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Ferrari Roasted at PCB East
Written by Andy Shaughnessy
Tuesday, 11 October 2005
MANCHESTER, NH – Gary Ferrari thought he was invited to roast
IPC’s Dieter Bergman. He even wrote some one-liners for the occasion.
But Ferrari was actually the roastee at the first PCB Design Conference
East Industry Icon Roast.
UP Media Group President Pete
Waddell emceed Monday's luncheon event at the Radisson Hotel
Manchester. The panel of roasters included Bergman; Andy Kowalewski of
SyChip; Rick Hartley of L-3 Avionics Systems; and Susy Webb of Suntron
Corp.
Waddell told the audience of conference attendees to
visit Hartley’s Web site, www.raunchyrick.com, and that the youthful Webb had been
designing boards for 56 years.
Bergman detailed
Ferrari’s practical jokes, such as luring a coworker into submitting
his resignation for a nonexistent job offer. Ferrari’s nose – as well
as his height, or lack of it – was a frequent target of the roasters.
Kowalewski said he couldn’t think of anything bad to say about
Ferrari, whom he thanked for getting him involved in the IPC Designers
Council. Webb recited a poem about Ferrari based on oldies song titles.
She likened the Designers Council to Cher’s “Gypsies, Tramps and
Thieves” and Motley Crue.
Hartley noted that Ferrari is so short he can buy blue jeans on sale, for $9.99 at Kids ‘R’ Us.
“You can see Gary’s feet in the picture on his drivers license,” laughed Hartley.
But
Hartley pointed out that everyone in the room owed Ferrari a debt of
gratitude for his contributions to the design community and the
Designers Council.
“Gary’s like Edison,” said Hartley. “He can take a good idea and make it better, like the Designers Council.”
Ferrari accepted the honors and took a jab at Hartley (“Everyone loves a big mouth”) and Waddell.
“I was thinking about giving Pete a paper bag,” Ferrari said. “To see if he could design his way out of it.”
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