Accumulated six college degress from Stanford University, Northrop University, College of Notre Dame, West Coast University, and the Air Force Institute of Technology. Retired as a Major from the US Air Force after twenty years of acquisition and development experience. Achieved position as the CO of the Space Test Range. Worked in software development on the FLEXAR, IMU, AMRAAM, and Spirit Bomber programs. Served as a Military Research Associate at both the Livermore National Laboratory and Rand Corporation. Fifteen years experience as a technical writer at Providian (5), Siemens (5), and Performant (5+). Married for thirty years to Trekkie softball rosarian. Produced two college grad children named Nicodemus and Samarkand.