The author is semi-retired with over 40 years experience in Information Technology. His current hobbies are reading, writing, fishing, camping and inventing. He as a BS in Business, and an MS in Te...view moreThe author is semi-retired with over 40 years experience in Information Technology. His current hobbies are reading, writing, fishing, camping and inventing. He as a BS in Business, and an MS in Telecommunications Management. He was basically a Management Geek during his longest career. He has spoken to groups as large as 10,000 people during his IT career. In college he changed his major many times from; psychology, criminal law, business, telecommunications. He earned a brown belt in Tae Kwon Do, jogged 7 miles a day for over 20 years, had a 70 mile an hour fast ball during little league pitching and held the high school softball distance record for several years. He is the oldest of 8 children whose mother died at age 42 when he was just 16 years old. Religious upbringing was Catholic, but has not practiced any organized religion for over 40 years. Due to his fathers career, he moved 14 times before the age of 16. His father was an electrical and aeronautical engineer. Born in Michigan and has lived in California, Minnesota, Oregon and South Carolina. He raised 4 children in two marriages and his oldest daughter was killed in a car accident at age 24. He has one granddaughter.view less