Candidate for
Council Member; City of Laguna Woods

Al Roddan has been a resident of Laguna Woods since 2010. Being retired, Mr. Roddan has kept busy with golf, tennis, swimming and the many other amenities offered here. He is also active in several social clubs.

Mr. Roddan was an independent investor specializing in multiple unit residential properties. He was the President of The Protek Group, Inc., a company providing property rehabilitation and management. Protek owned several Manufactured Home Communities in Arizona and Oklahoma. Mr. Roddan is a Certified Manufactured Home Community Manager, and holds an Arizona D-12 Master Broker / Dealer license. He was Chairman of the Board of Appeals and Adjustments for the Town of Camp Verde, Arizona, and served on the committee to rewrite the town's general, land use and building codes.

Prior to moving to Arizona, Mr. Roddan held various management positions in the environmental instrumentation industry. While Automotive Business Unit Manager for the Process Management Group of Fortune 500's Emerson Electric Co., he managed multi-million dollar operating budgets and directed the worldwide growth in Emerson's automotive vehicle emissions monitor business for over 13 years. His instruments and systems allowed engine manufacturers to meet the clean air emissions regulations around the world.

Mr. Roddan was Chief Operations Officer and General Manager of Entel Laboratories. At Entel, Mr. Roddan was responsible for the day to day operation of a fully equipped vehicle exhaust emissions laboratory, providing testing services for major auto manufacturers, and state and federal environmental agencies.

During his tenure in industry, Mr. Roddan's management responsibilities included the development and management of business plans, forecasts and budgets, along with the management of personnel and consultants during the implementation of such plans.

Mr. Roddan also has extensive experience in the field of science and engineering. He has had management and technical responsibility for the development of medical, clinical and scientific instruments for such companies as American Hospital Supply Corp., Beckman Instruments, Inc., and General Monitors, Inc. His technical competencies include infrared and ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy, electrochemical, chemiluminescence, flame ionization detection of gases, and system integration involving computers and communication networks.

Mr. Roddan has published several technical papers on instrumentation, and was the Director of the Automotive Division of the Instrument Society of America. He was a guest lecturer at California State University, Fresno, and California State Polytechnic University, San Louis Obispo, California. Mr. Roddan holds several patents on computer related products.

Mr. Allison Roddan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, specializing in Electronics, from the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California. In addition, Mr. Roddan has undertaken advanced studies in Engineering and Business Management at the California State University, Fullerton, California and at the University of California, Irvine, California. During his years at Cal Poly, Mr. Roddan pursued his interest in communications and electro-optical systems, and received several academic honors. He was also Vice President of his graduating class.