Authors and Contributors

lalahpolitico

Norma Schroder is an economics & market researcher by trade and ardent independent journalist, photographer and videographer by avocation. Enthralled by the growth of the tech industry over the decades, she became fascinated with the business of local politics only in the past several years.

Tony Lima

Tony Lima is an economist by trade and blogger extraordinaire who tends several of his own blogs on politics, economics and wine. We are pleased to have him as a lifestyle contributor at Los Altos Politico.

David Roode

David Roode is a Los Altos resident who has been closely observing
the Los Altos School District for 10 years.

Jill Jene

Pat Marriott

Member of DBC. Los Altos resident 9 years. BA Physics Sonoma State, MS EE/Computer Science UC Berkeley. Software developer at IBM and HP. First software product manager at Apple. Manager software product marketing team for Apple Lisa. Appointed to Apple Quality of Life Committee to preserve corporate culture. One of first 5 employees at Electronic Arts. Director of marketing (product management, tech support & training, marketing/corporate communications) at Adobe. VP Marketing at eBrary (eBook search), Presidio Systems (clinical trials software), Vantive (integrated customer service applications). Consultant in organizational behavior, corporate culture, product management, documentation, messaging, branding, web content, online Help systems. Los Altos LEAD graduate.