Thanks To Karen McRitchie, VP Development For 20 Years of Service

I had the privilege today to publically thank Karen McRitchie for 20 years of service with Galorath. Karen, VP of development is sometimes referred to as “the queen of SEER.” All product development, analysis, testing, and other developmental considerations fall under Karen. She has pushed her team to adhere to process while keeping creativity. It was hard to express sufficiently my admiration and gratitude for her both personally and for all the incredible work she does. Members of her team also expressed their admiration for her.
/ppWe reminisced about when she first started. SEER-SEM version 1.31 was shipping. We shipped on 13 diskettes, twelve being a run time version of Windows. The world was into MS-DOS at the time. We spoke of her first week. I showed her a desk, gave her a pile of work, and went on the road for the next 12 weeks. I believe she was employee number 5.
/ppThanks you , Karen./p

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