In 1977 I was an accountant for the State of Texas in Austin. I was convinced by a friend that worked for Motorola that talking a pay cut and working longer hours would be the thing to do. I was young and impressionable. However, my decision to do just that provided me with an amazing [...]
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I worked for Motorola for 18 years, starting in Land Mobile group or what was known then as C&E. The last several years were at the Paging plant in Fort Worth, in the Training group, and finally with the Cellular group, when they moved in to that paging plant. I am currently doing Training [...]
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My professional career started at Motorola and I must say those were some great years. I was in Land Mobile Products Sector for about four months before I was picked to be the first Mechanical Engineer for the Paging Infrastructure team in Schaumburg. The group grew so large (like the RONA bonuses) they had to [...]
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I’m at Office Depot now, back in a Corp Finance role, but still doing some strategy (can’t get it out of my blood). It is my third company since working for Motorola. I don’t think I’ll find another company that will keep me happy for 18 years like Motorola. Of course, the last couple (2001 [...]
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22 years at Motorola was a great run. I had the great fortune to work with world-class people and the opportunity to create several award-winning marketing communications campaigns. The Motorola experience was… priceless! A good friend of mine tells his colleagues that the best hires in the world are Motorola Alumni, because Motorola had the [...]
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