Who are you and what do you do?

I am John DeCesare and I am an Engineer and President of Celerity Embedded Design Services.  Celerity was formed when Excel Switching/Cantata Technology/Brooktrout decided to divest the hardware team and outsource that function to Celerity.

I’m actively involved in designing embedded computer systems and products and well as running the company.  I’m pretty busy!

What services/products do you offer?

Electrical, mechanical and CAD services for electronic design and products.

Who/where is your audience?

We work with a variety of end customers from very sophisticated product design to simple things such a energy efficient LED based nightlights!

We like to be able to meet in person our customers on a regular basis so we prefer local clientele but we do have remote customers as well.

What is the website?

www.celerityeds.com

Well-Funded or Bootstrapped?

Initially, personally funded.

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?  10 years?

I see Celerity growing in the next 5 years in terms of size and customer base but I still want to keep that small, attentive feel for our customers.  I also see Celerity providing targeted products to our end customers

Where were you born – where do you live now?

Warwick, RI – Sandwich MA

PC or Mac?

Both.

Where did you go to school?

Trinity College, Hartford, CT
Brown University, Providence RI

What Social Networks are you on?

Facebook and LinkedIn.  It’s interesting to see where friends/colleagues are at or going.

Greatest invention ever?

Walkman.  My dad made me mow the lawn when I was 10 and I hated it.  I collected all my money and bought a walkie-talkie set.  One of them I taped the Push to Talk button on and connected to the headphone output of my stereo.  The other one, I connected the speaker to my headphones.

Sounded horrible but it was better than listening to the mower.  If only I had patented the idea!

Person you believe has contributed most to the world of technology?

John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & William Shockley

Where have you traveled in your life?

I started for a lottery company in Rhode Island called GTECH and was fortunate to travel to many places in the world.

Why set up shop on Cape Cod?

I live here and I hate to commute.  Also, customers love to come to the Cape!

5 Websites you go to every day?

Mostly Google.  The remaining four depending on what I’m doing that day.

What’s on your iPod right now?

AIC
Primus
AudioSlave
Strange for a 40 something old guy?

What is on your desktop/screensaver right now?

Just a boring blue screen. I wish I had the time to think of something to put on it.

You are on a deserted island – do you bring a laptop or book?

A book of course.  My laptop battery would die.

Phone call or text message?

I don’t have text messaging so I would have to say phone call.

Thanks for your time, John!