Keith Hertzer

School

I am a graduate of UC Berkeley (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science option C, class of 1995, with honors [they even put a sticker on my diploma that says so]).

Work

I am currently starting at Nerati, a software startup in the SOMA neighborhood of San Francisco. Prior to that I was at AmberPoint, Inc. (acquired by Oracle in 2010). Before then (2001-2002) I was at a smaller startup, CrossWeave, but it was not meant to be. My first real job (July 1995-February 2001) was at Forte Software, the coolest enterprise software development tools company ever to be acquired and digested by Sun Microsystems.

Family

My sister is the only other person in my family cool enough to have her own home page.

I grew up over the east bay hills in Walnut Creek, to which I occasionally return to see my parents. The cat, alas, is no longer with us.

Travel

Vanessa and I are attemping to travel the world together. Next trip is to Southeast Alaska.

Previous trips:

Jan 2013	Petra and Wadi Rum (Jordan)	Dec 2012	Israel
Aug-Sep 2012	Grand Teton and Yellowstone NP	June 2012	Croatia
Dec 2011-Jan 2012	Vietnam, Cambodia, and Singapore	Aug-Sept 2011	Banff, Jasper, and Yoho NP, Canada
July 2011	Portland and Silver Falls SP, Oregon	May-June 2011	Boston and Southern Maine
Dec 2010	Channel Islands and Joshua Tree NP	Sept 2010	Return to Cusco, Peru
Apr-May 2010	Prague, Czech Republic	Paris, France	Loire Valley, France
Dec 2009	Iguazu Falls, Patagonia, and Buenos Aires	Sept 2009	Niagara Falls, the Thousand Islands, and Ottawa, Canada
Apr 2009	Washington, DC and Shenandoah NP in Virginia	Dec 2008	Central Coast, Death Valley, and Las Vegas
Sept 2008	Montreal and Quebec	Nov-Dec 2008	runis and nature of Oaxaca, Mexico
May 2008	Kauai including Napali coast trail	Dec 2007	colonial towns of Mexico
Sept 2007	Seattle, Vancouver Island, and Vancouver, BC	May 2007	ancient and modern cities of China
Nov 2006	Guatemala and Honduras	Sep 2006	New Mexico and Mesa Verde
Mar 2006	Belize and Guatemala	Dec 2005	Puerto Rico and Vieques
Sep 2005	Alaska	Dec 2004	Yucatan peninsula, Mexico
May 2004	Zion and Grand Canyon NPs	Sep 2003	Cusco and Machu Picchu, Peru
Apr 2002	London, Netherlands, and Nice	Nov 2000	Nepal and Thailand

kSoft/Graphmatica

kSoft, Inc. is a Shareware programming company with one employee, namely me. My flagship product is Graphmatica, an easy-to-use equation-graphing program for Windows.

Please see the kSoft homepage for more information or to download a copy. If you decide you like it, now you can even register online!

The Heuristic Squelch

I am one of the Editors Emeriti of the Heuristic Squelch, U.C. Berkeley's only intentionally funny newspaper. See www.squelched.com for excerpts from old and current issues.

Other Activities

I enjoy backpacking and climbing mountains when I get the chance. This marmot doesn't have to wait; he lives there (photo taken by my friend at the top of Mt. Massive, Colorado, elevation 14,000 ft.)

I was once a marginally active member of Eta Kappa Nu, the national EECS honor society, especially when food was involved.

Last updated: 04 May 2013
KRH [khertz at pacbell dot net]