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I Won Best Speaker at Early Risers Toastmasters

I won Best Speaker at Early Risers Toastmasters in Palo Alto with my satirical presentation “Leadership Secrets of Steve Jobs”

Best Speaker for Leadership Secrets of Steve Jobs
Best Speaker for “Leadership Secrets of Steve Jobs”

(C) 2018 by John F. McGowan, Ph.D.

About Me

John F. McGowan, Ph.D. solves problems using mathematics and mathematical software, including developing gesture recognition for touch devices, video compression and speech recognition technologies. He has extensive experience developing software in C, C++, MATLAB, Python, Visual Basic and many other programming languages. He has been a Visiting Scholar at HP Labs developing computer vision algorithms and software for mobile devices. He has worked as a contractor at NASA Ames Research Center involved in the research and development of image and video processing algorithms and technology. He has published articles on the origin and evolution of life, the exploration of Mars (anticipating the discovery of methane on Mars), and cheap access to space. He has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a B.S. in physics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

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I Won Best Table Topics at Startup Speakers Toastmasters

Receiving Best Table Topics Award
Receiving Best Table Topics Award

I won the Best Table Topics award at Startup Speakers Toastmasters on Wednesday, March 14, 2018.  The picture shows me receiving the Best Table Topics award from Club President Charles Hall.  I am continuing to make progress in impromptu speaking!  🙂

I answered a question about early retirement.

About Me

John F. McGowan, Ph.D. solves problems using mathematics and mathematical software, including developing gesture recognition for touch devices, video compression and speech recognition technologies. He has extensive experience developing software in C, C++, MATLAB, Python, Visual Basic and many other programming languages. He has been a Visiting Scholar at HP Labs developing computer vision algorithms and software for mobile devices. He has worked as a contractor at NASA Ames Research Center involved in the research and development of image and video processing algorithms and technology. He has published articles on the origin and evolution of life, the exploration of Mars (anticipating the discovery of methane on Mars), and cheap access to space. He has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a B.S. in physics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).