Working

• Honorably serving with my brothers (& a few sisters) in the US military,
• Dangling by a gunner's seatbelt during aggressive flight manuevers in a Huey gunship (perhaps this should be in the Play section...),
• Working in a management capacity for (3) major Fortune 50 organizations, 
• Founding and running an LLC company for 5 1/2 years,
• Completing >100 technology projects ranging from $10k to $10M in size,
• Presenting at a state-wide seminar, at dozens of membership board members galas, and being published or written about in industry periodicals,
• Now heading towards a long-term executive position - once I find the right organization to partner with, and
• Being repeatedly recognized for my contributions to the company's success, such as:
  • Selected as company delegate to attended ceremonial bill signing with President Clinton (and a special taxi-up visit by Air Force One).

Life

• Joining with my significant other in 1987, and still being in love every day since, 
• Bringing two wonderful children into the world, and seeing them achieve success in their academic, artisitic, athletic and life endeavors,
• Having many friends, some new, many that have been around since the 80's or 90's.  And even a few whom I've know for about >35 years!
• Recently building our own dream home, and
• Making it to 40!  Ha - I'm sure I've spoiled atleast one bet out there...

• Taking the long way - but ultimately graduating college with a 3.78 GPA (Magna Cum Laude and Dean's List),
• Nearly complete (1 class and a thesis) from my Master's degree (3.8 GPA),
• Being (9) classes shy from a 2nd Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice,
• Completing over 3 dozen certificates on a variety of technical, project and business topic courses from the US Navy, Marine Corps, UCLA, McDonnell Douglas, KPMG, Novell, Global Knowledge, etc.
• Invited to the California college honor society, and
• Graduating Top Marine in my "A" school. 
• In retrospect, looking back at some of my high school grades - it's clear I wasn't applying myself in some areas.

Play

• Founding a 50+ member car club,
• Founding and hosting the annual Angeles Crest Fun Run from 1996 to 2003,
• Being a board member and president of a major Southern California car club,
• Co-hosting the largest US car show west of the Mississippi River
• Was completely spoiled at several points in my life (okay - 3) by owning more than one V8 Mustang at a time,
• Catching some rubber in the Twin Tunnels at near Eagles Roost on the Angeles Crest Highway,
• Logging about a dozen hours in FAA or USAF certified MD-11, MD-90 and C-17 simulators (some are full-motion simulators),
• Camping 9,000 ft up a mountain in the Angeles National Forest,
• Mountain biking and sleeping under the stars at around 8,000 ft - dead center in the middle of earthquake ravaged California Highway 39, just above the Morris Dam in the Azusa Canyon,
• Performing pre-game ceremonies on the field for the Los Angeles Dodgers,
• Getting first row, 1st base seats at a Dodger game,
• Getting special treatment as a Marine, and given front row seats to dozens of concerts,
• Flying "Touch & Go's" at the Catalina Airport

Community Service

• Elected to represent a 161 home community for 10 years as a board member and ultimately president of the Cimarron Oaks VIII HOA,
• Appointed to serve on the Supervisory Committee for our church for nearly 7 years (before school took over my life),
• Serving as Secretary of the Supervisory Committee for a major regional Federal Credit Union for 2 1/2 years,
• Donating blood and plasma to the Red Cross from 1992 to 2003 (sorry guys & gals - it's been wild since 2004 and I've not made it back since),
• Worked on a 1987 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade float.

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