I'm glad you found my Home Page.  Here's a little bit about me.

    In the 1960's I was a Naval Officer (Lieutenant Commander [sel.], Supply Corps, USN) with assignments both ashore at a shipyard, a supply center, an air station, Navy Headquarters in Washington D.C and afloat as Supply Officer on the Ammunition Ship USS PYRO (AE-24) (Vietnam - Yankee Station - 1967).

    In the 1970's I owned Barton's Office Supply with fifteen employees and locations in Whittier and Santa Fe Springs, California.  I was the archetypical small town merchant (Rotary Club, Kiwanis Club, Chamber of Commerce, Uptown Merchants Assn., Y's Men's Club, Indian Guides, JUSA Soccer, etc.).

After selling Barton's Office Supply (just before the advent of the office supply stores and the concomitant industry reorganization), I sought after and joined Xerox Corporation.  A twenty-year career of progressive Sales and Marketing assignments including an Executive MBA along the way was capped by my final assignment as Director of Marketing and Planning for the Xerox North  American Dealer Channel.  My work was interesting, challenging and rewarding.  Both parts of my job, marketing and financial/product planning, were fascinating and I moved fluidly between them.  I was responsible for Canada (it's a big country) and the USA (including Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands).  My Marketing Program Managers and Marketing Analysts were terrific... they made my job a joy!  I retired on July 31, 2002.