About

Personal

I am the lucky father of two beautiful blonde young ladies (20 and 9) that fortunately tell me that I’m a pretty great dad most of the time *smile*– probably like most parents, I don’t always feel that I get it right, but they still make me feel special.  Husband to another beautiful, creative, artistic blonde for the last 13 years. These ladies are the reason that I do what I do and work hard to be exceptional and indispensable every day – always wanted to be surrounded by women and I got my wish, just not exactly as I imagined. I’m pretty transparent online, so you can find more info on Facebook, Google+, and Twitter - feel free to reach out if you have questions – I’m generally plugged in and listening.

Work – Floral Industry

Being the technical geek that I am, I’ve had the pleasure of working for major players in the Floral Industry for the past 15+ years. Over 6.5 years (circa 1996) I held various positions at @Teleflora – the worlds largest Floral Wire Service. @Teleflora I held positions in Customer Service, Proprietary Point of Sale system installations, Software Quality Assurance, Technical Writing and finally onto Software Development / Engineering.  Nothing like your first job out of college to garner business and technical experience on your

In July 2003, I joined Flower Shop Network as VP Technology (head tech geek) and made the shift from POS software development to the Florist Internet Marketing and Florist eCommerce business segments – really agile and exciting stuff.  Constant changes in the search and SEO industries keep myself and my development staff on our toes at all times.  Over the past 8 years, I’ve helped to lead Flower Shop Network through very rapid growth cycles – and continue learning valuable business lessons in infrastructure, scalability, analytics, online marketing, eCommerce and people management (herding cats).  Learn more about Flower Shop Network here, here and here.