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Michael Abbott's educational journey began with a B.S. in Biochemistry from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, complemented by coursework toward a Ph.D. at the University of Washington.
In May 2023, Abbott assumed the role of Executive Vice President of Software at General Motors. Prior to this, Abbott joined Apple in 2018 as the Vice President of Engineering at Apple Cloud Services. In his role, he oversaw work on Apple Cloud Services like iCloud+, Mail, FindMy, FaceTime, and more.
Before Apple, Abbott served as a Visiting Scholar at Stanford's Artificial Intelligence Lab (SAIL), focusing on computer vision research and product development. He subsequently became a General Partner with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), concentrating on investments in the digital sector, aiding entrepreneurs in social, mobile, and cloud computing to scale teams and ventures. Abbott's career journey also included roles at Twitter, where he was the inaugural Vice President of Engineering, and at Palm, where he assumed the position of Executive Vice President of Software and Services. Additionally, he managed Microsoft Azure as the General Manager. His career commenced with entrepreneurship, during which he initiated several venture-backed startups, including Composite Software.
In addition to his service on the Cal Poly Foundation Board of Directors, Abbott actively contributes as a board member at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. He also imparts knowledge as an Adjunct Lecturer at Stanford's Department of Computer Science and has occupied various board positions in companies he has both invested in and founded.
Lisa Anderson received her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1984. She is currently a Managing Director at Brookfield Asset Management in New York City, where she is responsible for developing insurance solutions for the global insurance industry. Prior to joining Brookfield in 2017, she was head of Structured Credit Business Development at Morgan Stanley and Barclays investment banking divisions where she was credited with the development of the multi-trillion-dollar family of tradeable credit indices called CDX. Ms. Anderson is a member of the board of KiDS of NYU Langone Hospital as well as serving on the Parent Advisory Committee at Cal Poly, where her daughter is pursuing a degree in Sustainable Solutions in Civil Engineering.
Michael J. Applegate earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Cal Poly in 1980. An active entrepreneur with several business interests, he is principally engaged as President of TimeValue Software, a market leading provider of specialized loan amortization and tax-related software solutions used by accountants, attorneys and other financial professionals in the US and internationally. Prior to founding TimeValue Software in 1985, Mr. Applegate was a CPA with Price Waterhouse. A wrestler in high school and college, Mr. Applegate is a strong supporter and advocate for student athletic programs and activities in support of USA Wrestling. He serves on the Cal Poly Athletic Director's Council.
Scott Gaudineer has served the University in various capacities for many years. A 1979 graduate of the architecture program, he was a founding member of the Daedalus chapter of Alpha Rho Chi (the national architecture fraternity), participated in the student senate, and co-chaired the CAED Student Council. He was a member of the National Honor Society and was a Julia Morgan Phoebe Hearst scholarship recipient.
Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore, University Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, joined Cal Poly in August 2020. Prior to coming to Cal Poly, Dr. Jackson-Elmoore served as the dean of the Honors College at Michigan State University (MSU), where she oversaw the program for high-achieving undergraduates, as well as the Academic Scholars Program, the National/International Fellowships & Scholarships Office, and the MSU Debate Program. Dr. Jackson-Elmoore was also a professor with affiliations in the MSU School of Social Work and the Global Urban Studies Program. She also co-chaired a university level Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Steering Committee and was appointed to the MSU Strategic Planning Committee. Before becoming dean, Dr. Jackson-Elmoore served as Acting Assistant Dean of the Urban Affairs Program, Director of the Urban Studies Graduate Program in the College of Social Science, and Co-Director of the Program in Urban Politics and Policy at Michigan State University. Dr. Jackson-Elmoore has taught courses in public policy processes and analysis, urban politics, evaluation, and social welfare policy and services; conducted evaluations on community health care reform; and served as project manager for a multi-state research study.
Her work has been published in Policy Studies Review, Policy Studies, Review of Policy Research, Urban Affairs Review, Cities, Health Education Research, American Journal of Health Education, Social Work, Public Productivity and Management Review, Korean Review of Public Administration and Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE). She has also published several book chapters and is a co-author of Reinventing Civil Society: The Emerging Role of Faith-Based Organizations (M.E. Sharp) and a co-editor of Reclaiming Brownfields: A Comparative Analysis of Adaptive Reuse of Contaminated Properties (Ashgate Publishing, LTD), Nonprofits in Urban America (Quorum Books) and a journal symposium for Policy Studies Review. She also served as Senior Associate Editor of the Journal of Urban Affairs. Dr. Jackson-Elmoore earned doctorate and master's degrees in Public Administration, with a public policy emphasis, from the University of Southern California and a bachelor's in Chemical Engineering from the University of Delaware. She also earned certification from the Institute for Management and Leadership in Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Richard C. Jacobsen Jr. earned his bachelor's degree in business administration at Cal Poly in 1985. He received an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business in 1989. Mr. Jacobsen is a managing director at Greenhill & Co., an independent global investment banking firm. He is also involved with Rocky Hill, Inc., a diversified farming company that is owned by his family. Mr. Jacobsen is a member of the board of directors of Sunkist Growers, Inc., Fruit Growers Supply Company and the California Citrus Growers Association.
Abegail Lara serves as the Student Director of the Cal Poly Foundation. Currently majoring in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting, Abegail plans to continue her Cal Poly education in the graduate program within the Orfalea College of Business. Abegail has experience with Capital Market Accounting Advisory work and plans to become a licensed CPA following graduation. Serving as the president of the Latinx Business Student Association, she is passionate about leveraging clubs to connect talented Cal Poly students with industry partners.
Jeffrey D. Armstrong began his tenure as Cal Poly's ninth permanent president on February 1, 2011. Before joining Cal Poly, he served as dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and professor of Animal Science at Michigan State University, beginning in 2001. Armstrong was head of the Department of Animal Sciences at Purdue University from 1997 to 2001 and served in various positions at North Carolina State University from 1986 through 1997. Armstrong attended Murray State University in Kentucky, where he earned a bachelor's degree in agriculture in 1981. He earned both a master's (1984) and doctorate (1986) in physiology and endocrinology from North Carolina State University.
Williams, who will attend his first meeting in February, has significant experience speaking before university boards of trustees from his positions at the dean and presidential levels. He also has served with several academic councils and societies, and is president of the ASM International, an association of materials-centric engineers.
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The poly board i got from tandy three years ago was bowed in the center. It has flattened out most of the way since then. If you want to use the one you have, and you have a marble slab, you could try leaving the poly board under the slab for a few days. i don't know how badly warped your poly board is. Getting a new (bigger) one wouldn't be a bad idea though; As electrathon said, those cutting boards are cheap.
I recently went to a polymer company and purchased an offcut of HDPE, high density polyethylene. A piece 2' x 4' , 3/8" thick was about $60 Can. It is perfect for a cutting board. When it gets marked up, you just shave off the ridges from the knife cuts. I took an edge beveler and rounded the corners so there would be no sharp edges to mark the leather. Gump
Here's the big trick Never buy cutting / pounding boards from leather suppliers. They are hugely marked up at those places. If you don't have a local plastics supplier, you can get HDPE online. I've bought from with good results. A 12" x 12" x 1/2" sheet is $15.
Thanks everyone, I really appeciate the feed back. Will review and probably contact one of the suppliers provided and just go with new and bigger. Sure I can cut up and use the smaller somewhere else. Likly flatten better if it were sut into smaller peices anyway.
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