The Third Life - Consultant and Author and Vagabond

My Third Life began in 2007 with the death of my wife of 38 years, Anne, after a long illness. Having established a successful (and fully mobile) consulting practice, I found myself without roots for the first time. Replacing roots with wheels, I embarked on the Go Places/Meet People/Do Things Tour of America.

Consultant

Applying almost thirty years of successful entrepreneurship and business management, in 1997 I began providing marketing and sales support to a wide variety of companies, from a software start-up to a Fortune 100 defense contractor, and many more in-between. My interests and abilities lie in strategies and tactics to bring new products and services to market, and the organizations to implement these.

Author

The first book, The Law of the Pack, won first prize in an international novel competition. By then, the second manuscript, Screenshot, was nearly completed and were offered to publishers as a two-book deal. Screenshot is scheduled for release in April, 2009 by Kunati Books, and they hold an option on The Law of the Pack. The third book in the series, Piece 31, will be completed in mid-2009. Two non-fiction books are in development.

Vagabond

The Tour began in early 2008 at the seacoast in southern Maine. Over eighteen months, it will cover 8,000 miles, 32 states, 800 gallons of diesel fuel. Somewhere along the way, I may park the rig and stay.

The Second Life - Husband and Father and Businessman

For most of my adult life, I lived the American dream - home, family, work.

Husband

I married Anne Schenendorf in 1969. We met when my younger sister married her older brother. Ours was a long, loving, and wondrous relationship.

Father

Wasting no time, Joshua was born in 1970, ten months after the wedding. He is today a husband and father and successful businessman in his own right, and a source of pride and joy.

Businessman

Starting as a laborer in the nuclear power industry, I trained for and became a radiation safety expert, and then moved to project management, business management, and then sales and marketing. I am responsible for several successful start-up companies that were later acquired. Along the way, I helped Josh start an award-winning cybercafe.

The First Life - Son and Brother and Student

Born in the early wave of Baby Boomers, I grew up in interesting times, and took advantage of the opportunities and experiences offered.

Son

Born in Syracuse, NY, the second of three children.

Brother

In addition to my older brother and younger sister, I gained two step-brothers and a half-brother when my mother re-married.

Student

High school was a private men's boarding school, Manlius Military Academy, outside Syracuse, NY, only 400 miles from home. College at Colgate University, where he majored in History with a minor in Literature, and was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity.