Tech Specialist

I was born in a motel in northern Minnesota. My father was a painter and my mother taught PE (Physical Education) in public schools. I have two younger brothers and my family lived on welfare while moving from town to town (almost) every year in search of work. During my formative years I decided that I would not continue in that socioeconomic status as an adult. I excelled in school and, even as a child, had extensive plans for my life. I remember wanting to be an astronaut like many little boys though I exhibited an initiative and motivational difference – I went to the local library, checked out and read the operations manuals for the...