PowerSmith
Craig Smith was employed at IBM from 1965 through 1992 and enjoyed a variety of experiences there related to power supply and power system design, power development management, and power technology business development.
Military and aerospace:
Design verification for Saturn
booster computer system
Sonar system integration
Power supply and power system design for surface and submarine based sonar systems
Avionics power supply design for Air Force systems
Power system and control design for AWACS airborne computer system
Developed first standardized power supply program for Air Force
Commercial Computing:
Designed power system for the first IBM mainframe computer to utilize switching power converters - the highly successful and reliable 4300 series
Managed engineering group responsible for development of mainframe computer power systems
IBM Power Systems:
Member of start-up team for this independent business unit which has since become Celestica, Inc.
Responsible for competitive analysis and industry characterization
International marketing
University research coordinator
Manager of external technology alliances