William L Martin

Bill Martin has Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University (1961 and 1962) and, in 1975, a Master’s in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He began his career in the United States defense industry as a designer of digital computers and military command and control systems. He led a major commercial Air Traffic Control program and was principal investigator of a NASA sponsored study of ultra-reliable computing. In the Sloan School of Management at MIT, he created a comprehensive system dynamics model of the future of health care in the United States. He taught a course in advanced communications statistics at the University of Southern California (USC) and for twenty years taught college-level mathematics as an avocation with highest ratings from his students. Later, he moved to Silicon Valley and was vice-president of engineering for an electronic test equipment firm. He managed the development of one of the first computer-based circuit board testers which had over $100 million in sales. Overall, he served as manager of more than 5000 people. In retirement, he tutored local students in mathematics. He successfully ran for public office in a highly competitive race and served as a trustee at Sierra College, Placer County, California. He attended six Rose Bowls (American football) and one Final Four (college basketball). Bill lives in Northern California with Linda, his wife of 62 years. His two children and their spouses live nearby.