Keynote Speaker: James Goldberry

James Goldberry recently retired as Vice President of Engineering for Solid State Disk Drive development at Western Digital Corporation in Irvine, CA. Prior to that, he was Vice President at SanDisk Corporation. He has more than 28 years of experience in computer storage device development including prior employment at Seagate Technology, and Maxtor Corporation. He also served as a consultant global program manager for the Data Computing Division of the EMC Corporation. He holds a BSEE from Howard University and an MSEE from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

James and his wife Lisa, who is a Stanford Graduate in Manufacturing Engineering, have two children, Jaqui and Ben. Jaqui is in the Graduate Program for a Master’s in Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. Ben graduated last year from the US Naval Academy with a degree in Applied Mathematics and is currently training to be a Navy Pilot. James still plays soccer in a men’s league, and they enjoy sharing a summer home on Martha’s Vineyard with the extended family.

 

Chief Greeter: Greg Byrne

 

Salutes include:

100 Year Anniversary, Whitin Community Center
Tuyet Tran, New Executive Director, Southeast Asian Coalition of Central MA
50 Year Anniversary, Open Sky Community Services
Fabian Barracks, Cultural Development Officer, City of Worcester
30 Year Anniversary, Notre Dame Long-Term Care and Skilled Rehab Facility
Grace Wang, New President, WPI

 

 

Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce thanks their Presenting and Coffee Sponsors for this event, Country Bank & LLB Architects.