- Spent my childhood in Vienna, Austria attending public school
- Learned to ski in 1st Grade in the Austrian Alps and have loved skiing ever since
- Started flying in planes in 1970 and have flown in just about every commercial plane there is, including a Single Otter (Seaplane) & a Tupolev (Russian Airplane)
- Celebrated my birthday twice in one day (each side of the international time zone)
- Traveled to 77 countries on 4 continents
- Hiked a portion of the Great Wall of China
- Walked on a Glacier in Austria
- I’ve straddled the Equator in Ecuador, Prime Meridian in Greenwich, the Continental Divide in Colorado, and the America/Eurasian Tectonic Plate in Greenland
- Been on an overnight safari in Kenya
- Watched the Aurora Borealis dance away in Greenland
- Launched a magazine 20 years ago that is still being published with a global readership
- Was caught in a coup in Cote d’Ivoire and had to be rescued by French special forces soldiers
- Flew 17 hours to New Zealand to do a 2 hour presentation and then turned right around and flew 17 hours back (won the deal!)
- Witnessed a Glacier calve in Alaska
- Lived and worked with my family for 3 years in the UK & Germany
- Opened offices in DACH Region (learning how to demo software and negotiate in German)
- A serial Intrapeneuer
- My #1 Strength on StrengthsFinders is “Competition”…and I’m my own biggest competitor
- Enneagram 8, Meyers-Briggs INTP, DISC D
- Have one big thing left on my bucket list – take the Shackleton Voyage to Antartica
- Love a good Scotch – the peatier the better
- Love the outdoors…any day in nature is a great day!
The Road I’ve Traveled
