: About Me

Currently retired.

I worked at IBMer for almost 40 years.  My writing and public relations skills grew when I transferred into IBM Business Recovery Services in 1989.  I eventually became the Manager of Service Delivery for North America and was involved in over one hundred actual business recoveries and published over a dozen articles based on these experiences.  My articles have appeared in The Disaster Recovery Journal, Crisis Magazine, National Underwriter, The Security Management Bulletin, The International Journal of Network Management and the Chubb Newsletter. I also contributed a chapter to the book, Disaster Recovery Testing - Exercising Your Contingency Plan.

I am a lifetime member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Disaster Recovery Journal Magazine (inactive).  In my earlier life, I wrote a column for the Sidewinder, the post newspaper for Yuma Proving Ground while serving in the United States Army.  More recently I have been published on the Internet with a satirical article hosted on Conservative Battleline Online.

As a frequent speaker at various disaster recovery user groups and industry conferences, I also shared my expertise in this field by being frequently interviewed and widely quoted (over 100) in such publications as The Wall Street Journal, Computerworld, Information Week, Contingency Planning and Management, The New York Times, Networking Magazine and with appearances on JATV (Japanese Television), the BBC and The Wall Street Journal Report on CBS.

I am a member of the Military Writer’s Society of America and have recently completed the historical novel “The Last Jump” which will be published in May 2010.

My passion is ...

History and why it happened that way.

I know too much about ...

Heart disease.

My parents always told me ...

If your grandparents were not risk takers you would not be an American.

My childhood ambition ...

To fly...then when I got older to get in an airplane.

My favorite memory ...

When my wife first said "yes"

Why I write ...

Crazy thoughts in my head are screaming to get out and play.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I read books/internet for information, I watch/listen to network news for entertainment.

My first job ...

Produce boy in a supermarket when I was 14. It lasted 3 weeks.

My best moment ...

When my wife first said "yes".

My inspiration ...

All of the Americans of the Greatest Generation.

Politics, News & Issues > Party Politics & Ideology A country divided: Political tensions building in America

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You Did It! You Elected Barack Obama! To America's young people: Citizens in a Democracy deserve the government they elect so please allow me to preview what you asked for and what you will get. It is fairly clear to the most casual and unbiased observer that Barack Obama will be a very Liberal President in the White House and he will have an unchecked Liberal congress to conspire with. His views and whatever published speeches, interviews and writings his campaign has not been able to suppress all speak to his proclivities. From his own mouth he has pronounced, "spread the wealth" and fro...

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