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I went to military college in Canada and graduated as an officer in the Navy but also as an engineer.

I wanted to further my education, so I went on to get a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and came back and served about ten years in the Canadian Navy as what we call a combat systems engineer.

Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems.

I don’t spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems.

My background educationally is physics and economics, and I grew up in sort of an engineering environment – my father is an electromechanical engineer. And so there were lots of engineery things around me.

Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering.

With the amount of fixed expense that goes into developing something like the BE-4 engine, you want it to be used as much as possible.

When I was working in my first job engineering construction, what I liked the most was working with architects and making buildings that had this creative side coming from the architect and that were making them a big success.

The path to the CEO’s office should not be through the CFO’s office, and it should not be through the marketing department. It needs to be through engineering and design.

Normal people… believe that if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain’t broke, it doesn’t have enough features yet.