BUSINESS CAREER
- President and founder of Manassas Cab Company, which began service to Prince William County in Northern Virginia in February 1995 with five taxicabs and now has about 60. In July 2001 it became the first taxicab company in the world to dispatch data to cellular phones using Nextel's wireless internet.
- Chairman of the Board of Gold Terra, a mining company that is proving the value of ore in 165 square miles of claims, which includes three, approved mining sites.
- A Director and Vice President of DKL International (WWW.DKLABS.COM) that uses a patented, new technology to detect the ultra low frequency human electric field generated by the electrical activity of the heart. The DKL LifeGuard is a hand held instrument that can detect this field at a range of at least 500 meters in the open air and at less range through barriers. He gets ranges of 2,000 feet in a forest, 600 feet through solid rock and 10,000 yards over water to a destroyer or a surfaced submarine.
- Half owner of Presidio Jewelry and Pawn, Inc. in San Diego, CA, which buys, sells and takes for pawn jewelry, precious stones and American Indian art.
NAVAL CAREER
- 91-94 Political-military officer on the Navy Staff in the Pentagon responsible for policy and public affairs for port visits of Nuclear-Powered Warships, radioactive material dumped at sea and law of the sea. As action officer for the U.S-Soviet Agreement for the Prevention of Incidents at Sea (INCSEA) he helped negotiate the use of a similar agreement for the Middle East Peace Process.
- 87-90 Commanded the nuclear-powered fast attack submarine GUARDFISH (SSN 612) homeported in San Diego, CA, two six-month deployments to the Western Pacific and won the 1989 Battle Efficiency "E" for having the best submarine in Submarine Squadron Three.
- 84-87 Executive Officer HADDOCK (SSN 621), 28 month overhaul at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, CA.
- 81-83 Staff Officer at Naval Headquarters London, UK, responsible for submarine operations in the Mediterranean and European Nuclear Powered Warship port visits.
- 79-81 Navigator and Operations Officer PERMIT (SSN 594), an Indian Ocean and Western Pacific deployment.
- 76-79 Chief Engineer of the nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine ULYSSES S. GRANT (SSBN 631), one patrol, and a 19-month overhaul at Newport News Shipyard followed by a shake down cruise.
- 73-76 Damage Control Assistant and Weapons Officer of the Nuclear Powered Submarine SEADRAGON (SSN 584), an under ice mission in the Bearing Sea and two deployments to the Western Pacific, homeport Pearl Harbor, HI.
- 71-72 Communicator on the BRIDGET (DE 1024), a reserve Destroyer Escort homported in Seattle, WA, nuclear propulsion training at Vallejo, CA and Idaho Falls, ID.
- 67-71 U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1971, majored in oceanography and ocean engineering.
PERSONAL
- A native of Southern California who lives near Manassas, VA. He was married to Monica on June 26, 2004. He has a son that is a professor at Sonoma State in Northern California and daughter who is an attorney in Washington, D.C. He likes to cook, hunt, fish, sail, and canoe. He is active in The Saint Andrew's Society of Washington, Clan Hay Society and helps select candidates for the Naval Academy as a Blue and Gold Officer. He is President of the Naval Academy Alumni Association, Greater Washington, D.C. Chapter.
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