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6/23/2019 – walk, gallery, tennis, drinks

Sunday

Went for walk up Warren after breakfast. Great weather.

Walked down to train station to see Noah off. Train was l;after than he told us. He was outside the house when we walked back. Brief chat with Noah, John and Stephanie.

Gallery duty.

Played tennis with Ted at 3pm. Felt very sluggish and generally lousy. Drinks with Dave at Swoon.

6/22/2019 – drive to Boston, Paul and Ruth Richards, Jane Kogan 80th, DOG opening

Saturday

Left for Boston at 7am. Arrived Needham by 9:45. Visited with Paul and Ruth. He looks older, tired. He is recovering from pneumonia. She from diverticulitis surgery. Good visit.

Drove over to Griffin Museum. Pick up a bucket of books to return from last fall’s book show.


Arrived at Chinese restaurant in Brookline early for 1pm gathering to honor Jane Kogan’s 80th birthday. Kind of an odd event. Food not so good. Miriam’s two daughters and families were there. Spoke with Stuart Pitchel. He recalled my consulting at SRP Signs.  Sat next to some grumpy cousins from Jane’s family. Left at 2:15 before the speeches in order to get back to Hudson for the 6pm gallery opening event.

Everything ready/

Very crowded opening. 7 local artists brought their posses out. Glad when it was over at 8pm.

More The Closer.

6/20/2019 – HAL, work, tennis lesson, Karen’s book group

Thursday

PT with Corey Smith at 7:30 am. Very productive.

Scrubbed through more old files from earlier websites. Lots of stuff to consolidate here.

Tennis lesson with Saif. Focus on less power and more consistent stroke paths. Toss ball really high for serve. Stretch up to reach the ball. Wrist is bothering me. Moved mouse pad to opposite side of keyboard. Will see if this helps.

Karen started cooking by mid morning. Her book group is meeting here. I cleaned the two rooms – vacuum, wash floors, etc. rearrange furniture.

I left for Bob’s for dinner at about 6pm. Came back around 7:30pm. Book group didn’t leave until 9:30 or later;

Valuedge, Inc. 1999 – 2004

During 1994-5 Sherry Gordon and I worked on a supplier assessment tool as part of our NESI (New England Suppliers Institute) work. With the help of John Martin of the consulting firm Chadwick, Martin & Bailey we developed an organizational assessment tool based on the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Criteria. John was a Baldrige Examiner and both Sherry and I served on the Massachusetts Quality Award Committee as Examiners. Continue reading →

MMO Job History

  • Carpenter – summer job high school – Lunenburg MA – 1964
  • Factory hand – part time during college – Appleton WI – 1966-68
  • Track gang – Soo RR – Appleton WI – Summer 1968
  • Spray Painter – Summer 1969
  • High School Russian teacher – Newton South HS, Newton MA 1969-1971
  • Helper in bakery – Belmont MA – 1973
  • Bartender – Cambridge MA – 1973
  • General machinist – electromechanical relays – Stevens-Arnold – Boston MA – 1973-75
  • Movie theater ticket sales – Brattle Theater – Cambridge MA – 1975
  • R&D machinist – optical mirrors – Bedford MA 1976
  • R&D machinist – spectrometers/monochrometers – Minuteman Labs – Acton MA – 1976-77
  • Designer – stress gages nuclear power plants – Cambridge MA – 1977
  • Designer – spectrometers/monochrometers – Minuteman Labs – Acton MA – 1977
  • Staff engineer – biomechanics lab – artificial hips – MIT Cambridge MA – 1977-79
  • R&D engineer – micro miniature switches – C&K Components – Newton MA – 1979 -1980
  • Manager custom engineered products – switches – C&K Components – Newton MA – 1980
  • Regional sales manager – inside sales – switches – Augat – North Andover MA – 1981
  • Manager inside sales/customer service – switches- Augat – North Andover MA – 1982-3
  • Product manager – electrical devices – Augat – North Andover MA – 1984-5
  • VP customer service & order fulfillment – passive electro mechanicals – Augat – N Attleboro MA – 1986-87
  • General Manager/Plant Manager – switch division – Augat – North Andover MA – 1988-89
  • VP Marketing – core products electro mechanical devices – Augat – Attleboro MA – 1990-91
  • VP Strategic Planning & New Business Development – Augat- Attleboro MA – 1992
  • Starts consulting company Riverside Systems that morph into current Riverside – 1993
  • Business Coaching – both sole proprietorships – Cambridge MA & Hudson NY
  • Director – Massachusetts Manufacturing Partnership – Lowell MA – 1994
  • Co-director – New England Suppliers Institute – Boston MA – 1995 -1998
  • Founder/Chief Technology Office – Valuedge – enterprise software – Lexington MA – 1999 – 2004
  • Owner – Business Coach – Riverside Business Coaching – Cambridge MA and Hudson NY –  2004 – 2020
  • Co-Owner – Davis Orton Gallery – current – Hudson NY 2009 – to date
  • General Manager – YouThisMe.com – current – Hudson NY – 2013 – 2018
  • Chief Operating Officer -UTM Healthcare, LLC. – 2018 to date

6/18/2019 – work, tennis

Tuesday

Breakfast with Dave Drake at Bob’s.

UTMH team meeting. Review new website with Tony Kieraldo. Then afternoon meeting with Troy Web to review changes to software. Warren Wexelman participated remotely. Very productive. 

Doubles at Total Tennis. Not very good. My new shirt.  

8:20 pm. End of tennis

6/16/2019 – weight

Sunday

I’ve been keeping track of my weight regularly now for nearly ten years. Today marks a new low since my teenage years.

6/16/2019 219
3/24/2019 231
12/24/2018 223
1/11/2018 229
6/10/2017 232
5/5/2016 235
1/6/2015 236
9/7/2014 238
5/14/2014 241
5/30/2013 251
4/15/2012 252
11/20/2012 253
4/18/2011 243
4/9/2010 241
1/5/2010 251
8/14/2009 260

6/16/2019 – DOG, drinks

Sunday

Rained pretty much all day. Breakfast at Bob’s. Very crowded due to Father’s Day crowds. Shopping at ShopRite. Later went to Natural Foods on Healy Blvd. Mostly a putter day. 6 people in the gallery.

Halo over mashed potatoes next to us.

Japanese mushroom salad

Scene at bar at Swoon.

Drinks at Swoon with Dave behind the bar.

 

On the way home

Window display at Limner.

Dinner