David Carson Classification Talk

Dave Carson was introduced by his sponsor Shirley Molloy and gave a history of his work experience from July 16, 1969 until present day. July 16 was the day the moon launch took place and it was also the day he graduated from university. Dave took a "sandwich" course in the UK which is similar to coop. His first job was at British Leyland in an old spitfire factory and of course his first car was a mini. He started as a junior systems analyst working with an IBM80 solving business problems. He left there for a plastic company and was head hunted from them to teach documentation standards. That company sent him to Poland for a month and in 1976 he came to Canada to work at Bell Canada where he continued his information technology career. Within three years the company sent him and his family to Saudi Arabia where he helped its telecom industry as it developed digital telephony technology. He continued to work for Bell and its various iterations, retiring from CGI, an outsourcing company where he spent his last five years working in Tampa Fl.

Dave saw the development of computers from the mainframe to mini computers to personal computers. He progressed through digital telephony to outsourcing, visiting many exciting parts of the world. His travels took him to Kuwait, Africa, India and Nepal to name just a few.

Since retiring a couple years ago Dave has become very involved in social issues within the community. He is a member of Dundas in Transition, the Hamilton Food Security Committee, the Food Box and Rotary Sunrise Community Garden as well as developing a climate chart for Hamilton.