Doug Machamer

Overland Park, Kansas
Family Status: Married

Children: 3
Justin -21, Currently at DeVry University working towards his BS in Game Development. He has an internship at the National Simulation Center at Ft. Leavenworth, KS. (He basically gets to test the war game simulations all day, try to break them and document issues. He gets to do some programming and set up demonstrations for the VIPs. He attained his Eagle Scout rank in Boy Scouts in 2004.

Meagan -18, She will graduate High School next weekend and will go on to Johnson County Community College. She is a great artist and wants to go on to one of the Art Schools depending on where she can get a scholarship. She will be going on an after graduation trip/cruise with her school to Greece in June and is very excited about it.

Ryan -18, Meagan's twin brother will also be graduating from Olathe East High School next Sunday and will also go on to JCCC next fall. He wants to be a physical therapist or massage tech which he is very good at by the way. Ryan also attained his Eagle Scout rank in 2007. He is currently working as a server in the dining area for a retirement center and enjoys interacting with the old folks. This summer they are also going to give him a chance as a maintenance man and housekeeper for more money and hours.

Grandchildren: 0
Thank God we aren't there yet but we are looking forward to when we are.

After Graduation I: Went to College

College:
United States Military Academy at West Point

Career: Spent 17 1/2 years in the Army as a communications officer and engineer in various jobs around the world. The Army paid for my graduate schooling at the University of Washington and I retired in 1995. I went on to be at Sprint for 13 years now primarily in broadband wireless technology development. If you saw the recent news about Sprint creating a company using WiMAX technology and teaming with Clearwire, Intel, Google, Comcast and Time Warner to build out a nationwide high speed wireless broadband network, then you will know what I've been working on for the last 10 years at Sprint. I'm one of the lead subject matter experts for Radio Frequency design in this area and provide engineering support to our Government Affairs and Spectrum Development folks as they work with the FCC and manage our 2.5GHz spectrum nationwide. I also work closely with our Network folks as they design markets. As we build out I will most likely shift over to supervising the regional engineering for the buildout in the central US.

5 Years from now...
Leading the engineering group for the WiMAX network at Sprint in the central region.

Retirement
I will probably work till they kick me out as sitting around just isn't my bag; I'm too much of a type A person. Barb and I would like to have enough to travel places we haven't already been to in the military and enjoy our grandkids if our kids ever get going. As it stands now Ryan is the only one dating anybody.