Millennium Magazine_15th Ed_Randi Stroh

14 Millennium - A Marquis Who’s Who Magazine ARCHITECTURE, CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE STEVEN H. PUTHUFF PRESIDENT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER National Real Estate Solution LLC El Dorado Hills, CA Steven H. Puthuff is endorsed by Marquis Who’s Who as a leader in the fields of high technology developments and real estate. His 11 patents, with two patents pending, is a testament to his unique entrepreneurial mentality and provided the basis for his leadership in starting 14 high tech/real estate companies in Silicon Valley, California. Besides the recognition of Marquis Who’s Who, Mr. Puthuff has received India’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize, known as the Priyadarshni Award, and was recognized on the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle as President Gorbachev’s Silicon Valley consultant. He was founder and chairman of Americans for the Success of Peristroika, a group of 10 accomplished business and technology leaders that advised the Soviet Union and Russia on their transition to a world market economy. Mr. Puthuff attributes much of his success to his state-of-the-art education at Arizona State University, where he obtained the knowledge of the latest integrated circuit and transistor theory. This provided the basis for some of his early patents and was the key to launch his career at IBM and later for Memorex. Mr. Puthuff was honored to give the graduation invocation twice at ASU, where he received his BSEE degree. Mr. Puthuff joined the Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honorary Fraternity. Mr. Puthuff attributes much of his success to hard work and dedication of his engineering team that followed him from company to company and to his drive to motivate the team to achieve their maximum potential toward shared goals. “We always had a plan,” Mr. Puthuff said. “Sticking to the plan in difficult times and celebrating successes was important.” He continued, “I am a very positive person, and this attitude was very infectious with my team.” Another key to Mr. Puthuff’s success was his patents, which served as the centerpiece of several of his companies. SyberSay, for instance, sold over $100 million dollars’ worth of headsets at Fry’s Electric based on his patents. Some of the highlights of Mr. Puthuff’s career were serving as the chairman of the technical advisory committee for the Department of Commerce under former President Carter and

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