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]