Current Career: Lead Software Engineer and Architect at a $6 billion+ company.

Language: Speaking Japanese since 1982. Learned the language natively living and working in and around Sapporo.

Artist: Professional Oil Painter ( landscapes of the American West ).

Pilot: - ATP ( Airline Transport Pilot ) - Air Force A7-D Jet Fighter Flight Simulator Specialist/Instructor - Corporate Jet Pilot ( Lear 60 / Westwind II ).

NASA/JPL Software Engineer contractor on GPS / Geodesy related Projects.

Software Development and Business Development Company Founder and Director of MCS Computers and Micromize - "computerized" the Franchise Hair Salon Industry 1988 - 2006 - 5000+ locations ( Cost Cutters, Fantastic Sams, Great Clips, SuperCuts, Regis, Master Cuts and more... )

Author: Currently writing a non-fiction, aviation related book.