- BS Physics from Harvey Mudd College '74
- Married Lois Kalvelage, class of '70, on 6/15/74
- MS Electrical Engineering from Rice University '76
- Graduate math courses at Southern Methodist Univ from 76-81
- From '76-'81, was one of 25 engineers creating the ARPANET, a secret military project that 15 years later was declassified and became the internet.
- 30 years writing/managing software at various companies in the telecommunications industry around Dallas, TX
- One patent, for a trinary communication system
- Started www.quickscores.com in 2002.
- With a son, started www.flagmapper.com in 2019
- Two sons and three grandsons