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Do you have news you'd like to share? Submit a class note. Tell us what major events have happened in your life: a new job, marriage, children, retirement, advanced degrees, you name it.
J. Scott Kamsler, MBA '74
In February 2007, Exar Corporation, a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure, hired J. Scott Kamsler as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Kamsler is responsible for Exar's finance, accounting, treasury, tax and investor relations functions.
Kamsler has more than 25 years of financial management experience with technology companies in the semiconductor, communications, and instrumentation industries. Prior to joining Exar, Kamsler was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Centillium Communications, Inc., a supplier of broadband access semiconductors, where he was responsible for finance, accounting and investor relations and was instrumental in significantly improving operating results.
Rich Derks, MBA '91
rderks@medline.com
Rich Derks (BSIE '82, MBA '91) was just awarded a patent on the design of the lightest weight transport wheelchair in the market. Derks is Vice President of Marketing at Medline Industries, a $3B medical supplies manufacturer in the Chicago area.
David Herrick, MBA '91
David is General Manager of Kaplow, a consumer and corporate communications agency in New York City with clients that include eBay, Target Stores, American Express and Avon. He lives in the City with his wife and 2 year old daughter.
Paresh Patel, MBA '99
Patel started his vending business with one pop machine to pay for his education. Fifteen years later, Portland-based Courtesy Vending LLC is a growing $3.8 million business with 20 employees and more than 1,100 machines in the Portland area. Patel says the company, which grew 10 percent last year, has the potential to someday be a $100 million business.
That's ambitious, but the entrepreneurial Patel -- who was named Oregon's Small Business Administration Small Business Person of the Year in 2005 and one of Angel Oregon's 10 semi-finalists this year -- may have the chops to do it.
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Save-the-Date for the UW Retail Management Program Golf Tournament at the Golf Club at Newcastle Thursday, May 17, 2007! Join Industry Leaders, Colleagues, UW Business School Faculty, Alumni and Students for Golf, Dinner and Auction. 
He's fired. James Sun (BA 1999) was the unfortunate final recipient of Donald Trump's infamous dismissal, issued in the waning moments of "
Former U.S. Senator and NBA star Bill Bradley was in Seattle last month to address students enrolled in the innovative course, "The Contemporary U.S. Workplace: Social Welfare and Efficiency in Firm-Employee Relations." The course, a joint project by the UW Business School and the UW School of Social Work, challenges students from various disciplines to explore both the practicalities and ethics of embracing business practices that balance profits with the needs of employees and the community. 
