I was born in Macon, Georgia. I graduated from Lanier High School in 1964. I started at Georgia Tech and Georgia Power that same year. I graduated in 1969 with a BSIE, Co-Operative plan. I retired from Georgia Power in 2002 and moved to Daniel Island, SC in 2006. I am married to Linda Howard and have 4 married children and 12 grandchildren. We attend Seacoast Church in Mount Pleasant.I started ChoicePoint Consulting in 2008. At ChoicePoint, we help you build high performance organizations and use assessments to help benchmark jobs, select talent and develop a superior workforce. We work in 4 key areas:I. Organizational Development includes Leadership, Management & Supervisory Training, Teamwork, Managerial Communications, Strategic Planning using a Stages of Growth X-Ray analysis and Organizational Surveys. II. Talent Management includes career coaching, hiring, behavioral interviewing, and selection tools including a patented Job Benchmarking process used to make efficient hiring and promotion decisions. We thus produce great job-talent matches (92% Retention rate.) This same process provides a quick-start on-boarding tool and a targeted coaching process linked directly to job requirements.III. Coaching includes Executive, Business, Management, Personal and Career Coaching. IV. Personality Assessments (TTI Success Insights) include Behaviors (Best DISC ever), Driving Forces/ Motivators, TriMetrix HD (55 factor analysis), Acumen Capacity Index (ACI), DNA 25 Competencies, Sales Skill Index (SSI), Stress Quotient and Emotional Quotient (Emotional Intelligence). TTI Success Insights certifications include:Certified Professional Behavioral (DISC) Analyst (CPBA)Certified Professional Values Analyst (CPVA)Certified Professional Driving Forces Analyst (CPDFA)Certified Professional Performance DNA Analyst (CPDA)Certified Professional TriMetrix HD Analyst (CPHDA)Certified Stages of Growth Analyst