Joseph Nguyen

I am retired manufacturing and quality executive. I immigrated with my parents and seven siblings from Vietnam as refugees in 1975 and settled briefly in San Francisco before moving to Austin Texas and attending the University of Texas at Austin. I moved back to the Bay Area and graduated from SFSU, SJSU, and California Southern University with a BS, MSME, and DBA respectively. Began career in 1977 at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and moved on to Bechtel Corporation, New United Motor Mfg. Inc., General Motors, Chrysler, DaimlerChrysler, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, and retired from Gillig LLC in 2020. My past certifications included Professional Engineer License in California, the American Society for Quality Certified Quality Engineer, and ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt. A recipient of the 2007 Corporate Achievement Award by the OCA National Center. Held several positions in my career as a technician, engineer, manager, senior manager, and director. Married Michelle, and have two grown children Maggie and Melissa, and two grandchildren Jaime and Ethan who live in Evanston, IL. My wife and I are practicing Catholics at Our Lady of Guadalupe parish and are currently residing in Fremont, CA. My passionate hobby is writing and sharing my experience with the younger generations and giving something of myself to help their careers and giving glory to God.