Hi Andy!! As always, it's great to hear from you! I just wanted to add a little
tidbit to spice up the Agfa opening since it mentioned Fred Marland. While
I never had the pleasure of working for him directly, he does have a very
good reputation inside the company and Shelly was extremely happy with him
as a manager. He is someone with a vast amount of knowledge and experience
and is highly respected. I hope this info can be helpful for anyone
interested in the position.
As for me, well, I'm still over here at Send.com
in Waltham, MA. The
current title I have is User Interface Architect but am working on a
multitude of tasks at the time being. (ironically enough, they do all their
photography with a Leaf camera! I'm negotiating some private time with it as
I type.) We're going to be launching a new design of the site this fall with
lots of great stuff on it to send as gifts. The company is doing extremely
well and the business model is really standing the test of time (ahem...
ToySmart??). Besides, the environment is lots of fun and the CEO is
amazing! But I digress. I'm looking into some MS programs around the
Boston area and there is definitely no lack of selection. I think one of
the reasons I haven't started yet is because I just CAN'T CHOOSE!!
Well, I had better be on my way now. I hope everything is well for you back
in Rochacha and I hope to be out there visiting soon!
Take care, Lisa
Ryan Carson returns from China and goes to work in Clevelend
I am writing you for a couple of reasons. To tell you
where I am, what I am doing, and that the company I am working for is currently
looking for help. I guess the rest is for you and the Techs if you could pass
this on however you see fit.
Name: Ryan S. Carson
Address: 25752 Kensington Drive
Westlake, OH 44145
Phone Home: 440-617-9142
Phone Work: 216-925-1166
Email: RCarson@grc.nasa.gov (but it isn't working yet)
Email2: RSCarson@worldnet.att.net
Employer: Analex Corporation
Title: Optical Engineer
Now, I guess from that you know that I accepted a position with Analex
Corporation. Analex is a NASA contractor here in Cleveland Ohio. My project is
called Multiple Droplet Combustion Apparatus (MDCA), which is a sub-contract of
the Fluids and Combustion Facility (FCF) on the International Space Station
(ISS). NASA loves their acronyms! I am going to attach a more precise
description of my responsibilities and position because Analex is currently
looking for three (3) more Optical Engineers!
Interested students can send a resume to Cheryl Dickerson:
cheryl.dickerson@analex.com. I was planning on providing much more contact
information, but I just realized that I left Cheryl's business card at work. If
requested, I can provide more information or students can just email her their
resume. When I sent mine, they replied the same day and had me out to visit two
days later, so if anyone is looking, this is a pretty good opportunity working
with some cool stuff. They have relocation packages, great benefits and
extremely competitive salary. Enough of the plug! See the information at the
bottom. If you have any question, please feel free to contact me.
If anyone went on the Lewis Research Center tour/trip a couple of years ago,
this is where I am now (actually Glenn Research Center now). I work in the
Micro gravity Research Center. Again, as a reference from the trip, it is the
building where they had the drop towers to conduct the micro gravity
experiments. We are basically doing a three-dimensional vector analysis of
Bi-Component Droplet Combustion Experiments (BCDCE). Ironically, if anyone
remembers what Ken Brodeur, Scot Fernandez, Shannon Eddy and myself submitted
as a reduced gravity flight applicant a couple of years ago, it is very similar
to our original idea of filming flash paper and doing a vector analysis of the
motion of potential flash fires. We are responsible for the project from
conception to death. We build the experiments, test them in the drop towers (or
sounding rockets), then on the KC-135 (there still is a chance I will get to
fly on the vomit comet yet), through launch on the space shuttle and finally we
support the experiment while on-board the ISS. Of coarse it is a long road from
start to finish. BCDCE is the first experiment scheduled for FCF on the ISS
around September 2K4. I got kind of lucky. As I mentioned, my project for MDCA
is BCDCE. BCDCE only has four people assigned to it including myself, so I am
really involved with the entire project. MDCA has about 25, which I am included
and FCF has about 50 total. So, the groups are pretty small and there is a lot
of interaction between members. I have only been here for a couple of weeks and
I am already setting up optical benches to run test experiments. Pretty cool.
Anyway, I hope everybody is doing well. I plan on visiting Rochester in the
near future. I will have to find out who is still around and visit. Talk to you
soon.
FYI: Don't be turned off by the word Optics. I only had the required optics
course for our program. They really liked my programming abilities with IDL and
C++. Some of the responsibilities are to write routines to support the
experiments. They don't have to be perfect. Once they work they are sent to the
software group to be written in C for the ISS.
Ryan S. Carson
RSCarson@worldnet.att.net
(440) 617-9142
POSITION TITLE: Optical Engineer
REQUIRED EDUCATION: Bachelor Degree in Physics, Optical Engineering or
Equivalent
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE: Minimum 1-3 years experience in the design of optical
systems , components and non-destructive diagnostics techniques. Must be
capable of designing optical systems for imaging of beam profiling. Experience
in the design of controls for various electronic devices such as video cameras,
light sources, etc. is preferred.
SPECIFIC SKILLS: Experience with Zemax optical design software (or equivalent)
and image analysis techniques and algorithms. Ability to create and implement
testing and verification procedures for optical systems. Familiar with the use
of interferometers for component and system testing. Ability to specify optical
systems and electro-optical components for procurement purposes.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES: Provide optical engineering support for the design
and testing of experiment specific diagnostics packages to fly in the Space
Station Fluids and Combustion Facility. Follow drafting and fabrication of
these packages as well as their qualification and testing. Generate performance
plans, procedures and reports.
PROJECT: MDCA
Brady Hackleman goes with Kodak
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 14:15:10 -0400
From: Brady Hackleman
Well, it's been 3/4 of a year since I finished up my degree at RIT and now
I've landed my first post-graduation job. I'm going to be an Image Quality
Engineer for the Consumer Imaging Digital division of Eastman Kodak. It's
a great opportunity to apply many of the skills I picked up in the IPT
program.
By the way, I was able to use your website to
leverage a higher salary. I would recommend to anyone in the program to
use those numbers to their advantage in an interview. Having a reference
in your hand helps remove the uncertainty from salary negotiatioins. I
used the salaries from the past 3 graduating classes to come up with a
number that I thought was reasonable for my education and my experience.
Fortunately, my work here as a contractor caused them to raise the bar even
higher. Thank you for providing such a wonderful resource.
I've handed out your e-mail address to a couple of potential employers. I
was a consultant for Dartnell Enterprises for over a year. They are a
terrific organization and have many opportunities for computer savy persons
to work for Xerox and Kodak as well as smaller companies. They provide
full health benefits, sick days, vacation time, and a retirement plan. The
salaries are comparable to those posted on your website.
I also gave your name to David Oles who is the CEO/CTO for Pixel Magic
Imaging in San Marcos, Texas. He is looking for a talented, experienced
individual to lead his color management efforts. I already hit up James
O'hara to see if he's interested. He always wanted to work for a pre-IPO
company and this is a great opportunity.
Thanks again, Brady Hackleman
Michael Klayman update
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 16:17:38 -0400
From: Michael Klayman
Hi Andy, I saw your email today and figured it was time to send you an update.
No big changes in my life, really. I just celebrated my 1 year anniversary here
at Schneider on Friday, which happened to be the last day for my mentor here at
work. He went off to work with the VP of digital sales for Olympus, which bumps
me up the food chain here. I am now the official large format expert at a
leading large format lens company, and I haven't touched a LF camera in almost
2 years! Shhh, don't tell anyone... :)
I might end up getting back into shooting LF if all goes well. This spring, we
sent a person out to co-instruct a photography workshop conducted by Jack
Dykinga, a pretty famous nature photographer. As the only LF shooter now, I
will hopefully be called upon to go one the next trip in Spring- two weeks
photographing Yosemite, and it's classified as a business trip! I always hated
nature photography before, but this would be pretty fun.
I still enjoy what I do, it's a good feeling knowing that I'm helping people
buy the right lens or filter for their application. I'm starting to hate
traveling so much, though. At first it was fun going on business trips, but now
it's just getting to be a hassle. I've been all over the country and to
Germany, but I have about an hour or two of free time per city, so I don't get
to see anything. Luckily I don't go out on the road again until October.
I am learning as much as I can about HTML and digital photography. Since large
format and enlarging lenses are a dying industry, a tech degree and digital
experience should open up many doors for me pretty soon. As an integral member
of the website management team, I have helped develop our site from being
viewed by 400 people a day to over 1000. I am also the imaging specialist of
the office, doing all the little scanning and digital output stuff that isn't
handled by the ad agency.
I am now making $XX,000 after my first raise in January, which works out to
being almost minimum wage for Long Island. My friends in Cleveland who make
$25,000 enjoy the same standard of living. Although I'm not thinking about it
at this point, when I finally do decide to move on, I will not look for
positions on Long Island. The only thing I will miss is the opportunity to make
music with a number of talented musicians. I am currently in 4 different bands,
ranging from a jazz duo to a hardcore metal band.
Hope your sailing goes well, and if you hit NYC during a weekend, I'll meet you
for a drink.
Michael Klayman
Technical Specialist
Schneider Optics, Inc.
michael@schneideroptics.com
Nicole Pryhoda doing well in Boulder
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 11:37:36 -0600
From: Nicole Pryhoda
Hello Andy, I thought it was about time I contribute to the alumni connection. Below I
have enclosed a job description for an embedded software engineer. It may
be a little out of the realm for photo tech, but you never know where people
have gone with their careers over the years. The company is Sienna Imaging,
Inc. located in Englewood, Colorado. Our primary responsibility is
manufacturing print engines, for photographic papers, that utilize FOCRT
(fiber optic CRT) technology. If anyone would like more information, they
may contact me via email at npryhoda@siennaimaging.com.
I hope everything is going well in Rochester. The hiking and climbing are
great and Ben and I never seem to have enough time to get out and enjoy the
outdoors.
Cheers, Nicole A. Pryhoda
Color Science Engineer
Sienna Imaging, Inc.
Phone: 303-754-0200 x206
Fax: 303-705-2270
Email: npryhoda@siennaimaging.com
Anna Kobylinska moves to Georgia
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 12:00:13 -0500
From: "Kobylinska, Anna"
Hi Andy - Well, I'm getting settled in at my new job as a Color Imaging Engineer at
Minolta QMS in Mobile, AL. So far so good! This company is an exciting one
to work at; there's lots happening in terms of color and printing. We are
looking to hire a number of individuals as soon as possible; I've included
more information on the positions on the bottom of this message. Could you
forward this to anyone that may be interested, current IPT students as well
as grads? Thanks!
Hope all is well in Rochester! Kind regards - ~Anna
Anna Kobylinska
Minolta-QMS, Inc.
One Magnum Pass
Mobile, AL 36618
Anne Marie Begin moves to El Paso and is making a BIG change in life
Hi Andy,
I just wanted to let you know that I'll be moving soon! I'm going to work for
Delphi in Juarez Mexico. I will be starting up a color measurement lab and
working with the mechanical and electrical engineers on color matches and
specifications and such. My apartment will be in El Paso, TX. I'll have to
cross the border every day. I don't assume that will be much fun. I love the
atmosphere down there though - a lot of young people and good food and dance
halls. The mountains are not very far off either!
I am engaged to be married - this October. The lucky guy is Miguel Angel
Pacheco Arzate- it will be a multi-cultural event with my French-Canadian
relatives and Miguel's Mexican relatives in attendance. We're planning on
having the ceremony as a mixture of the 3 languages. Anyways, please wish me
luck and say hello to everyone from El Paso for me!
Anne
Anne-Marie Begin
Delphi Delco Electronics Systems
Color Scientist, Integrated Body Systems
765-451-1809, fax 765-451-1787
Eric Barbehenn, at LazerInc looking for assitance
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 09:06:15 -0400
From: eric barbehenn
Hi Andy, I'm hoping you might be able to pass this on to any students (are anyone
else who needs some quick work) who might be in need of some extra cash
this summer. We are trying to find someone to spend 4-6 weeks in
Syracuse working with a catalog company to shoot their product for a web
site they are trying to produce. Basically they would be shooting and
organizing 800 products during that time, tracking it, probably doing
some computer work to optimize for web usage and sending here to
Rochester for placement.
It would not be the most glamorous job in the world but we would be
paying a high rate because of this ($200 a day), along with food travel
and hotel expenses. We would train them to do pretty much everything so
all they would need is a familiarity with basic lighting, camera
systems, and have a personality that would not cause the client to shoot
them after 6 weeks.
If you happen to know anyone this might benefit I'd greatly appreciate
it if you could pass this along to them.
Eric Barbehenn
Professional Color Services
716-247-7674
Steve Tharnstrom sends this note from White Sands Missile Range
Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 13:41:11 -0600
From: STEVEN.THARNSTROM@AO.DTRA.mil
Hi Andy, How is Springtime in Rochester? ...always a good time of year, eh?
I surfed across the RIT IPT graduate WebPage with a one-liner about my
employer. Although it's the same job, same place we've changed our name
repeatedly over the past few years. Currently, the organization is the
Defense Threat Reduction Agency and we conduct tests at a variety of
locations, one of which is White Sands Missile Range, so maybe you might
cut/paste the following:
... works at Kirtland AFB, NM for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency as
Photographic Technologist in a high-explosives testing program
5 years ago all our work was on film. Now film is used only in certain
circumstances e.g. not enough digital or video cameras or when we need
something faster than 1000 frames/sec.
An advantage to Federal employment is being loaned, on occasion, to other
government agencies, the USGS, for example. Find a copy of A Century of
Change by Robert H. Webb (USGS Desert Lab, Tucson, AZ). The book is a
popular account of a decades research in Grand Canyon. We matched ~1000
photographs, 700+ by Robert Stanton ca 1889-1890. The negatives are on
nitrate roll film, frames were 6"x8". They were uncovered at the National
Archives.
Other work is on the following:
http://wwwpaztcn.wr.usgs.gov/wyoming
http://biology.usgs.gov/luhna/chap9.html
I feel a meeting coming on. More later.
Best, Steve Tharnstrom
Ben Pryhoda makes a move in Boulder
Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 12:06:17 -0600
From: Ben Pryhoda
Please change my email address, in your grads list, to pryhoda@yahoo.com.
After the company I was working for closed the assets were purchased and a
new company setup shop in Atlanta. I was consulting for them, but just hired
on full time as their Product Development Manager working out of Colorado.
Otherwise nothing much has changed. Nicole is still working for Sienna
Imaging, but now she is working full time on their color management issues.
We hope to swing into Rochester this summer, we will stop be and say hello
when we do, Thanks,
Ben Pryhoda
Product Development Manger
Avalon Vision Solutions
Eric Newman reports in!
Date: Fri, 05 May 2000 15:28:15 -0400
From: Eric Newman
Doing Great! I'm living in Greenville, South Carolina. I love it down here. The weather is perfect
compared to Rochester. Rarely does it get below 30 during the winter, and on
many days it hits the 50s. Even with the warm weather I can still enjoy the
mountains. Unlike Forida or easterm SC, it's not flat with palm trees. It's
like New England in the warm south. Greenville is booming and is really a great
place to live. Big enough to be fun, but still small enough to spare us of the
problems of big cities.
As for work, I can't remember where I left off with you. Last fall I earned my
MCSE and obtained a job at a tele-communications company called New South
Communications. If anyone is interested in a job (many flavors), they can go to
newsouth.com. We presently have about 300 people and plan to have 800 by years
end, so we are in need of good people fast! Have them contact me if they reaalt
think they have a lot to offer. I can likely get them quicker access to the
people that can hire them. Plus I get $400.00 if they are hired!
I am working as a Tier 1 NOC technician, troubleshooting voice problems. As
soon as they hire someone to replace me, I'll be moving on to another position.
In that position, I'll be administering the systems we use in the NOC, as well
as helping to implement new ones and train the NOC technicians on to use them at
start up. This position was much more what I had in mind. I'll get my paws
into everything, from Cisco routers to software apps like HP Openview, to UNIX
boxes. The Tier 1 NOC Tech was just a "foot in the door" kind of job. the old
job was 24/7 so it made for weird hours too. My new one is M-F 8:00- 5:00. No
weekends. Yes!!
Finally, yesterday I just passed a test which earned me my CCNA (Cisco Certified
Systems Engineer). Thank god! The test sucked and had me thinking I was
failing all the way through, but it turns out I not only passed, but did quite
well.
How are things at RIT? Snow melted yet?
Eric
Eric Withee makes his mark in movies and animation industry!
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 23:04:50 -0700
From: Eric Withee
It's been a while! I keep getting your job opening e-mails,
which is cool, but sorry that I haven't been in touch. It
was a tough past year work-wise in that I went for some time
without it. The visual effects industry was a dry lake bed
for the better part of the last year due, I think, to the
fact that studios in Canada are stealing a lot our business,
thanks to a loophole in NAFTA. My last job was at a company
called The Post Group at which I worked on Wing Commander,
Pushing Tin, and Inspector Gadget. I was looking for work
in several different industries for a while with no luck. I
didn't want to leave LA, but things were looking bleak.
Then, a couple weeks ago, after long last, I landed a job at
Sony Pictures Imageworks as a Senior Technical Assistant on
"Hollow Man", a new twist on the invisible man theme
starring Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth Shue. It should be
interesting. The job basically entails supporting the
digital artists, but its a big job. The show is taking up
about 6 terrabytes worth of computer space and our job is to
push that data around on the network, convert, archive,
anything else we're asked to do to it. Wacky. I'm hoping
this eventually turns into a step towards what I want to do,
which is producing. We'll see!
Other than that whole drama, life has been a beach out
here. I'm still living the life of a bachelor and being in
Hermosa Beach, I might as well still be in college for all
the partying that goes on here.
Hope things are good with you. Been on any adventures
lately?
Eric Withee - Sr. Technical Assistant
Sony Pictures Imageworks - "Hollow Man"
9050 W. Washington Bl.
310-840-8529 wk; x8465 voice mail; 310-368-9590 pgr.
Culver City, CA 90232
Donna Felsenheld provides this update
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 10:54:16 -0400
From: "Donna B. Felsenheld"
I want to let y'all know that I am going to be leaving NASA as of this
Friday, April 7, 2000. I'm going to be staying home to take care of the
kid! I'm looking forward to spending more time with her -playing toddler
games. Therefore my e-mail address is changing. Please e-mail me at
donnab@alum.emory.edu I'll be looking forward to adult conversation.
Donna
News from John Grim - back at Kodak!
Maybe you've already heard from Nitin (maybe you haven't) - I've changed
employers once again. I don't know how I pulled this one off, but I somehow
managed to land a great position within Kodak's research and development
facility. My official job title is research scientist. After being involved
with color science and digital printing the last several years, its a nice
change of pace to be working with photographic systems once again. One of the
people I work with you may know (he knows you) - Tim Mathers. Tim reminds me a
lot of you, he likes to build photographic devices out all sorts of things
(mostly from items people are throwing away).
I'm really excited about this new position with Kodak; the work is very
interesting, it has cut my commute in half (I was driving an hour each way for
my last job), they gave me a nice salary increase, plus I get back the 4 years
I worked at Kodak in manufacturing before I attended RIT (which means next year
I get a third week of vacation). For your records, my work email is
john.grim@kodak.com my home email is johngrimjr@msn.com.
Hope all is well at RIT, John Grim
Steve Marchinado says:
Hey there everyone, we finnally got a web page up.
Come take a look and send us some mail to tell us what you think.
http://home.earthlink.net/~mestro/
Later, Meg, Steve, and Robin Marchiando
and this message from: Shelly Bergeron (Michalak) at shellyb@agfa.com
Hi Andy, Just thought I'd drop you a line to give you my updated email. I am now
at shellyb@agfa.com. I now work for Agfa Corp. in Wilmington MA doing
image quality work in the engineering dept. It's a lot of fun. I also
got married in June and my last name is now Bergeron, so maybe you can
update that in your records.
Hope all is well there at RIT. I hope to make it back there to visit
someday. Have a great Holiday season!
Shelly Bergeron (Michalak)
and from: Scott Hellenbach at scott.hellenbach@lmco.com
Hello Andy, I was browsing your IPT pages and realized that I haven't received any
updates from you in a while. I guess that is because I changed jobs three
months ago. I no longer work for Cambridge Research Associates, I am now
employed by Lockheed Martin, Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems
(formally LM, Undersea Systems:
http://www.lmco.com/manassas/html/undersea.html). I am working on the
CH-60B Seahawk helicopter trainer. The Seahawk is a submarine hunter, it
has sonar capabilities and is armed with torpedo's. My new addresses and
phone numbers are listed below.
One other note of interest is that I spent two weeks in Vicenza, Italy
supporting the Kosovo war effort. Vicenza was the nerve center for the war,
all targets were passed here for approval to be bombed and all missions were
created and ordered from here. The software that I worked on at Cambridge
Research Associates was used to assist in locating and verifying target
coordinates. You can check out the features of the software, some of which
I programmed, at http://www.cambridge.com/home.html. Unfortunately there
isn't any information on that web page about their efforts in Kosovo.
Click on applications to see a fly-through of the software and click on tour
to see more detailed information.
I hope all is well with you. Talk to you later,
Scott Hellenbach
PS. An alternate email address you can use is scottph@citizen.infi.net
(using both will ensure that I get any messages promptly).
*******************************************************
Scott P. Hellenbach
Lockheed Martin Corporation Phone: 703-367-2642
Undersea Systems Fax: 703-367-5597
9500 Godwin Drive
Bldg. 120/026 http://www.lmco.com/manassas
Manassas, VA, 20110 mailto:scott.hellenbach@lmco.com
*******************************************************
and Todd Minnigh, now with Fuji, sent this update:
Andy,
It was good to hear from you. This is our busiest time - RSNA
tradeshow coming up Radiological Society of North America in Chicago
11/28-12/3. It is probably a little bigger than PMA and we have an anchor
exhibit so there is lots to do. Someone has to come up with the ideas for
the exhibit promotional panels. It is all a part of marketing- What to
show, where to put it, what to say about it. Big Fun.
Please add me to your tech photo list. Interesting to hear about ongoing
attempts to separate the arts from the sciences up there. I can't imagine what
they think Tech Photo, imaging and
photographic technology is? I think the way it was when I went there was
the best. Everything in one family and PPHT was a brand new program between
Photo Science and Photo Illustration.
By the way remember John Hill? He lives in Carmel, NY these days and has
his own studio and website at hillphoto.com.
Remember Loretta Riley?
Striking tall blond girl (my other "roommate")? She is married and lives
in Beauford South Carolina her new name is Loretta Bootle and she has a son
Willie.
Well that is it for the PPHT class of '87 update as far as I know. Catch
you later. Any great photo instrumentation jobs with a need for Marketing
Management experience on that list? Instrumentation always was my best
subject. Hey, check out my FCR products at www.fujimed.com if you want to
see what I think about these days.
Catch you later, Todd
and finally Eric Oberg, graduate from 4 years ago sent this update:
I have recently (within the last 4 weeks) moved down to Baltimore, MD and
would like it if you would change my e-mail/mailing address to the
following:
eoberg@ubmail.ubalt.edu
University of Baltimore
Department of University Relations
1420 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201-5779
After three (good) years w/ Applied Graphics Technologies in Rochester I've
accepted a position with the University of Baltimore as Director of Web
Communications in their University Relations department. It was definitely
a hard decision leaving AGT and Rochester (in general), but it's proving to
be an excellent move...careerwise and weatherwise :) ! I'm actually
planning on taking advantage of their tuition reimbursement plan and
starting my masters degree come Spring semester.
Just wanted to keep you updated! Thanks and I hope all is well!
Eric Oberg
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 12:17:41 -0700
From: Tracy and Doug
Subject: Testing from Chicago
This is just a quickie to test out our new email account. If one of you
kind souls wouldn't mind responding ASAP, we would be in your digital debt.
We will be sending out a more detailed message just as soon as we can. We
are in the midst of moving into our new place in Chicago... kitchen stuff
in the bedroom, boxes in the bathroom, clothes in the living room... you
know how it is.
The 411:
Tracy Trzesniewski and Doug Hurst
4843 N Ashland Ave, #2A
Chicago, IL 60640
773.275.6489
We love and miss all of ya!
Tracy
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Tracy and Doug
ttrzes@hypersurf.com
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Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 06:51:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: Nicole Pryhoda
Hello Andy,
I know I have been bad about keeping in touch with you
but I hear what is going on from Ben.
I have great news. I took a job with Sienna Imaging
in Denver. After 3 years of working at Quark Inc.,
and not doing a thing that was associated with Imaging
by any stretch of the imagination, I am now using what
I learned at RIT. Yeah!!! I took a position in the
new software QA department. I am the second person on
the team and the only female in the entire engineering
department, at least as far as I can tell. They are
very interested in my color experience as well as
photo chemistry. As one earlier grad wrote (this is
not an exact quote) "I never thought I would be doing
anything associated with color when I graduated and
now that is all I am doing." Well I now understand
that statement. There are quite a few processes that I
will get to re-work and I can't wait!
Also, someone in my company is looking for a phd level
graduate from RIT in Imaging Sciences or an associated
degree, maybe EE or ME with a concentration in imaging
science. Do you know if anyone keeps a database
similar to that of Howard Levant but for the Imaging
Science Department? I am hoping to help them do some
networking.
Thanks for your help and I hope all is well with you.
I will send you my work email account as soon as it
is set up.
Nicole
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 17:49:27 -0400
From: Todd Minnigh
Andy,
It was good to hear from you as well. This is our busiest time - RSNA
tradeshow coming up Radiological Society of North America in Chicago
11/28-12/3. It is probably a little bigger than PMA and we have an anchor
exhibit so there is lots to do. Someone has to come up with the ideas for
the exhibit promotional panels. It is all a part of marketing- What to
show, where to put it, what to say about it. Big Fun.
Please add me to your tech photo list and sorry to hear about the department
shake up. I can't imagine what they think tech photo/ Imaging and
photographic technology is? I think the way it was when I went there was
the best. Everything in one family and PPHT was a brand new program between
Photo Science and Photo Illustration.
By the way remember John Hill? He lives in Carmel, NY these days and has
his own studio and website at hillphoto.com. Remember Loretta Riley?
Striking tall blond girl (my other "roommate") ? She is married and lives
in Beauford South Carolina her new name is Loretta Bootle and she has a son
Willie.
Well that is it for the PPHT class of '87 update as far as I know. Catch
you later. Any great photo instrumentation jobs with a need for Marketing
Management experience on that list? Instrumentation always was my best
subject. Hey, check out my FCR products at www.fujimed.com if you want to
see what I think about these days.
Catch you later,
Todd
PS. I need to get a digital camera so I can send you some pictures of D&I.
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 21:58:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jbnbsax@aol.com
Hi Andy,
I was surfing the net and came across a page of grads from the Tech program.
It's been about eight years since I worked at Easco photo. I am still in
Richmond, but now operate my own commercial photography studio, specializing
in tabletop and food, architectural work, and sports photography. I've had
my own business for about three years now. I thought I'd let you know my
current situation. Things are going very well for me. I've been quite busy
and really enjoy my work.
A web page is in the works. I'm hoping to be up and running in the next few
months. I'll let you know when it's up.
Hope all is well with you.
Thanks, Jeff Saxman, PPHT,'90
Another success story!
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 08:51:16 -0400
From: MLange@okidata.com
Hey There, It has been a while since I've been in touch.
I guess I lost track of time because I have been so busy I have been working
here at Okidata for almost a year now & I like it, It's nice here, they don't
pay me enough yet, but I should be up for promotion shortly. Glenn was right,
I remember when he said that a good number of us would wind up working with
color science, well here I am. I am now the "color guy" for ODA hardware
engineering group. I handle all the color measurement, microscopy/imaging & a
lot of the print quality analysis. This is all packed out with endless odd
jobs i.e. paper analysis, psychometric experiments, pigmented ink testing,
digital retouching service for a couple VP's & secretaries etc. etc..
My latest feather looks like it will be, that of a part time teacher. I just
started putting together a Color Application & Color Theory (for the beginner)
class, it should be fairly basic. I will be teaching sales and engineering
people who have no color background. I think it will be a handout, to be read
first, followed by a three or four day seminar, Q&A and some demo's. When I
finish it I'll have to give the seminar several times in a row, but after that
I'm told I'll only have to give it three or four times a year.
Over the winter I got to travel quite a bit. Starting 11/15 I went to Arizona
for the IS&T conference, wow there were a lot of RIT folks there. Nitin, Jack
Holm, Sabine Sassturnk, Lisa Debettencourt, Tasha McCabe & Asher and a another
tech James something. AS well as, about 30 or 40 other RIT alumni (there was
only 250 people @ the conference) RIT had a nice reception, although it was
cash bar :(, but the food was free :) So, I get back from Arizona 11/22, the
25th I get puled out of a meeting and asked "can you go to Japan this weekend",
as in, right after Thanksgiving. So off I went for a 22 day gig. Training,
drinking and weekends in Tokyo. The training was mostly color stuff and some
info about two new prototypes, I learned quite a bit. The evenings and
weekends were free & I hung out with a couple guys from Oki UK, who were in the
same training program. The whole trip was an experience, a tad bit too long
though. Two weeks would have been more like it, since English is my only
language I was getting sick of the lack of communication around 16 or 18 days.
I went to some temples and normal tourist type stuff. The next thing on the
horizon could be a trip out to Washington State to visit Weyerhaeuser's paper
technology center.
Which brings me to my request..... Lately I have found myself increasingly
involved with media concerns, mostly paper, and I need to increase my knowledge
about this most common of materials. I have been looking in several directions
and I am finding valuable information. One place I thought would have been
good was the RIT technology center, too basic, a bit of a disappointment. So,
I was wondering if you know of someone from the school of printing who might be
able to recommend a good text on analytical paper analysis. Maybe someone who
teaches something along the lines of properties of paper.
Thanks, MIKE |:{}
Here is a message from Tracy who just graduated and decided to move to San
Francisco ... well, let's see what she has to say:
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 20:24:45 -0500
From: Tracy and Doug
Subject: We made it!!!
Howdy to all!
It's true, we managed to schlep all of our worldy goods from Rochester, New
York to Madison, Wisconsin... and then from Madison to Hayward, California.
I know that everyone has had trouble carrying on daily business without
hearing from us, so here is the update... By the way, it is 50 degrees
here and beautiful... no wait! I'm sorry, keep reading, please?!?!?
U-Haul was kind enough to lend us a 1986, diesel truck for the Rochester to
Wisconsin trip. Doug had a constant headache and I got extremely bored of
the view... the back of the truck. We decided to go with Ryder for the
rest of the trip. Maybe we should have thought of Penske...
In Wisconsin, I sold the beer-can (my Geo Metro). We had a fabulous time
catching up with family and friends. We celebrated the holiday (thanks
again to our parents for all the cool stuff) with our families. We partied
for the New Year at the stellar establishment known as the Golden Throne
Lounge... it's better than Quark's! Gary 7 psuedo-reunited at that party
to the joy of all present (Doug and Andy's band from high school). Space
1999 IS better than now! :-)
We then reloaded all of our personal items onto a Ryder truck in the first
blizzard of the year -- George, Connie, Tim, and Kayla are the poor souls
to whom we now owe BIG.
The truck did not start on the first day of our journey and had to be
jumped by another huge truck with a huge battery and huge cables. We made
it to Des Moines, Iowa on the first night. We were then stranded in Iowa
for another day and a half as the truck would not start again in the -9
degree weather. Ryder claimed and promised and swore that someone was on
the way to fix the truck... so when we finally had enough of the Holiday
Inn Express, we called someone and had the truck fixed within one hour.
We spent the rest of the trip getting up in the middle of the night to
start the truck to ensure that the engine would remain warm enough to start
in the morning... Okay, DOUG got up in the middle of the night to start the
truck.
The rest of the trip went well, we saw beautiful mountains, the Salt Flats
in Utah, and lots of pretty lights in Reno --we put some money into the
slot machine but it must have been broken because we didn't get any money
back. What was most noticeable was the diminishing amount of snow as we
moved westward. We also needed our long undies less.
Finally, we arrived in Fremont --just a few miles south of Hayward-- and
checked into an Extended Stay America. We unloaded all of our stuff --now
fondly referred to as 'crap'-- into a storage unit. We turned in the truck
and were refunded $400 of our $1200 Ryder bill... squeaky wheels...
We gathered all the necessary newspapers and other information and began
the apartment search. Did you know that a one-bedroom apartment in the
city of San Francisco will run you approximately $1200? A week and a half
later, we finally opted for an apartment complex near the California State
University -- Hayward. One bedroom, lots of pools, a workout room, a
narrow peek at the bay on a clear day... $910 a month. Someday, when we
are rich we will move to the city... sorry about the vacation I promised
you, Mom.
The day came to unload the truck into our second-floor apartment. Doug and
I emptied the storage unit into another Ryder truck an emptied the truck
into our apartment... on the same day... in a rain storm. I thought and I
thought but I could not come up with a day in my life that sucked worse.
We did have some casualties of the move; the microwave cart my Mom gave us
and about $150 worth of New York wine. When the bottles froze, the corks
jettisoned with such ferocity that they punched clear through the sides of
the boxes in which they were packed. George Pavliscak now possesses the
one, remaining bottle of my first try at home wine-making.
So here we are and we have learned a few lessons that we would like to
bestow upon you all because we love you...
1) Do not move in the winter.
2) If stuff goes wrong with a moving truck, complain... a lot.
3) Don't ever move your stuff yourself, it is stupid. Hire someone to do
it for you.
4) Don't try to move wine in cold temperatures. Bring it with you on the
plane while the professional movers truck your stuff across the country.
5) Know someone where you plan to move.
6) Bring pre-packaged meat and cheese-product with you when you move. This
was our first meal on-the-road.
7) When people tell you "I hear it is really expensive to live there"
believe them.
8) Everyone of you should move to the San Francisco area. It is 50 degrees
in the winter-time and we miss you.
Our new address and other info to expedite the arrival of presents and money:
Tracy Trzesniewski and Doug Hurst
25200 Carlos Bee Blvd. #140
Hayward, CA 94542
(510) 886-6264
We hope all of you find the time to update us on your lives!
-------------------
Doug and Tracy
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Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 11:54:50 -0500
From: Barbara Lee
Hi Andy,
I was wondering, if you could do me a favor and walk into tech alley and
write Time Inc. over my senior brochure picture, because I start my new job
there next Monday. I got a fantastic job and I am very excited.
The position is Associate Producer in the Electronic Custom Publishing
Department of Time Inc. New Media. I'll be working on specially marketed
commercial websites using Time Warner content. An example of the work is
they built a site for Speedo for the Goodwill Games using Sports
Illustrated content on Speedo sponsored athletes. I will help produce
projects and put together teams of designers, writers and coders, so I
won't be doing HTML 10 hours a day like I have been doing for the past 3
months.
I am actually on my way to Rochester today to get some of my stuff from
storage. I'll try to stop by on Monday, time permitting. I hope all is well with you.
Bah
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 20:46:13 -0700
From: Rick Behrens
Aloha!
We are back in Hawaii! I still can't believe it - a second tour in
Paradise.
Everything went pretty well. We arrived the first week in November,
fell in love with the second house we looked at. After a weeks worth of
making sure it was the right place for us, we moved in... well not
everyone exactly. At three in the morning on the move-in date, I
discovered I was having another kidney stone. I spent the day in the ER
while Dawn moved us in thanks to some help from our pastor.
Our new information is as follows:
Rick, Dawn, & David Behrens
94-1094 Lelehu Street
Waipahu, HI 96797
(808) 678-0271
NEW E-MAIL: rjbehrens@usa.net (my nps account expires in February)
The house we are renting (it's our first house ever) is great. It's in
Waikele for those of you who know where that is. There is lots of room,
so let us know if you plan to make a trip out this way. You are welcome
to stay here. Our love and God bless,
Rick, Dawn, and David
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 11:57:47 -0500
From: Karl Williamson
Andy,
After three years in "The Burgh" (Pittsburgh, PA) working at GATF (Graphic
Arts Technical Foundation), I'm back in RRRRochester. I recently started
working at the RIT Research Corporation as a Research Engineer. This
position gives me the ability to work in all areas of image analysis,
software programming, and hardware design. I also have the ability to take
classes and possibly teach some day. Sorry I don't have a recent picture of
my wife and I. We will drop in some time for our Mug shot.
Karl
Karl Williamson, Research Engineer
RIT Research Corp.
125 Tech Park Dr.
Rochester, NY. 14623
(716) 239-6010 - (716) 239-6019 fax
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 09:24:54 -0400
From: "Eric A . Oberg"
Hi Andy,
Just wanted to let you know what another Tech Grad is up to in the world of
imaging!
I graduated in 1996 and started working at Applied Graphics Technologies right
here in Rochester part-time before graduation. I was then offered a full time
position in their Production Department. After about 6 months I was promoted to
their New Media group to develop web sites and CD-ROM applications. One project
that I headed up was theispot-The Illustrators Internet Site at
www.theispot.com This site has been going strong for about 2 years now and won
two awards from New Media Magazine.
About 3 months ago I was promoted back to manage the department I started in (
I know, it gets confusing). So right now I manage the Digital Technical Center
for Applied Graphics Technologies in Rochester.
So...with all that I was wondering if you could assist me. We are looking to
hire a number of people to fill full-time positions in Rochester. I have three
openings for Digital Imaging Specialists and two openings for Multimedia
Production Specialists. Both require digital imaging experience, imaging
software experience as well as some creativity. Great client management skills
are required as well. There is definitely an opportunity for professional
growth!
I have posted full job descriptions in Job Track (www.jobtrak.com) under the
following codes for RIT:
Digital Imaging Specialist: #566839
Multimedia Production Specialist: #579974
Candidates can send resumes to:
Eric A. Oberg
Manager, Digital Technical Center
Applied Graphics Technologies
1580 Emerson Street
Rochester, NY 14608
If you could please forward this message to your 'all-encompassing' tech list
as well as to any other professors, that would be greatly appreciated!
Eric A. Oberg
Manager, Digital Technical Center
Applied Graphics Technologies
Rochester, NY
(716) 277-1760
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 09:21:37 -0700
From: Joshua Greenwald
Andy,
This is a simple personal message were I just wanted to say hi and give you
a very short recap on where I am, and what's going on. So to make a full
year VERY short, I am the Senior Architect Consultant for a small internet
company out here called NRGSource Inc. (LA, CA) After I graduated I
actually spent half a year working for Netscape but was lured away by this
other company since there is a lot more opportunity to grow within the
company. I am swamped with work today since we just landed a large project
I have to start managing, but I will definately get back to you (sooner
then later) with a better break down. But now that I am finally beginning
to settle down and get used to the area and am fairly sure I won't be
shifting around anytime soon I did want to drop you a note to let you know
I haven't completely fallen off the face of the earth, and would love to
know what is going on with the Tech Dept. And if you could, it would be
nice to be added to the Tech Grad email list. Ta Andy, and have a great day!
Joshua
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Joshua Greenwald
Senior Architect Consultant
NRGSource Inc.
1601 N. Sepulveda Blvd. Suite 376
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
(P) 310-798-8385
(F) 310-798-2485
joshua@nrgsource.com
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 12:57:38 +0900
From: a hasegawa
hello Andy,
How are you? I hope you are doing well...
I am back in RIT again. I am with KCG group. Our group will be here for
two weeks taking a Computer Graphic workshop.... I will stop by your
office sometime... I hope I will see you soon. If you are out of town..
then I will see you when I camback again in fall.
I talked to Rick Rodman this past Sunday... He is doing well. Here is his
e-mail address... richard_rodman@sri.com
well, that's it for today,
have a good day,
akira
:)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:41:35 -0400
From: Katie Nifong
Well I've been here in Kentucky for about a month now, and am really
enjoying things. My job is great. I'm working with color pigments, THE
future of ink jet in my humble opinion :) The people I'm working with are
really great. My manager is somewhat crazy, but I like him all the same.
The other person working with color pigments who's been training me is
great along with the technicians and other engineers.
I just completed the first step in a humectant screening test to find the
perfect formulation. I've also been collecting data on different vendor's
pigments with a variety of dispersions, which has been interesting as well.
They've been keeping me rather busy, which is great especially after some
discouragingly slow summers co-oping. I've even gotten to the point where I
can follow the acronyms and code names in the meetings.
My apartment is great, and still a little messy, but I'm getting settled
pretty easily. Well, I just wanted to let you guys know what was going on
with my in Kentucky from my new email address. I hope this message finds
all of you well, and I hope that you are all enjoying your last few weeks
of summer before starting classes again. Keep in touch.
Katie :)
4030 Tates Creek Rd. #1261
Lexington, KY 40517
(606) 271-5023 (H)
(606) 232-4559 (W)
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 14:29:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: jennifer greenwald
Well, I'm working for a place called Millennium Computer Corporation. It's
a software house down by Pittsford. I've been here about 3 weeks, and so
far like it pretty well.
Other than that, I haven't been up to much new and wonderful.
Jen
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 09:37:00 -0500
From: Joe Muratore
It has been awhile since I have last updated you on my location in life.
I am now working at IMAGRAPH a company in Chelmsford, MA specializing in
high-end frame grabbers serving the medical and machine vision OEM
markets (www.imagraph.com).
What has expedited my need to contact you are two job openings. There is
an opening here at IMAGRAPH for a customer service technician for
supporting our software and hardware. The other position is in Ohio for
Piker International a company that manufactures MRI and CT equipment.
For further information on the position at IMAGRAPH, the contact is Al
Meola (978) 256-4624. The person to speak with at Picker is Stu Ruff his
number is 440-473-2966. Basically, both of these jobs need a good
computer nerd with an understanding of imaging and good communication
skills.
I should be passing through the Rochester area within the next couple of
months and would like to get a chance to see you.
Joe Muratore
Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 08:29:46 -0800 (PST)
From: pmavery@CCGATE.HAC.COM
Hi Andy,
I've got an update and a technical question. I've left EK and joined Raytheon
Optical Systems (formerly Hughes Danbury Optical Systems; formerly ITEK
Optical Systems; formerly ....) in Lexington, MA. I started back in March.
The atmosphere at EK was getting too hairy and I didn't want to stick around
and wait for the shoe to fall.
I'm in charge of Electronic Focal Plane testing as the Electro-Optical Test
Engineer/Lab Manager. We have two very big projects going on right now
incorporating our new digital aerial reconaissance camera system into the U2
as well as a system for the Brits. I'm responsible for the testing of the
focal planes for the U2 project. We support the system through focal
plane/optical integration, testing (lab & flight), and ground station
processing. This is very exciting work and our camera system is the state of
the art, now incorporating the VNIR bands as well as SWIR and MWIR. This work
is nearly identical to what I was doing at Image Acquisition Systems at EK,
only this is airborne vs. spaceborne. And we have lots of work, unlike my
former dept. at EK.
(question omitted)
Paul Avery
Raytheon Optical Systems, Inc.
4 Hartwell Pl.
Lexington, MA 02173
781-402-2284
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 14:52:32 -0500 (EST)
From: "Michelle Hill"
Hi Andy,
(snip) The company that I am working for is called Printsmith-Needham. I
started there in September '96, shortly after it had changed ownership. The
first year or so was very hectic as the company was really just getting off the
ground. I took Desktop Prepress Systems at RIT, but other than that one class I
knew very little about the printing industry. They hired me based on RIT's
reputation. My actual title is Graphic Designer, but I have a hard time calling
myself that since more of what I do is technical than artistic. All of the
work that comes in goes through me first so it can be color seperated and set
up for printing. I mostly work with QuarkXpress, Pagemaker, Photoshop and
Illustrator. I also have designed newsletters, brochures, logos and lots of
other stuff for local companies.
I just got back from spending three months in California. Ben did a co-op there
for winter quarter and I travelled and spent some time with my sister who lives
in San Diego. Now I am back working at the same company designing a web site
and working on some other projects for them. I have learned a lot there but I
am getting anxious to get back to school again.
I hope everything is going well in the Tech department. Say hello to everyone
for me.
Michelle Hill
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 13:04:19 -0500
From: Joanne Kirwin
Guess who??? I sorry I didn't get a chance to contact you sooner but in case you
haven't heard, I have moved on to "greener" pasturers. On Dec. 8,1997 I
changed from ILFORD IMAGING to FUJI PHOTO FILM USA, Inc. in Elmsord,
NY. All the details will follow but my new position is totally
Environmental, Health and Safety. My title- Environmental Administrator.
At ILFORD I use to do both Technical and Environmental, Health and
Safety now just Environmental, Health and Safety. I wasn't growing at
ILFORD (after 8 years) and of course there were some changes about
to happen with them being sold and all. So I think I made the right move.
I will get a lot of Env., Health and Safety experience that I will be able to
apply to any industy after awhile. Who knows what is going to happen
with all this photo stuff but .... look at us (Fuji) now!!!!! It is pretty cool
working for one of the BIG WIGS that is doing well.
Well, I better get back to work. I am the new kid on the block here so...
Hope all is well with you and e-mail when you get the chance. I'd love to
hear from you. Will you be at PMA in New Orleans?
Hope to hear from you soon!
Joanne
Fuji Photo Film USA, Inc.
555 Taxter Rd.
Elmsford, NY 10523
Phone- 1-800-755-3854 ext.8497
Fax- 1-914-789-8504
E-mail- joanne_kirwin@fujifilm.com
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 13:58:48 -0700
From: Ben Pryhoda
Nitin,
I wanted to tell you about my new job! I started with a company called
Avalon Imaging January 5. Avalon is a machine vision company with a
primary focus on plastic injection mold monitoring. Future projects will
be geared towards assembly line applications; part inspection and
finished product inspection.
Right now we are porting the application to NT and I am writing the
device drivers for the framegrabber and I/O board. After the system is
up and running with NT; I will be part of the team that writes the
inspection software.
Our system is built to be "shop safe" and to look more like an
instrument rather then a computer. It is about half the size of a bread
box and uses a touch screen for input. Most of the hardware is custom
built, which is why I am tasked to write the device drivers. I have
never written code at that low of a level, it should be fun but also a
lot to learn.
Here is the kicker, during my interview I talked about the machine
vision project that we did on your class! Just like you said we would.
Another interesting this is my supervisor has a MS in Optics from the U
of R and used to work at LLE, as a grad student, with Terry Kessler,
small world eh?
If you have time, check out my web site it has some examples of the Java
image processing applets that I wrote at VNI, www.rit.edu/~bjp8350 As
you can tell they have not deleted my account at RIT yet.
Hope all is well, when the Avalon website goes online I will let you
know.
Ben
PS I copied Andy on this, So Andy please change my email address, on
your grads list, to bpryhoda@avalonimaging.com. Thanks
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 10:20:50 -0500 (EST)
From: Shelly Michalak
Hi Andy, I'm not sure if you knew this or not, but I'm now working at Iris Graphics. Dana
just forwarded your inquiry about an ICC colorsync profile. Can you give me the
info so I can get in touch with Glenn Rogowski? From what I can tell, he is the
one asking the question, correct? Is Glenn the one that was working at Gamma One
in CT? Thanks for your never ending support.
-Shelly Michalak
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