Director-COMMUNICATIONS: Steve McKinnis
Steve works for Texas Instruments Tucson as a Design Automation Manager. He
manages the tools used by designers in making semiconductor integrated circuits.
He has a BSEE from Kansas State University and an MSEE from the University of
Minnesota. He is registered as a Professional Engineer. He has worked for Motorola
both in the States and in Tokyo.
Having grown up thinking he was Irish (his Mother’s
side is half Irish), Steve joined Clan MacInnes in 1996 after discovering his
Scottish roots.
Steve enjoys computers and the web – when they work! He has developed
local web sites for the design communities he supported. He has a home network
of five different flavors of computers. He also enjoys handyman work on their
1974 house in Tucson and in gardening.
Steve is Webmaster for Clan MacInnes and created the Clan’s web site. He says he is learning about the history of Scotland and the Clan through the many historians in the group.
He is still looking for the elusive Bona Bornia in Scotland, birthplace of Charles McKinnis(s) his first U.S. forefather.