[Tom Vaught]

Some people I knew did the same job, (their only Job), for 30 years.

In my case I was fortunate in that I did about 8 years in Emissions & F.E.

Then found a new job in Truck Operations doing Proving Ground Testing.
(lots of different types of testing) but primarily supporting the Emissions & F.E.
Guys with actual data.

8 years later, tired of traveling, moved to Core Engineering.

First Job there was actually designing boosting systems to be installed on different model vehicles.
Did the First Lightning Truck, the First, Second, and Third Mustang Boosting systems.
Along with the Mustang Hot Rod stuff worked with the Race Teams in Super Street NMCA to improve
their performance on the track. The Keen Brothers were Super Street World Champions when I helped
them with parts and advice. Most of the time I was working at the Wind Tunnels and Test Track in Florida then.

Was a Technical Advisor for a Ford Super Bowl Commercial one year.

Then I went into Pure Engineering when I transferred to Advanced Engineering
They designed all of the First Gen Saleable vehicles (Car & Truck). 6 years there.

Finally went to Research to do the ECOBOOST Engines and the Boosted Diesel Engines
as well as the Hydrogen Powered Engines and the Super Spook "Spy in the Sky" long
duration "Stealth" aircraft for tracking the bad guys in the world.

So from reading the posts above, I was fortunate in that I could move between different
organizations and get lots of experience in several areas vs being on only one job for my career
with one or two companies Holley & Ford.

Out of 14 Patent Submissions I received 6 or 7 patents for boosting work.
I was not a professional "Patent Submission Guy". We had one guy with 300+ of them.

So the info above is not bragging, it is a simple history of work done on different areas
in the same company over 39 years. It was an educational experience for me vs doing them same job for30n years

I am sure that there are some on the board with vast experience in multiple areas.

Tom V.