CEO becomes 'Professor of the Day'
Kevin Carnino of KOR Electronics offers business and life advice
By: Tanya Obermeyer
Issue date: 3/20/08 Section: News
It was curiosity that made him do it.
Engineering and Computer Science guest professor Kevin Carnino spoke to Cal State Fullerton Professor Kiran George's Advanced Electronics for Computer Engineers class on Tuesday.
"I feel honored to have been given the opportunity to host my first "Professor of the Day event" and, more importantly, to have Mr. Kevin Carnino, CEO of KOR Electronics as the "Professor of the Day" for my class. It was indeed a privilege for my students as well as myself," George said.
Carnino provided students with a tell-all lecture starting with his dreams as a child to information about his current business practices.
"I'm about to be a father any minute now," Carino said as he handed out See's Candy chocolate cigars to the class.
A practical joker, by observation, he said later in the lecture as he held up his cell phone, "I'm not actually going to be a father."
Carnino was awaiting a phone call naming him the "father" and owner of a new Denver, Colorado-based company.
He told students as a child he used to take apart anything and everything mechanical to see how it worked.
"I would take apart anything I could get my hands on, as long as it was legal," Carnino said.
His journey through college at Oklahoma State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, led him to a job with Hughes Radar Systems Group.
Carnino would focus his efforts on automated and computerized radar testing equipment. He changed directions in his career by moving to California to work with a smaller company.
Within a year of his move, the company was bought out by a Rockwell International.
One day he and a group of co-workers went to a bar where they conceptualized and decided to create KOR Electronics.
Carnino encouraged students to follow their passions and pursue their own ideas.
"The absolute hardest thing was sitting in the bar that day and saying, 'We're going to do this,'" he said.
Engineering and Computer Science guest professor Kevin Carnino spoke to Cal State Fullerton Professor Kiran George's Advanced Electronics for Computer Engineers class on Tuesday.
"I feel honored to have been given the opportunity to host my first "Professor of the Day event" and, more importantly, to have Mr. Kevin Carnino, CEO of KOR Electronics as the "Professor of the Day" for my class. It was indeed a privilege for my students as well as myself," George said.
Carnino provided students with a tell-all lecture starting with his dreams as a child to information about his current business practices.
"I'm about to be a father any minute now," Carino said as he handed out See's Candy chocolate cigars to the class.
A practical joker, by observation, he said later in the lecture as he held up his cell phone, "I'm not actually going to be a father."
Carnino was awaiting a phone call naming him the "father" and owner of a new Denver, Colorado-based company.
He told students as a child he used to take apart anything and everything mechanical to see how it worked.
"I would take apart anything I could get my hands on, as long as it was legal," Carnino said.
His journey through college at Oklahoma State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, led him to a job with Hughes Radar Systems Group.
Carnino would focus his efforts on automated and computerized radar testing equipment. He changed directions in his career by moving to California to work with a smaller company.
Within a year of his move, the company was bought out by a Rockwell International.
One day he and a group of co-workers went to a bar where they conceptualized and decided to create KOR Electronics.
Carnino encouraged students to follow their passions and pursue their own ideas.
"The absolute hardest thing was sitting in the bar that day and saying, 'We're going to do this,'" he said.
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posted 3/21/08 @ 10:23 AM PST
That company is a really tough place to work. They've essentially been able to translate the business schedule risk onto the employee by making them work unpaid if schedules are exceeded. (Continued…)
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