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Full Name: Bruce Sutphen

Job Title: Engineering Manager

Company: SeaBotix

Location: 2877 Historic Decatur Road, Suite 100, San Diego, California, 92106, USA
It is located at the end of Liberty Station, it overlooks the marina.

I n t e r v i e w Q a n d A

What lead to you to this career?

I’ve been in the marine industry for 20 years, associated with boat design. And this is a new up and coming developing market place. I had some friend’s who were associated with SeaBotix who told me about, and it is a developing company and in these economic times I chose to work for an industry that had development associated with it.

Did what you studied in college attribute to where you ended up?

Yes. One of the things I found that with college and school is learning how to learn. But one of the things you’ll see is if you have an enthusiasm or excitement about a topic or study, especially for me that I excelled at it (Bruce is referring to physics) when I didn’t have much of an enthusiasm toward that field I didn’t do as well at it. It was interesting, I studied physics and art and I have used the physics ever since. I ah even used a development of what my thesis was on for an America’s Cup campaign so I got them to fund the whole thing. It has been a continuation of college and an evolution.

Was there anytime where you looked back and wished you hadn’t gone one way and wished you had done something differently?

I think there are times when you are young and you know, I graduated in 88 so I am 22 years out in the market place. I think there are times where you wish that at the time when you look at it from a micro stand point of view and your like, well am I really happy doing this? And I think what ultimately happens is you look at the picture and how you evolved through all the phases and would I change anything; no. I wouldn’t change anything, was I happy with each little detailed step …no but for the most part of it I was extremely happy with the path. And have been lucky enough to travel in different places of the world and see beautiful places of the world.