Success Stories

    Ford Dillon is manager of a team of engineers developing the 7A Module Launch Package at the National Aeronautic and Space Agency (NASA) in Houston, TX.  The 7A Module scheduled launch date is August 2000.  It is one of 45 modules that will ultimately build the Space Station.

    In 1984, Dillon graduated from the Industrial Electronics program at Indian Capital Technology Center, Muskogee. 

    According to Dillon, the electronics program helped him determine a career direction.  He also received an electrical engineering degree form the University of Tulsa.

    "I had always heard that the career tech school was for people who can't make it in the regular classroom or for those who aren't going to college," Dillon said.  But now he sees it differently.  Dillon attributes his education at Indian Capital Technology Center with helping him decide on a career path.

    "I didn't have much insight for what I really enjoyed and what I might be good at doing.  I couldn't decide which scientific field to go into," Dillon said.  "Career Tech hooked me on electrical courses.  That led me to my degree and my career with NASA."

    He also attributes Career Tech for giving him a leg up on other college students because he already knew how to apply electrical concepts.

    Kevin Anthony is Senior Director of Engineering for the Wavelength Routing Business Unit at Cisco Systems in Richardson, TX.  Anthony is a former student of the Drafting Program at Indian Capital Technology Center, Muskogee campus.  Kevin holds a BSCS form the University of  North Texas and an Associates Degree in business. 

    Kevin has over 23 years in product development and network operations experience, with 12 in the telecom and 11 in the datacom market sectors.  Kevin joined Cisco through the acquisition of Monterey Networks, in Richardson, TX.

    At Monterey, Kevin held the position of director of systems development for the WR20000, a fiber-optic based product capable of transporting the equivalent of 10 million voice communications channels.  Prior to Monterey, Kevin was responsible for the successful hardware and software development of Wideband Digital Cross-connect (W-DCS) systems at Alcatel, which led to the development of a 2,688 STS-1 port W-DCS and achieving nearly $1B in revenues over the product life cycle.  Kevin has also managed software development teams for 3/10 cross-connects and engaged in systems engineering.  Prior to Alcatel, Kevin managed a network engineering department responsible for national datacom network design, including complete communications center design and installation.