Boy, I'm a boring dud-ball compared to you guys, but here it is. Born in Savannah, from a lineage of original colonists from Austria (religious exiles - came to the New World because they were kicked out of Austria - sorry - flashing forward 300 years now). Moved to FL when I was 6, grew up a beach bum kid. Wanted to go to Univ of FL, made by my parents to go to Georgia Tech. Met my future wife the first week of college. We never dated at all through college. She thought I was a redneck and I thought she was a snob (I think, though she wouldn't agree, that we were both right).

After college, I moved back home, looked her up to see how she was doing, got engaged a month later, and married 10 months after that. Been married now for 19 years, with 3 (modesty aside) wonderful kids (all girls, take after their mom).

Worked for a couple of really big engineering consulting firms, and went through several mergers and acquisitions. After the last, I decided I had enough, closed my eyes, and jumped into the abyss of small business ownership. After 6 years, we are still in 'start-up' growing pains mode, but getting much closer to hitting our stride over the next year.

How the story ends is very much yet to be determined, but I'm hoping it has something to do with boats, sunsets, margaritas, and my gorgeous wife.