About this user
_______TEN THINGS ABOUT ME:
1. Delighted by most things creative including photography, fine art, theater, performance art and opera.
2. Thrilled to witness others thinking differently, solving old problems in new ways, defying tradition and breaking out of the corporate box.
3. At times, easily distracted by high tech gizmos, popular culture, foreign affairs and world events.
4. Curious about how things work, question what things mean and look deeper into what really is going on.
5. Usually not so trusting of official interpretations and accounts.
6. Sometimes wonder about the very purpose of life itself.
7. Alternately and sometimes simultaneously cynical and optimistic.
8. When I remember, awestruck by the miracle of our conscious awareness -- our ability to think and be self aware.
9. Appreciating each new day as offering opportunity anew - a chance to do things differently and hopefully better than the prior day. It doesn't always work out this way, however.
10. Simplifying life by possessing only two email addresses, one phone number and zero automobiles.
______A LIFE OF CHANGE
My life has been one of changes, reversals and renewals. It has been a life of transformations.
► From Los Angeles to Knoxville Tennessee to San Francisco.
From Art and Film Making to Psychology.
► From Research Psychology to Applied Psychology.
► From Psychology to Software Technology.
► From Technology to the Written, Spoken and Visual Arts.
► From a Professional Career to Disabling Depression.
► From Depression to Recovery.
► From Living Large to Micro-Financed Simplicity.
► From Self Indulgence to Service to Others.
► From Unquestioning Acceptance to Inquiry.
► From Belief in the System to Activism.
► From Security to Freedom.
______THE BEST THINGS IN MY LIFE
♥ Smiles, Laughter and Hugs from Friends.
♥ Friendship, Encouragement and Collaboration from my Community.
♥ Social Justice aspired to and then Realized.
♥ Immersion and Escape in the Fictional Reality of Movies.
♥ Insight and Entertainment from Literature.
♥ Soul stirring and foot tapping Joy from Music.
♥ Sensual Pleasures from the texture, taste, aroma and presentation of Fine Cuisine.
♥ Creative Spectacle from Art.
♥ Bliss and Serenity from Nature.
Hometown
San Francisco
Country
United States
Occupation
I'm an Industrial/Organizational Psychologist by training, a Management Consultant and Software entrepreneur by profession but a volunteer, photographer, writer and activist by inclination.
Companies
NCR (Hong Kong), NEC (Roseville, CA), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (Toronto, Canada), SkopBank (Helsinki, Finland), State Bank of NSW (Sydney, Australia) and the US Air Force (Dayton, Ohio) among others.
Schools
Ph.D. University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UTK)B.A. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Interests
Art, Politics, Science, Technology, History, Nature, Creative Writing, Cooking, Farmers markets, Electric cars, Mobile computing, Noam Chomsky, Chocolate, Wikipedia
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