Well, the 5 Things Tagging Game just keeps going, and going, and going… Thanks to my friend Eddie Geller, CEO of Unique World Group, and fellow Microsoft Collaboration and Portals Partner Advisory Council member I have been tagged now!
So, here we go, I have to tell you 5 things you never knew about me.
1. My first degree from the University of Florida was a BS in Mechanical Engineering. I was part of the National winning Energy Efficient Vehicle Competition team. We built a car that won nationally and came in second internationally, and got over 28 mpg in 1977! Go Gators!
2. I am a retired Naval Aviator. I had my first Navy flight in a North American T-28 in July 1980. The aircraft I had that flight in is now at the War Eagles Museum in New Mexico. The picture I included is the actual aircraft I had my first flight in.
3. I flew the P3C Orion aircraft in the fleet and hunted Soviet submarines during the Cold War. I deployed to Lajes Azores, Rota Spain, Sigonella Sicily, and Bermuda (over 18 months during my first three years). I am flying the P3C taking the picture of the PC flying by the active volcano, Mount Etna. This shot was taken around July/August 1983.
4. I never wanted to fly for the airlines so I got out of the Navy for a while and became a securities broker for E.F. Hutton. I really did not enjoy the securities industry and decided to go back to military flying. Call it serendipity, but as I drove north from Florida to Norfolk Virginia to report back for duty in the NAVY on that Monday 1987, the stock market crashed (aka Black Monday).
5. In the late eighties when I was assigned on the USS Independence after seeing the potential of the PC and IT I decided to go back to school and get my masters degree in computer science. And as they say, the rest is history. 
Update: Oops, forgot to pass on the favor and tag 5 more folks. So…
Ed Hild; Alan Pelz-Sharpe; John Mancini; George Dearing; Joanna Bichsel; Tag you’re it!
Cheers,
George Dearing