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Jack Farnan is currently Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Mitchell International, where he manages the Human Resources, Payroll, Facilities and Physical Security functions.  Prior to joining Mitchell, he was Vice President of Human Resources at ComStream Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of satellite-based telecommunications systems for the international marketplace.  Before that he was Vice President of Human Resources at ORINCON, a research and development company specializing in digital signal processing, artificial intelligence and neural networks.

Jack is also currently an instructor in the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Human Resources Leadership Program and is on the Human Resources Advisory Committee of the Board of San Diego's Public Library System. Jack received the "HR Professional of the Year" Award in San Diego in 2008 and he received the "Human Resources Lifetime Achievement Award" in 2009. He earned his Bachelor's degree in English from the University of Dayton and his Master's degree from Wright State University.