David K. Crowe is an American businessman and software engineer

Software engineer

A software engineer is an engineer who applies the principles of software engineering to the design, development, testing, and evaluation of the software and systems that make computers or anything containing software, such as computer chips, work.- Overview :...

. He is the President of Tucson Embedded Systems, Inc.

Personal life

David Crowe was born in Yuma, AZ on June 7, 1966. He moved to Tucson, AZ to attend the University of Arizona

University of Arizona

The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...

. He graduated in 1989 with a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is married with two children.

Professional career

From 1990 to 1994, Crowe worked as a Software Engineer for E-Systems. While working there, he also co-founded The Software Firm, Inc., in order to “design and develop MS Windows based database applications.” In 2010, Crowe was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Arizona Technology Council, a not-for-profit trade association providing support to the state’s technology industry.

Tucson Embedded Systems

Crowe co-founded Tucson Embedded Systems in 1998. TES offers a variety of engineering and manufacturing services for commercial and military industries. In addition to serving as President of the company, Crowe has continued his work in “development, support, testing, and verification of flight critical embedded systems. ”

Under Crowe’s leadership, TES has been named:

2007-2010 Inc. Magazine 5000 fastest growing companies in the US

2006 Minority/Technology Company of the Year in Southern Arizona

TES has sponsored several student projects from the University of Arizona, and Crowe himself has been recognized as a supporter of the College of Engineering

US Senate seat

David Crowe, a Democrat, is exploring a run for the US Senate seat held by Republican

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 Jon Kyl

Jon Kyl

Jon Llewellyn Kyl is the junior U.S. Senator from Arizona and the Senate Minority Whip, the second-highest position in the Republican Senate leadership. In 2010 he was recognized by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world for his persuasive role in the Senate.The son...

, who has stated that he will not seek reelection in 2012. Crowe’s exploratory campaign emphasis is job creation and education, specifically with regards to the tech industry So far, Jeff Flake

Jeff Flake

Jeffrey Lane "Jeff" Flake is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. He was featured in the documentary series How Democracy Works Now: Twelve Stories....

 and Doug McKee, both Republicans, have declared their candidacy. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords

Gabrielle Giffords

Gabrielle Dee "Gabby" Giffords is an American politician. A Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, she has represented since 2007. She is the third woman in Arizona's history to be elected to the U.S. Congress...

 had been expected to run for the next open Senate seat prior to being injured in the January 8th shooting

2011 Tucson shooting

On January 8, 2011, a mass shooting occurred near Tucson, Arizona. Nineteen people were shot, six of them fatally, with one other person injured at the scene during an open meeting that U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords was holding with members of her constituency in a Casas Adobes Safeway...

in Tucson, though her plans remain unclear. Other potential candidates include Don Bivens, Wil Cardon, and Jon Hulburd

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