Career prior to E-Trade William A. Porter

1 career prior e-trade

1.1 education
1.2 first company
1.3 patents
1.4 search
1.5 management , directorships

career prior e-trade
education

porter received b.a. adams state college, m.s. in physics kansas state university, , master s degree in management (m.b.a.) sloan fellows program @ mit sloan school of management.

first company

porter started commercial electronics inc. in 1968 , developed first commercial low-light night vision electron microscopes , first color low-light (night vision) broadcast television camera, technology s used today in broadcast cameras. porter sold commercial electronics warner communications after cancellation of large order during 1974 recession.

patents

porter holds 14 patents, having developed number of electronic devices , processes—including aforementioned first shoulder-mounted-backpack broadcast color tv camera, first infrared horizon sensor satellite stabilization (prior sputnik), , several other breakthroughs still in use today in variety of fields—including, according 2000 cnn interview, devices used military day.

the search

under project name search, porter developed first electronic diesel-electric locomotive checkout system, whereby testing device inserted locomotive engine. southern pacific , b&o railroads suggested system improve operating capacity of approximately 33,000 locomotive engines in 10 percent.

management , directorships

porter has served chairman of trelleborg rubber company, president of tretorn shoes, , president of commercial electronics incorporated (see below). porter director of research , planning textron 1962–67, , research manager , electrical engineer of general electric s advanced electronics center @ cornell university 1957-62. physicist national bureau of standards 1952-1957.