I grew up in a comfortable home built by my father, on a 12 acre hobby farm on a hillside in a small town in rural Ontario, 30 minutes east of the Nation's Capital. By day my dad worked in computing but after hours he was always reading or researching and planning his next big project. I was fortunate to witness and participate in the process from beginning to end -- that's how I learned to become a do-er.

It wasn't a story -- it was a bio about the Wright Brothers for a fifth grade paper. That's when I first became interested in flying, then started taking lessons when I was 15, soloed at 16 and eventually earned my pilot's license.

Usually you'll find me on the lacrosse field coaching boys lacrosse; however, lately I've become a wine enthusiast and enjoy learning about new wines, wine growing regions and wine makers from around the world.

People say it's extremely neat and organized. A 21" flat screen monitor, wireless keyboard and mouse on a mousepad, a wired phone extension that is set to do not disturb, docking station for my laptop, a fishbowl with a mini-easter island sculpture for a betta fish named "Ollie" and with nothing else to distract me.

Edgar Allen Poe, "The Tell-Tale Heart" - scared the crap out of me and I barely slept for days!

The nature of the industry that I work in is extremely dynamic and I am constantly reading technical papers, articles and testing new ideas. I also tend to think in terms of tactics and strategy due to my lengthy coaching career. This particular combination makes me think the way I do.