I've worked in electronics manufacturing businesses for forty years. My roles have ranged from business unit general management, M&A, business development, strategic planning, regulatory affairs, and financial planning. I've lead acquisition transactions throughout the world and have been responsible several times for expanding domestic businesses internationally. I have served four CEOs in three industries as a senior corporate strategy and business development officer. I've also experienced what it's like to be an entrepreneur co-founding and running a small consulting business for several years.
Most recently I've been focused on the convergence of video, voice, & data technologies related to cable television and IPTV. I've been studying future consumer entertainment business models, interactive television applications, targeted television advertising, audience measurement, viewer behavior modeling, consumer privacy, authentication & identity models, reputation systems, social networks, digital rights management, content security and content search & retrieval technologies.
I love music, history, philosophy and a good bottle of wine. I'm an avid golfer, a technology geek, a newby genealogy buff and a lifelong political junky. I met my wife of 40+ years at Baylor University and we are the proud parents of three fine sons. But the real center of our life now is our four grandchildren.
