Start me up
My earliest memories were of my mother crying on and
off for a few days while the TV flickered gainy black and white images. My
father tells me I was with him, underground in Boston's Park Street subway
station when he saw someone reading the old "Record American." Its tabloid
headline screamed, "JFK ASSASSINATED." In many ways, that event shaped the
world I grew up in. Vietnam, the drug culture of the 60's, rock,
Watergate, and the collapse of the '78 Red Sox... It was also in '78 that I was
a proud member of the Intercity League Wakefield Merchants baseball team.
It was the first championship for Wakefield since the inception of the league in
1950.
After college in Tuscon at the University of Arizona , I moved back home to Wakefield, MA, waited tables and took some acting classes for a few years before landing a job in high-tech at NEC Information Systems. I met my wife at NEC; we watched the Sox meltdown in Game 6 of 1986, and married in 1987. I adopted Gigi's daughter Jessica, and we had our first child, Megan, in 1989. Kyle was born a couple years later, in 1991.
I was with NEC for 16 years, primarily in the AFIS division, a place that holds many great stories deserving a home. While at NEC in the mid 90's I met Jeff Copetas. Jeff helped reawaken my love for music and one day asked, "Hey, wanna start a record label?" Tar Hut Records was great fun, and it helped me survive a divorce without completely losing my mind. After surviving (arguably) the events of 95-96, and the overhyped Y2K scare, I left NEC and joined Kronos Incorporated in 2000. After 9 records and lots of tax deductions, we folded Tar Hut in 2001.
In 2005, I'm still with Kronos, a great company with an amazing record of success. Megan lives with me and Kyle spends time with us and his mom and stepdad. Jessica has two children of her own, Mackenzie and Kolby.
I try to laugh, and make others laugh, every day. Some days it's easier than others.
After college in Tuscon at the University of Arizona , I moved back home to Wakefield, MA, waited tables and took some acting classes for a few years before landing a job in high-tech at NEC Information Systems. I met my wife at NEC; we watched the Sox meltdown in Game 6 of 1986, and married in 1987. I adopted Gigi's daughter Jessica, and we had our first child, Megan, in 1989. Kyle was born a couple years later, in 1991.
I was with NEC for 16 years, primarily in the AFIS division, a place that holds many great stories deserving a home. While at NEC in the mid 90's I met Jeff Copetas. Jeff helped reawaken my love for music and one day asked, "Hey, wanna start a record label?" Tar Hut Records was great fun, and it helped me survive a divorce without completely losing my mind. After surviving (arguably) the events of 95-96, and the overhyped Y2K scare, I left NEC and joined Kronos Incorporated in 2000. After 9 records and lots of tax deductions, we folded Tar Hut in 2001.
In 2005, I'm still with Kronos, a great company with an amazing record of success. Megan lives with me and Kyle spends time with us and his mom and stepdad. Jessica has two children of her own, Mackenzie and Kolby.
I try to laugh, and make others laugh, every day. Some days it's easier than others.
