About the Author |
Richard O. Calkins worked in the telephone industry for more than 40 years. Early in his career, he was a transmission engineer and later an Engineering Manager for network planning at Pacific Northwest Bell in Seattle, Washington. Following a move to GTE, he served in that company's Telephone Operations Headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut, where he held positions as Assistant Vice President for regulatory strategy and Assistant Vice President for product planning and pricing. After retiring from GTE, he spent six years as Vice President for industry policy development at the United States Telephone Association in Washington, DC. During his telephone industry career, Mr. Calkins was listed in Who's Who of American Business Leaders Special Edition, the Platinum Edition of the Who's Who Registry, and the Who's Who Registry of Global Business Leaders. Since 1996, he has been retired in Sammamish, Washington, where he pursues personal interests in art, philosophy, writing books, and studying physics. |