Martin Ross Cawthon
President & Co-founder, ChipChat Technology Group
ChipChat Technology Group
has provided products and services for the Information Systems marketplace.
ChipChat has offices and development laboratories in Dearborn, Michigan USA and with
Nihon-ChipChat
in Koga, Fukuoka, Japan.
Computer Science / Information Technology
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Professional Certifications: eleven IBM Professional Certifications obtained by examination.
Preparation was by practical experience on each platform.
According to IBM in 1997, the only time I asked, I had more IBM certifications than anyone else in the world.
- Product Development:
(12) commercial software products including code, documentation, on-line help.
- Software Experience:
Object Oriented Design, IBM System Object Model (SOM), Programming languages: C, C++, Rexx, Java (also Lisp and Scheme)
- Internet Servers & Administration:
Web page design, Web Servers, Java Servlets, Electronic Mail servers (SMTP, IMAP, POP), Domain Name Services (DNS), Unix (FreeBSD) system administration, Max OSX Server Administration.
- Network & Internet Connectivity:
Designed, configured, implemented ethernet and wireless networks. Remote monitoring and administration.
- Internet Security:
Developed security policies and implemented firewalls at various sites.
Former adjunct instructor for IBM Education and Training - Internet Firewall Classes.
Academic Education
Presentation Skills
- Able to convey the essence of technical and scientific topics to non-experts.
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Delivered over 100 computer related presentations to professional groups and corporations and Colleges and Universities, including the Invited Speech at the IBM Asia Pacific Reception at Comdex, Las Vegas in November 1995 (in both English and Japanese)
- Professional Scottish Highland Bagpiper:
Thousands of public appearances playing tunes, describing "how the pipes work", describing the Highland wear (kilt, etc), and the history of Scotland. Performed with the 'Andy Williams Show'; For US Senators, President Ford, US Naval Academy, Henry Ford Museum, Stanford University, Geological Society of America, and others.
Business / Government / Industrial Experience
- Broad Work Experience
Government Research, Utility, Steel, Auto, and Grain industries.
Can address the needs of customers to understand "how does this technology relate to my problem?".
- Quanta-Ray, Mountain View, California
This was a startup company which was later purchased by a larger firm.
While a student at Stanford I worked at Quanta-Ray to test and implement a Nd:Yag driven tunable dye laser, helping to turn a research project into a commercial product.
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Lawrence Livermore Laboratory Livermore California
Other Activities
- Official Bagpiper, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University
I play the bagpipes at the commencement excercises for the School of Earth Sciences at Stanford University.
The father of modern geology was James Hutton, a Scottish author.
Bagpipe music at commencement provides a link between the humble origins and the cutting edge of Earth Sciences.
- Member, MIT Educational Council
Interview high school seniors who are applying to be freshmen at MIT. Help students have a better understanding of what 'life at MIT' is like, and help MIT Admissions people better evaluate a freshman applicant. Since 1982.
- Adjunct Instructor for Engineering Physics, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, Michigan
Lecture & Laboratory for Calculus-based Mechanics, Thermodynamics, and Electromagnetism course for students majoring in science or engineering. (1979-1992)
People Skills
- Flexible
Ability to work with many types of personalities, some very different than his own.
- Personable
Enjoys meeting people and helping them to learn new and exciting things.
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