I started my computer career at Bell Labs in January, 1970 working on large IBM mainframes. I was fortunate enough to eventually work in the original UNIX Support and Development Group in Naperville, IL. This had to be my favorite all time job!

The Naperville facility was known as "Indian Hill" or "IH". Our UNIX systems were thus named: IHUXA, IHUXB, etc. These were the general purpose UNIX systems. There were also many dedicated systems, such as the Word Processing systems (IHWP*), network processors (IHNP*), etc. I spent many enjoyable years (~14) at "the labs". I also worked in various supervisory positions.

Here is a link to my work history. Through the years I've been blessed with meeting many wonderful people, and even having a few brushes with greatness - many of whom I've had the opportunity to work with. I've also added a list of classmates from the Carl Sandburg Class of 1969.

I left "the labs" in January 1984 and travelled around the country doing UNIX training. In 1985 I began concentrating on my wife Eve's floppy disk business (Media Software & Systems - MSS). The company began providing UNIX services and selling AT&T computers in November of 1985. The company grew rapidly to over $40Mil/year in 1989 - the year we sold the business and retired.

I came out of retirement for a short time in June of 1994 and started a new computer related business. I ended up selling this business to a Fortune 500 company in April of 1995.

Since then I've been spending time with the family, fishing and travelling, but I still spend a significant amount of time hacking code... I still work on a pet project I call "System Sentry". This package allows a single person to administer over 400 heterogenous UNIX machines running a variety of types and versions of UNIX. It is a never ending project and is no longer receiving the attention it deserves - especially since it is almost complete enough to distribute.... (Update: I stopped full time development on this project on 11/01/2000 - but it stall manages to pop up occasionally)

What will I do next? Well, funny you should ask! I have formed a new company with some friends in August 1998 - NetGain Motors, Inc. We built an electric powered dragster capable of 60' times under a second! We ran a series of experiments dealing with hybrid power supply systems (not hybrid drive systems!) with assistance from NASA.   This new company also develops electric vehicle motors. You can check out the description of the dragster we are building and keep abreast of its progress at: NetGain Motors, Inc. - Dragster. I also converted a go-kart, (NetGain Motors, Inc. - Gokart Project) for my son.