about_me

Hi, my name is Vince Dauciunas. My wife Vikky and I have been residents of San Juan Island since 2002. After 30 years in Silicon Valley, the beauty and quality of life in the San Juan Islands beckoned! I currently sit on the Board of Directors of the Animal Shelter, serving six years as their treasurer. I am a commercial pilot, and I am currently designing a wind and solar grid-tie system for our home. I hold Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and UC Berkeley.

After working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, I spent 26 years with Hewlett Packard and Agilent Technologies in R&D, General Management, and Business Development. My experience included development of systems for measurement, computation and control in a wide variety of industries, including Power Generation, Environmental Science, and Water Quality. I was responsible for Strategic Planning in the Chemical and Life Sciences Group. Next, I was Vice President of Business Development at Symyx Technologies; a company focused on high-speed materials discovery in fields such as Fuel Cells and advanced battery technologies.

I am particularly interested in the topics of energy self sufficiency for small and rural communities, and movements working on re-localization of food supplies.