About the speaker Douglas Napier is an engineering trainer with Toshiba International Corporation (TIC). Douglas currently teaches Basic ASD Theory and Operation, Basic Drives for Non-Technical Persons, Basic ASDs for HVAC, and Toshiba ASD for Consulting Engineers, and participates in a Toshiba training program that is geared toward specification, sales, and service to the industrial and HVAC markets. Doug worked as a Field Service Engineer for three years and as a Line Maintenance Foreman for ten years. He jokingly refers to himself as a graduate of "Magna Cum Lumpy" from the "School of Hard Knocks." Doug emerged from the US Navy submarine force as a nuclear trained electrician and has spent almost thirty years in the high-tech industry, at corporations such as Hewlett Packard, Interstate Brands Corporation, Applied Materials, Merck-Medco, and Benshaw.

Meeting details Date: Thursday, Sept 10
Time: 11:30 am
RSVP: Lisa Denke at LDenke@ksilp.com or (661) 547-2770
Place: Hodel’s Country Dining, 5917 Knudsen Dr, Bakersfield, Hodels.com
Directions: Take the Olive exit from Hwy 99 and head west. Turn right on Knudsen Dr, the first street. Hodel’s is on the left.




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Thursday-Friday, May 14-15, 2009
Golf Tournament, Tabletop Show, Technical Training & Cajun Feast!

March 26, April 2 and April 16
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January 2009
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November 2008
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and Testing of Basic Surface Safety Systems




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