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Gilbert L. Scott
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| Title: |
Validation Engineer, Retired, Roche Diagnostics |
| Industry: |
Engineering and Electronics |
| Type of Organization: |
Research and Development |
| Major Product/Service: |
Development of blood glucose meters and related products |
| Expertise: |
Mr. Scott specializes in the engineering areas of reliability, validation and testing. |
| Geographic Area of Distribution: |
International |
| University/Degree: |
B.S., Economics, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, 1952 |
| Born: |
February 21, 1930, Jacksonville, Florida |
| Hobbies/Sports: |
Ballroom dancing, boating, swimming, attending the theatre |
| Spouse: |
Donna L. Scott |
| Married: |
February 21, 1962 |
| Children: |
Dawn Truax, Marc Scott (deceased), Gary Scott, Keith Scott, Richard Scott; Grandchildren: Kyle, Brittany, Jake, Audrey; Great-grandchildren: Brielle Walton, Jacqueline Truax |
| Work History: |
Mr. Scott joined RCA in June, 1952 as a Quality Control Engineer. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1952 working as a Radio Operator and was discharged in 1954. He resumed his career with RCA in the electron tube division. Mr. Scott worked as a Quality Control Engineer in the parts preparation area of an electron tube plant until 1958 and was then transferred to the manufacturing engineer department. The Indiana tube plant merged with the New Jersey tube plant in 1962, where he participated in the successful transfer of the filament coating and winding operations. He was transferred to the finishing area in 1966 where he developed the technique of square wave analysis of high-screen current rejects in electron tubes. Mr. Scott transferred to the consumer electronics division's corporate office in Indianapolis in 1977. He worked as a Reliability Engineer on TV sets until 1998 where he improved printed circuit board layouts for reliability and manufacturing. He also participated on a wave solder improvement task force. In 1998, he left RCA to work for Roche Diagnostics as a Reliability and Validation Engineer in design quality for blood glucose meters. Mr. Scott retired from Roche in 2003. |
| Honors & Awards: |
"Man of the Year Award", the American Biographical Institute, 2003; "Lifetime Achievement Award", and "DaVinci Diamond Award" for Outstanding Contributions to Reliability Engineering, The International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, England |
| Career Accomplishments: |
While acting as a Reliability Engineer, Mr. Scott developed field failure rate prediction methods for manufacturing and environmental-related field failures as well as introducing to Roche Diagnostics techniques for measuring the impact of manufacturing and environment on field failure rates. He also introduced analytical techniques for measuring life test results. In his capacity as a Finishing Engineer, Mr. Scott developed the technique of square wave analysis of high screen current rejects in electron tubes. |
