I graduated from College of Wooster (Geology) '70 and Baldwin-Wallace (Business) '78. Have worked for the same company for 44 years. Moved to Philadelphia area in 1978 as sales office admin mgr trainee. Moved back to Cleveland in 1981 and joined the IT department; supported payroll. Moved to Dallas in 1984. Married Alicia, a native Texan, in 1985. I adopted Alicia's son from her first marriage in 1987. Alicia finished her degree at SMU in '02 (Southern Methodist University in Dallas). Aaron is now 32 and living in Austin; he graduated from University of Texas, Austin in '04. His freshman class size was 50,000!. Stephen graduated in 2009 from University of Texas at Arlington.

I support a railcar tracking system for over 10,000 company owned or leased railcars that updates every 30 minutes, and provide system support for a sales force software package. In 2010 we added GPS tracking sensors on 3,000 railcars carrying toxic inhalants.

Off the job, my biggest challenge was coaching soccer for 2 years, since I never played it; somehow got "volunteered". My herd of 2nd graders finished first -- against all odds. They should make a movie about it. Another diversion was being "room monitor" for the honor violins at a Middle School District competition, and keeping a straight face when a contestant experienced a severe instrument malfunction and bravely continued -- generating the worst noise the world has ever heard.