I'm a 1982 graduate of the Commerce School at the University of Virginia, and I got my Masters in Finance from the University of Maryland in 1995.
I've worked in private industries ranging from retail to movie theaters to software and IT.
I was the CFO of a dot-com when 9-11 hit. Shortly after that our funding dried up, and I put my shingle up as a one-man small business accounting firm.
All the while I was suffering from Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, a fatal liver disease that attacks the bile ducts and eventually kills the organ. So in 2006 I sold a majority of the company to another firm just so I could have some resources behind me.
My health gradually got worse, and in