Personal Information

• Born July 17, 1948 in Arlington, Virginia
• Raised and educated in Northern Virginia
• Four children (ages 28 to 36) and eight grandchildren (ages 2 to 14)
• Married Becky in July 1987 - Celebrating 25 years!

Education

• Graduated Hargrave Military Academy, Chatham, Virginia 1966
• Attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute
• Graduated US Army Infantry Officers' Candidate School, Ft. Benning, Georgia April, 1969. Received   diploma and Commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army
• Graduated Leadership Maryland 2003
• Graduated The Academy for Excellence in Local Governance 2003. Received Municipal   Government Certification

Professional

• Proudly served in the US Army from 1968 until 1971
     - Training (including OCS) until 1969
     - Served as Executive Officer in a Basic Training Company at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina last        half of 1969
     - Served as a Batallion Training Advisor at the Army of the Republic of Vietnam Infantry Officer        Candidate School in Thu Duc, Vietnam from December 1969 until April 1970
     - Promoted to First Lieutenant in April 1970
     - Served as Detachment Commander, American Forces Vietnam Network (AFVN) in Pleiku,        Vietnam from April 1970 until January 1971. See http://www.afvn.tv
     - Completed military commitment on January 15, 1971
• National Public Radio
     - Became the 18th person ever hired by NPR. Started March 1, 1971, two months before the        debut of All Things Considered
     - Progressed through a number of engineering management positions until I left to start my own        business in November 1984.
• The Chesapeake Computer Group, Incorporated
     - Founded the company in 1983 to provide software solutions for the major radio networks
     - Some of our clients were:
       National Public Radio
       ABC Radio Networks
       Sirius Satellite Radio
• National Public Radio
     - Rejoined NPR in 2003
     - Current position is Senior Solutions Architect in the Distribution Division