A Unique Opportunity
A Unique Opportunity
You’ll recall a couple of posts ago that Mentor is sponsoring what promises to be a very fun panel at DesignCon in less that two weeks. The panel, “Science Fiction; Is It Really Fiction” will be Tuesday afternoon.
We have arranged a unique opportunity as well. Following the panel, I will interview panel member Gentry Lee. Lee is chief engineer for the Planetary Flight Systems Directorate at the JPL, as well as a best-selling science fiction writer. He has written numerous books and has collaborated with both Arthur C. Clark and Carl Sagan. Most recently he narrated “Are We Alone” for the Discovery Channel.
For those who cannot attend in person, the entries in this blog should enable you to get a flavor of what Lee thinks about science fiction, and where technology may be headed in the real universe. For those who do attend, I hope to provide you with some deeper and additional travels into the interesting topics discussed at the panel.
Whether you can attend or not, be sure to check this blog for the interview, which will appear over several posts.
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Mark has worked in the electronics industry for more than thirty years, beginning while in college. The first 8 years of his career was spent in R&D, where he received his first patent for a remote communications system for reading electricity meters. During that time he also worked on the weapons management system for the F-16 fighter. He then moved into product marketing, eventually leading a team of 6 product managers. For two years, he shifted gears and was editor-in-chief of a computing industry trade magazine. The 16 years prior to joining Mentor Graphics Mark spent as a consultant, working for Microsoft, Intel, Sharp, HP, and other industry-leading companies. Mark’s career ranges from laying PC board with red and blue tape to defining five-year product plans.
Mark earned a BSEE degree from Bradley University in Peoria, IL, and did MBA work at the University of Santa Clara. Mark has written five books, including three university-level textbooks, more than 115 technical and business articles, and has been issued two patents.
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