Lifelong learner, risk-taker, leader, and mischief-maker. Founder/President of a company that Prioritizes People, Celebrates Uncommon Genius, and Cultivates Beauty in our communities. Founder/Board President of a non-profit that provides non-traditional career paths in cybersecurity for those who deserve a chance, and of a foundation that supports other worthy organizations. I serve on numerous other boards of various flavors; if I believe in the cause, I find it difficult to say ‘no’. Personally, I'm the husband of one, a father of five, grandfather of one, and an elder in my church. Some guy in a robe told me that when I die, I will receive total consciousness, so I've got that going for me. Which is nice. I'm a former Navy officer and have sailed across every line of longitude on God's green earth on either a submarine or an aircraft carrier. I was in a submerged collision with a Russian submarine 20 miles off the coast of Russia, in the Pentagon for 9/11, in the Persian Gulf for “shock and awe," in the Far East for the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004, and on the USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN for President Bush’s infamous “Mission Accomplished” speech; and... never got shot in the buttocks. I love all people, my community, solving complex problems, and telling sea stories—like every sailor’s yarns, they get better each time I tell them, and have the merit of being partially true. Audacity is my fallback virtue. Let’s throw back a good bourbon and swap stories.
Listed skills include Metallurgy, Engineering, Manufacturing, Materials, and 74 others.