Background
Taylor, Linda Thornton was born on April 16, 1942 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Daughter of Ferdinand and Hazel Irene (Towne) Karamanoukian.
Sr Systems Engineer and Executive
Taylor, Linda Thornton was born on April 16, 1942 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Daughter of Ferdinand and Hazel Irene (Towne) Karamanoukian.
Associate of Arts in Business Administration, West Los Angeles College, 1976; Bachelor of Science, West Coast University, 1978; Master of Science in Business and Information Sciences, 1980.
Assistant to chief industrial engineer Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Boston, 1960—1964. Corporation secretary, general manager Seaboard Planning Corporation, 1967—1969, Los Angeles, 1969—1972. Principal Tay-Kara Mgmt, 1972—1973.
Chief system administration Comp-La, 1973—1974. Manager sys. Analysis Trans Tech Incorporated, 1974—1977.
Manager software engineering and technical audit departments System Development Corporation, 1977—1981. Vice president Gaskell and Taylor Engineering Incorporated, 1981—1986. President Taylor & Zeno Systems, since 1986.
Member faculty, senior lecturer West Coast University, Los Angeles, 1980—1993. Visiting lecturer senior seminar California Polytechnic University, Pomona, 1978, 1987—1990. Delegate 11th World Computing Congress, San Francisco, 1989, International Federation Information Processing, 12th World Computing Congress, Madrid, 1992.
Speaker security conference, 90, International Federation Information Processing, Helsinki, Finland. Delegate 10th World Computer Congress, Dublin. Invited speaker 13th World Computer Congress, Hamburg, Germany, 1994.
Leader educational exchange del to People's Republic China, 1987. Delegate to 10th World Computing Congress. Keynote speaker Hong Kong Computer Society, Hong Kong Association for the Advancement of Science & Technology, 1987, Nippon Electric Corporation Incorporated Software Engineering Lab, Tokyo, 1987, Tarleton State University, 1992.
Member editorial board Data Processing Quality journal. Chairman business & professional women's committee California Republican Center Committee, 1974. Member White House Committee on Workers Compensation, 1976.
Member fiscal advisory committee Santa Monica Unified School Board Education, 1979—1981.
Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (software engineering terminology task force 1980), Institute for Certified Computing Professionals (board directors 1996, vice president 1992, president 1994), International Federation for Information Processing (delegate security conference Toronto 1993), National Association Women Business Owners, Association for Computing Machinery, electronic data processing Auditors Association, Association Systems Management (secretary local chapter 1974-1975), American Defense Preparedness Association (congressional legislation advisory committee 1991-1994), Data Processing Management Association (vice president South Bay chapter 1979-1980, board directors Los Angeles chapter 1984, chairman program committee, media relations committee 1984, chairman international conference 1990, international conference, president Los Angeles chapter 1992, president Los Angeles chapter 1992, Individual Performance awards), National Computer Conference (vice chairman, program committee 1980, member advisory committee 1983), Association Women in Computing (vice president Los Angeles chapter 1979-1980, president 1980-1984).
Married John Robert Thornton, January 21, 1961. Married Jason Gaskell, November 30, 1978.
1 child John Robert.