Background
Hays, Diana Joyce Watkins was born on August 29, 1945 in Riverside, California, United States. Daughter of Donald Richard and Evelyn Christine (Kolvoord) Watkins.
consumer products company executive
Hays, Diana Joyce Watkins was born on August 29, 1945 in Riverside, California, United States. Daughter of Donald Richard and Evelyn Christine (Kolvoord) Watkins.
Bachelor, University of Minnesota, 1975; Master of Business Administration, University of Minnesota, 1982; Bachelor of Science in Computer Science cum laude, National U., 1997; Master of Science in Software Engineering magna cum laude, National U., 1998; Microsoft certified systems engineer, National U., 1998.
Director environmental/physical science Science Museum Minnesota, St. Paul, 1972-1976. Director marketing research Northern Natural Gas Company, Omaha, 1977-1978. Marketing assistant, assistant product manager General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, 1978-1981.
Product manager ortho pharmaceuticals Consumer Products division Johnson & Johnson, Raritan, New Jersey, 1981-1982, product director home diagnostics, 1982-1986. Marketing director new market development Consumer Products division Becton Dickinson & Company, Franklin Lakes, 1986-1990. Director home diagnostics worldwide program Becton Dickinson Advanced Diagnostics Division Becton Dickinson & Company, Baltimore, 1990-1993.
Founder, president Executive Computing Solutions, Inc., Vista, California, 1991-1999. Product marketing manager Jostens Learning Corporation, San Diego, 1994-1995. Manager Management Information System Circus Distribution, Inc., Vista, 1995-1996.
Product marketing manager St. Bernard Software, San Diego, 1997. Software engineer NCR Corporation, 1997—2004, senior software engineer, 2004—2007. Founder, principal CodeCare, Vista, since 2001.
Softwere engineer Teradata Corporation, San Diego, since 2007. Chairman energy exhibit committee Association Science-Technology Centers, Washington, 1974-1975.
Member American Marketing Association, National Association of Female Executives, Twin Management Forum, American Association of Health Services Marketing, Capital PC User Group, Beta Gamma Sigma (life).
Married Gerald N. Hays, Jan 30, 1964 (divorced January 1970), 1 child, Tad Damon.