC] Martin Marietta Management Club, [IES] Institute of Environmental Sciences, [FLA] Florida Library Association, [AFIPS] American Federation of Information Processing Societies, [ISC] International Services Council of Madison County, [SPIN] Software Process Improvement Network, [TABES] Technical and Business Expo Seminars, [HPCUG] Huntsville Personal Computer Users Group, [HUNTUG] Huntsville New Technology User Group, [TTTC] Technical Test Technology Conference, [ACM] Association of Computing Machinery, [NMA] National Management Association, [ASQ] American Society of Quality, [HAVBUG] Huntsville Association of Visual Basic Users Group, [HOSUG] Huntsville Operating Systems User Group Boards of Directors and a Life senior member of IEEE-CS, Mended Hearts and Life Senior Member of IEEE and AIAA. Russ underwent a successful Quadruple Heart Bypass in 2002. He is now retired and doing well. Russ is the National Director of the Theisen Clan. During Russ Theisen's career, Chances are, that he has made an impact in your life. Russ has, if you use the Internet, or use a Personal Computer, or use a cell phone, or use a product from Microsoft Windows, or have flown on a Boeing 757 or 767 or 777 airplane, or watched the landing of the astronauts on the moon, or received a package from UPS, or scanned your groceries at a supermarket, or had an x-ray at a Hospital, or viewed the precision smart bombs impact during the [100] hour Iraq war in 1991 or 1993, or recently in Afghanistan, or flew in a C-130J transport, or a V-22 VTOL, or in a F-15 Fighter, or in a F-16 Fighter, or in a AH-66 Comanche scout helicopter, or in a F-117 Stealth Fighter / bomber, or in a C-27J military transport airplane, or if you saw the "Flying Tank", e.g. the AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter, or if you used [OPAL] Operational Performance Analysis Language. [MOTEL] Modular Operational Test Equipment Language, [ATLAS] Abbreviated Test Language for All Systems, or [POSIX] Portable Operational System Information Exchange programming Languages, or if you ever used Automatic Test Equipment, or used the IEEE-488, or the MIL-STD-1553 interface bus, or the SCSI bus, or the S-100 Bus, or were influenced by any of the other two dozen technical innovations, that Russ Theisen was able to help bring into existence. Today, Russ Theisen has retired from a [Fortune 100] company, SANMINA-SCI " The Premiere [EMS] Company". They make many of the products you buy. Such as cell-phones, printers, PC Computers, Smart-Wheel chairs, Medical monitoring instruments, Satellite TV receivers, GPS receivers, airplane communications systems and hundreds of other things that have familiar companies names on them. Like IBM, HP, Radio Shack, Dell, Gateway, NOKIA, and EchoStar. These are things, that you have used, but never thought of where they came from. E.g. Things that have probably made a difference in your life. I believe that Russ Theisen has helped to improve the life of many...(read more)