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Dennis Workman joined Trimble in 1995 as director of Timing, where he led the development of GPS-based precision timing products for the wireless telecom market. In 1997, he was promoted to director of engineering for Software and Component Technologies. In 1998, Workman was appointed senior director and chief technical officer of the newly formed Mobile and Timing Technologies (MTT) business group. Workman also served as general manager of Trimble's Automotive and Timing group, as well as chief technology officer for MTT. In September 1999, he was appointed to serve as vice president and general manager of the Component Technologies Division.
Prior to Trimble, Workman held various senior-level technical positions at Datum Inc. During his 9-year tenure at Datum, he spearheaded technology development for GPS products. Workman also led the development of board-level products unrelated to GPS for Datum's Bancomm division.
In 1978, Workman co-founded Bancomm, which manufactures board-level and instrumentation products for precision timing and data logging applications. In 1984, he was appointed president. In 1986, Bancomm was acquired by Datum. Prior to Bancomm, Workman co-founded Compression Labs in 1977 and served as chief technical officer.
Workman began his career at Chicago Aerial Industries as lead engineer. He then joined Goodyear Aerospace, now Loral, as program manager. Workman received a B.S. in mathematics from St. Mary's College in 1967 and an M.S. in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1969. | 