Current location: Woodburn, OR. Age: 42. Birthplace: Vancouver, WA. Profession: Transportation. Title: Transportation manager. Alma mater: American Military University.
Latest accomplishment: Achieving the lowest safety risk score for a transportation division in the company. What’s been your big (or biggest) leap? Pursuing a transportation director position in another state. Hobbies: Golf, baseball, Brazilian jiu-jitsu and weightlifting. Recent travel or adventure: Scuba diving with my son in Hawaii for his 11th birthday. Last book read: General George S. Patton: War as I Knew It, by Rick Atkinson.
What is your greatest joy? Watching my kids grow up. What is your guilty pleasure? Traveling. I want to see the world. What is a natural talent you have neglected? Playing baseball. What occupation, other than your own, do you most admire? Saturation divers. What is your favourite place (or way) to spend money? Anything Disney-related. What is at the top of your bucket list? Opening my own business. What is your go-to workout? Chest and back day followed by the sauna. What ingredient is essential to your perfect vacation? Family! Disneyland isn’t the same without family who enjoy it.
What was your first paying job? Subway. What was your favorite college course? Ancient Military History, taught by Professor Brain Carry. What was your favorite childhood toy or game? Chess. What movie have you repeatedly watched? 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi. What’s prominently featured on your home or office wall? Disney décor and military plaques. What is your favourite app? Lose It! It makes calorie counting so easy.
What change would you like to see in the world?
An end to countries being pitted against one another through proxy wars.
What message do you want to send out into the world? Trust your instincts. What mega-trend most concerns you? Smartphone addiction.
What actor would you choose to play you in the movie about your life? Brendan Fraser. Who would you like to spend an evening with, in heaven? General Dwight Eisenhower. After your loved ones, what object would you first save from your burning home? None. Everything is replaceable. What period in your life would you do differently, if you could? My military career. I would have been more ambitious.
Personal mission: Raising my kids. Personal motto: You’re only as good as your last event.
