“’The time has come’ the walrus said, to talk of many things…”—Lewis Carroll, “The Walrus and The Carpenter,” from “Through the Looking Glass,” chapter 4.I am not just another suit."Methinks he doth protest too much?"—Shakespeare.I actually truly no longer am a suit. I never intended to become a businessperson. Nevertheless, except for four years living aboard our cruising sailboat, my entire career has been in the software industry. It's been an amazing run & the last 14 yrs at Corra helping to lead & grow & sell the business was an amazing experience. I guess I actually got pretty good at business.I am now actively looking for oppty's to put that experience to use at non-profits in areas that are important to me: the Arts, the environment, and social justice. I am also looking for board seats with companies whose mission promotes “leaving a clean wake” in the world. But I foresee much of my effort going towards creative pursuits: music (songwriting, composing, producing), audio & video, and writing. My Clean Wake initiative provides an umbrella for these activities & I will be setting up a non-profit (Clean Wake Media) to provide a formal structure for promoting the greater good through right action and intentional living.Until I start making waves with “leaving a clean wake,” however, (pun intended), I’ll have to rest on prior laurels. To wit:I've held operational roles as a senior executive at organizations large & small. I've sailed a boat from Seattle to Nova Scotia via the Panama canal with my wife and two young daughters. It took 4 years. Sailboats go really, really slow. I went to Stanford. I've worked at IBM, JP Morgan, Microsoft, and Corra. My 2nd daughter, Rhiannon, was born at home in our bed. That was planned. The midwife was late. That was not planned. I've helped startups raise and spend VC money. I've hired and fired people. I've been laid off myself. I met my wife 38 yrs ago in Vienna. My first daughter is named Vienna. Thank god we didn't meet in Bucharest. I've been married for 36 years. I still love my wife like crazy. I composed & recorded a musical score for a full length feature film. I wrote and sold a 5,000 word article about Soundgarden back when Grunge was cool. My blog is "Leaving a Clean Wake." The message at its simplest: don't throw plastic overboard. At its essence: be a good person. I started out as a pre-med but then hit organic chemistry. So I studied engineering instead. I've been a COO, a CMO, a CTO, and the Vice President Of Technology and Brand Globalization... I don't know what that means either.###