Personal Information
Full Name: Herbert William Robinson
Residence: Newton Mass
Education: Cornell University, BSEE with Distinction
Marital Status: Married
Employment: I am currently employed by Stratus Technologies.
Life Experiences:
I grew up in a small farming town in Upstate New York (Pine Plains).
My maternal grandparents owned a farm. My mother's family has been in the country for a few hundred years.
My paternal grandparents emigrated from Ireland and England.
I have worked as a farm laborer.
And a mason's helper (at a job site with no electricity).
And as a soda jerk in my father's drug store.
I worked as a musician in college and belonged to Local 132 of the American Federation of Musicians.
And I also supported myself for a while as a dishwasher.
Obviously, things are better now, but I have been at the bottom of the ladder and I still remember.
I played football, wrestled and ran track when I was in High School. I won the Dutchess County Scholastic League wrestling tournament twice in the 175 lb weight class.
I was employed by Transitron (Wakefield), Systems Engineering Labs (Ft Lauderdale), Incoterm (Wellesley) and Honeywell Information Systems after graduating from Cornell.
I then joined the original technical staff of Stratus Computer when it was founded in 1980. I was an employee there for about 10 years and watched it grow from 20 people to 2000. After that, I divided my time 50/50 between software consulting and various musical endeavors for a number of years. I am currently employed full time in the computer industry.
I have performed in numerous musical events. From a-cappella folk music with Festival of Light and Song to the Blues Rock band Grand Larceny In partnership with Margo Granfors under the name Towering Pretzels, I have put out a music CD.
I built a mobile recording studio that used to operate under the name Curbside Recording.
I am a member of the following organizations:
Association for Computing Machinery