Although I love what I do, my accomplishments and abilities are much more than my current title suggests. I was originally trained as a graphic designer, creating packages for iconic brands like SC Johnson (left) . Wanting to make the design process easier for my colleagues, I became a project manager and later a network manager.
While in IT, I championed the early adoption now standard (OK, even trivial) infastructure: networks, collaborative workspaces, etc. That early computer interest took me to explore multimedia and 3D animation, working for a time on concepts of an early immersive computer game.
I live in a far northern suburb of Chicago with my wife and two children.
Quick Facts
- I grew up in a large family and have six brothers and two sisters. I admire my parents but don't plan to duplicate their feat.
- My brother is the former mayor of my hometown, Sycamore, IL. It's a place where a penny still gets you 12 minutes from the parking meter.
- The brother of my great-great-...great-grandfather was Captain John Parker, the leader of the Lexington Minuteman who said "if they mean to have a war, let it begin here."
- My cousin, Heidi, played George Costanza's fiance on the show Seinfeild. I never watched the show and only learned of her involvement after she “licked the stamp.”
- I have been a fry cook, a flower deliveryman, and a game developer.