Douglas DeRosia

He had 3 siblings and moved to California to live with his mother and step-father until he was 12, at which time he moved to rural New York to live with his grandparents. He graduated Ilion High School in 1967 where he went by the nickname ‘Bucky’ and was known by many as a “real swell lad.” After high school he joined the United States Air Force where he was a student leader and became a Sergeant. He served from 1967-1971 and was an Air Traffic Control Radar Repairman in Turkey and Greenland with the 2861 GEEIA Squadron Radar Unit. He was honorably discharged after showing excellent performance on October 26th, 1971. His first college education began at Herkimer County Community College where he obtained an Associate of Applied Science Degree in 1979. He finished his education at Syracuse University of Utica with a Bachelors in Science Degree and notable mention on the Dean’s List on August 26th, 1983.

As a young man he dated and subsequently married the love of his life Carol Randt on August 4th 1974 with whom he had 2 children by: Steven Greggory born 1977 and Sandra Ann born 1983. Douglas and Carol were married for 35 years until Carol passed away in 2009. Douglas had a successful career in the tech industry starting as a nighttime stock boy during college in 1974 at Mohawk Data Sciences in Herkimer, NY and eventually ended his career as VP at Dothill Systems when he retired in 2010. He worked his way up from Stock Attendant to Dispatcher to Planner to Senior Test Engineer to Manager of Software Quality Assurance all while taking college courses full-time. He was well-liked and respected by his peers although too modest to admit it. In 1987 he moved to Utah near Salt Lake City to work for Beehive International. Then in 1988 he moved to Longmont, Colorado and began his time at McData Corporation in Broomfield, Colorado where he worked for 17 years as Senior Director of Engineering Services and Operations and Senior Director of Product Test and Integration until 2005. He had a brief stint at Crosswalk as Director of Quality in Broomfield, Colorado for 1.5 years before finishing his lifelong career at Dothill Systems in Longmont, Colorado as Vice President of Program Management when he retired at the beginning of 2010.

After his retirement he enjoyed spending time with his children Alice and Sandra, his son-in-law Brian, his granddaughter Lily and the family dog Schmoop. He enjoyed reading, houseplants, national and state parks, computers, photography, car shows and he was proudest of his family. He is survived by his children: Alice DeRosia, Sandra DeRosia, her spouse: Brian Matsunaga, and his grandchild Lily Matsunaga. He was greatly loved and will be greatly missed.