Arnie is currently the Manager of Field Sales for the Western United
States, for Schott Glass Technologies. He has 36 years of
industry experience in sales and product management, research and
development and materials science, primarily with industry-leading
firms. He holds an Associate of Arts Degree from Rancho Santiago
Community College in Sales & Marketing, as well as a Bachelor
of Science Degree in Business Administration from the University of
Redlands.
Arnie started his career in the manufacturing industry at U.S.
Divers Company in Southern California, the industry leader at the time,
working from the original “Aqualung” patents of Jacques Cousteau, the
famous oceanographer. Trained at the University of Southern
California in rubber chemistry, Arnie served as Chief Rubber Chemist
for the Shamrock Rubber Division of U.S. Divers for 5 years.
During his tenure, he developed a series of silicone elastomers for use
in scuba diving facemasks and breathing regulator components, an
industry first. The use of silicone rubber is now a standard
within the diving industry. Arnie also worked with the
engineering department, on their equipment evaluation team, testing new
diving equipment designs. He left U.S.Divers for a career in
advanced composite material science, working for U.S. Polymeric in
Santa Ana, California. During the 3 years spent there, Arnie
worked with some of the first “stealthy” advanced composites, which are
now used on our latest stealthy military aircraft, in addition to golf
clubs, bicycles and fishing rods. Arnie joined Swedlow Inc. in
1976 to join the staff of the R&D Laboratory, and specialized in
the development of test procedures for the silicone elastomers used in
advanced cockpit transparencies, including the B1B and B-2 Stealth
bombers. After 12 years at Swedlow, and upon completion of his
business degree at the University of Redlands, Arnie switched from the
technical field to technical sales, joining the world’s oldest and
largest specialty glassmaker, Schott Glass, where he remains after 16
years.
Arnie has spent much of his life involved in volunteer work, and
has served as an Advisor on the Laser Electro-Optics Advisory Committee
at Irvine Valley College for the past 10 years. In addition, he
is the current President-Elect for the American Precision Optics
Manufacturer’s Association (APOMA), and has also served on the Board of
Directors for the local OSA chapter, OSSC. On the personal side,
Arnie is an avid scuba diver, fisherman and soccer referee. He
splits his volunteer work there between the American Youth Soccer
Organization as a National Level Referee and Instructor, and as the
Team Leader for the Chaplain Program at the Unity Church of Tustin,
where he also serves on the Board of Directors as President.
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