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Shermie
- retired and living in Shawnee, Kansas enjoys
playing piano and entertaining -
Shermie
at the Piano. Shermie retired Sept. 1, 2014 from Union Pacific Railroad,
Bailey Yard in North Platte, NE, and was member of
International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers
(IBEW),
Local 1920. Shermie
attended the following schools:
Vance Elementary, Coronado Junior High,
graduated from
Class of 1970
at Washington High in Kansas City, KS
and received his technical degree in Electronics Engineering Technology
from the
Missouri
Institute of Technology
in Kansas City, MO,
presently
DeVry University. He was employed for more than 23 years working on
government contracts overseas at the Kwajalein atoll located in the
Republic of the Marshall Islands, providing
technical expertise in engineering, maintenance and repair of
electronic and computer control tracking systems at the Kwajalein
Missile Range (KMR), currently
Reagan Test Site.
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Shermie worked for the following companies: Kentron Hawaii LTD (Kwajalein Missile Range, Kwajalein, Republic of the
Marshall Islands), Data Management Systems (Overland Park, Kansas),
Storage Technology Corporation
(Overland Park, Kansas), Planning Research Company (Kwajalein Missile
Range),
Johnson Controls (Kwajalein Missile Range),
DynCorp (Kwajalein Missile Range), GTE Engineering Services (Kwajalein
Missile Range,
ALTAIR Radar,
Roi-Namur, Kwajalein Missile Range),
Raytheon
(Kwajalein Missile Range, Sudbury, MA),
2nd
Century Communications (Chelmsford, MA),
Intel
(Santa Clara, CA, Hudson, MA, & Colorado Springs, CO) and
Union Pacific Railroad (Bailey Yard, North Platte, NE).
Shermie has held the following positions during his
working career: Locomotive Electronic Technician-Diesel Electrician, Electronic Field Service Engineer, Information
Technology (IT) Field Engineer, Automated Data Process Equipment Field
Engineer and
Computer Maintenance Supervisor/Lead, Computer Hardware Systems
Instructor, Technical Writer,
Semi-conductor Manufacturer Technician,
Telemetry Technician,
Radar
and
Optical Tracking Systems Technician,
Pianist & Singer,
Piano Tuner/Technician,
Mid Plains Prospector, Welder, Farmer, Gardening, Mechanic, Home
Repairman and
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