George Forester
CEO and chief inventor of EkaTetra.
| Headline: | Inventor |
| Interested in: | Consulting opportunities, Meeting new people, Patenting my idea, Professional opportunities, Receiving feedback |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | EkaTetra, Lake Oswego OR |
| Position: | CEO and chief inventor |
| Time period: | January 2000 - Present |
| Description: | EkaTetra makes a pocket sized ergonomic keyboard for computers, with
customers world wide. |
| Employer: | Zicon Software Corporation, Lake Oswego OR |
| Position: | President, software engineer, writer; sole employee |
| Time period: | January 1990 - December 2000 |
| Description: | Produced a number of software programs for
business, volunteer organizations, and personal use. Owner’s Manuals I authored for some of the software. |
| Employer: | Portland OR metro region |
| Position: | Consulting |
| Time period: | January 1980 - December 1990 |
| Description: | Over the years (my first client was in 1963) I’ve had
the opportunity to work on some very interesting projecs for this edited list of clients: Lipps Engineering Software Design Associates Lex Computer Software Market Research Corporation Remington Arms American Airlines Potter Instruments EyeDentify Tink AVL Looms Moved to Lake Oswego OR. We’re still in the same small house, which now is an empty nest and it suits us well - expept for the occaisional long visits of a child. |
| Employer: | Sanscript Inc., Beaverton OR |
| Position: | CEO |
| Time period: | January 1980 - December 1990 |
| Description: | Venture funded to create a hand held digital
copying pen. |
| Employer: | Mushroom Resources Inc., Lake Oswego OR |
| Position: | CEO |
| Time period: | January 1980 - December 1990 |
| Description: | Wild Mushroom of the Month club. |
| Employer: | CitiBank, New York |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Time period: | January 1970 - December 1980 |
| Description: | Managed consumer direct lending group.
Built a passive solar home next to a tidal marsh in CT. |
| Employer: | Bulk Buying, Inc., Norwalk, CT |
| Position: | Founder |
| Time period: | January 1970 - December 1980 |
| Description: | Founded this retail grocery merchandising experiment
- a precursor to stores like CostCo. We roughed it for a few years in the Sierra foothills with our two daughters Shelagh and Tesilya. |
| Employer: | Cal State University Chico, Chico CA |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Time period: | January 1970 - December 1980 |
| Description: | Graduate work in Economics. Instructor in the
Business School. Got a BA in Business here. |
| Employer: | Creative Space Corporation, Chico CA |
| Position: | Founder, furniture designer, manufacturer |
| Time period: | January 1970 - December 1980 |
| Description: | Portable modular furniture plus tables,
desks, bureaus. |
| Employer: | Mikros, Inc bought by Varian Associates Palo Alto |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Time period: | December 1970 |
| Description: | THE salesman, then product manager for electron
microscopes and all high vacuum systems in the age of micro chip development. |
| Employer: | WISE - Western Instrument Scientific Equipment |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Time period: | December 1970 |
| Description: | A side line, hobby of mine. Founded, engineered,
manufactured and sold worldwide accessories for electron microscope labs. Best design was for the Westfall-Healy Section Mounter. |
| Employer: | Sloan Instruments, Santa Barbara CA & London England |
| Position: | Chief Sales and Marketing Officer |
| Time period: | December 1970 |
| Description: | Thin film thickness measurement instruments. |
| Employer: | Picker Nuclear, Manhattan & White Plains NY |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Time period: | December 1970 |
| Description: | Managed all marketing tasks. Lab instruments,
nuclear immaging equipment, electron microscopes, computers. Enjoyed the life within the New York graphic arts scene, amid challenging new scientific/ computer product developments. |
| Employer: | Similac, Oregon |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Time period: | December 1970 |
| Description: | Learned sales from this really fine company. |
| Employer: | UICSM, Oregon |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Time period: | December 1970 |
| Description: | University of Illinois Committee on School
Mathematics program of new math. Excellent curriculum. Taught all 4 grades in a senior high school for two years. |
| Employer: | Simplifiler |
| Position: | Inventor |
| Time period: | December 1970 |
| Description: | Invented this Sales Contact Management system
using 3x5 cards before the age of personal computers. |
| Employer: | Independent, New York |
| Position: | Consulting |
| Time period: | December 1970 |
| Description: | On my own - Business strategy Picture of poster produced for a client |
George's Startups (2)
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EkaTetra
EkaTetra redefines the computer keyboard. EkaPad is naturally ergonomic, provides ubiquitous mobility, and is personal.
George's Contacts (1)
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Harvey Mathews
High school history teacher turned legislative policy wonk turned business association lobbyist turned president of the state's software industry association.