Marlon's BIO

Hail Mon!

Hello all – this is a Jamaican greeting.Here is my bio…...


My place of birth was in the tiny Caribbean island of Jamaica but I have been in the US since 17 (so I’m essentially an American as my Jamaican roots are just memories). The name of my high school is Cornwall College (the name isn’t representative of a College as in the US). I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida.
I was an employee of Motorola, Inc. for the last 26 ½ years, developing (then managing) embedded Software for their two-way communications hand-held products until I was downsized last February due to the severe condition of the economy.

I am now the Engineering Program Manager at Trident Micro Systems in Arden North Carolina (in the western area of the state up in the mountains). We also develop two-way communications products. (Sometimes I believe I’m in paradise.)


I am enrolled in the Master of Science in Information Technology - Database Systems Technology Program with plans to continue studies in the Networking field.

I am a single father of one son. His name is Nicholas, is 25 years old and enjoying life to the fullest (he lives one block of South Beach in sunny Miami Beach, Florida); 20 years ago, I would have envied him, but all I can do now is tell him “to be careful out there”. He visits his grandparents (my parents) daily in South Miami, which I am grateful for as my grandparents were not alive for me to appreciate them.


I too enjoy my job, but for other reasons. I love the fact that Trident Micro Systems is a “small” company and everyone knows everyone. At Motorola, the company is so large (thousands of employees), it was impossible to know everyone. When I started at Motorola, it wasn’t too large, and I had the opportunity to meet with a number of the past CEO’s and “chit chat” with them… Now, it’s not that easy to.

My passion is steel tip darts. At one point, quite a few years ago, I aspired to be in the top 100 players in the world. Well, it is nice to dream. I had the opportunity to meet and talk with one of the top players in the world, Phil Taylor, after one of his matches in Las Vegas, NV a couple years ago. He told me that he practices 8 to 10 hours a day, 7 days a week, and this is less than he used to when he was younger. Wow!!!
That put a damper on my things as I do not have the time to put towards this dream; oh well…

Now my goal is to pursue my Master’s Degree in preparation for the future.