I believe in voluntary service: giving back to the community. In one capacity or another, I have served in community leadership positions in the Grand Rapids area since I moved here in the mid-1980's. My objective is to have a balance between work, family, and hobbies. I plan on writing more books -- in addition to the two that I have penned so far. I am always thinking of topics but want to make sure my next book is more popular than the two previously written. I am an avid reader but of late this is limited to on-line blogs, google-reader RSS feeds, etc. Currently I am involved with the Civil Air Patrol, but have also been involved with Ham Radio, and PC User Groups.Our company website is below, feel free to check it out. I also have over 2000 photos on the www.photo.net website that I have taken from the 60's. Link below.As President of Kore/HiCom, Inc. we have been in business since I founded the company in 1987. We are a Cisco, Kerio, Microsoft, HP partner. We make IT work for our customers. Professionally, I have been doing daily IT Consulting with Cisco, Untangle, Linux, Windows, and a myriad of other technolgies, including Wireless, VPN's since 1987.Specialties: Ubuntu, Asterisk, Cisco Switches and Routers, Untangle, Kerio Mail Server, Windows Servers, Windows 7 and XP desktops, Linux servers, IT Consulting and Services, Firewall and Security solutions, VPN and SIP-Based Cisco and Asterisk phone solutions.