Undergraduate studies, Franklin Pierce College, New Hampshire; distinguished alumnus, Executive Leadership Program, Naval Post Graduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security, Monterey, California. Key player in the software and services industry for more than 35 years. 2011, facilitated the sale of his current company, i2, to IBM into their Industry Solutions, Software Product Group; remains as business leader for Public Safety, Intelligence and Counter Fraud. Member: Board of Directors, Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA); National Advisory Board, InfraGard (a public-private non-profit between US businesses and the FBI); Whitehouse taskforce on the Trafficking of Minors on the Internet. Twice the recipient of the Queen's award for Enterprise Innovation.