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I've spent over twenty-five years consulting, designing, engineering, building, and/or operating enterprise and carrier class voice and data networks. 

During the dot-com bubble , I was in the business development group of a major next-generation fiber carrier, and encountered some pretty wacky business plans.  I'll be sharing a few on these pages, with lots of evidence that it doesn't take brains or experience to lose a lot of money - but it helps.

There are also some technical documents related to networks and network deployments that some might find useful.

Also see a few real projects that I had particular fun with, be impressed (or not) with my past and credentials, and download my resume.


It's been a busy year.  After a three year long distance romance, I've moved from St. Louis to Dayton (381.5 miles, in case you were wondering), and remarried on June 24th, 2006. 

Predictable complications ensued - integrating families, a new job, and figuring out that my new wife Beth's house wasn't big enough. 

Shop for a house.  Think about building.  Shop some more.  Decide to build.  Design a house. Find someone to build it.  Find a lot.  Find a lot that will let someone else build on it.  And finally, start building a new house.

Check this page for all the details - Wedding Pictures, Family Photo Album, family activities, and the House Construction Blog!


Quiz: How is the IBM PC like the Model T Ford? Because both changed day to day life and culture on much of the planet; both went from expensive toys to daily necessities; and both industries went from hundreds of local companies producing similar products out of garages down to the few giants we see today.  Oh, and because I have owned originals of both.  My original IBM PC is long gone, but inside you can see the current and future state of my 1923 Model T Ford runabout, and unusual modifications on the Model T Oddities page.

Our whole family is active in Mensa, the High-IQ society, and travel to weekend activities called Regional Gatherings all around the Midwest and Northeast.

Check out those and my other hobbies - Genealogy, music (particularly Filk) and more.
Work Family Play

Humor & Trivia

“So we went to Atari and said, ‘Hey, we’ve got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or we’ll give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay our salary, we’ll come work for you.’ And they said, ‘No.’ So then we went to Hewlett-Packard, and they said, ‘Hey, we don’t need you. You haven’t got through college yet.’” --Apple Computer Inc. founder Steve Jobs on attempts to get Atari and H-P interested in his and Steve Wozniak’s personal computer.

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