Born in Cleveland ... moved when I was 8 ... lived in San Jose during my "formative years" (20 years) ... went to Monroe Middle School, Campbell Junior High, Del Mar High, and SJSU ... made the best friends of my life during those years including my wife ... had the best job you could ever want helping my friend Dan run Slave Labor Graphics ... moved to Reno in 1999 ... started working at Amazon.com ... moved to Seattle in 2000 ... married the love of my life in 2000 ... had our son, Neil in 2007, added son Nash in 2009. Still in the Seattle area working for Amazon (almost 12 years).