My Book:  Managing Systems Development 101: A Guide to Designing Effective Commercial Products & Systems for Engineers & Their Bosses / CEOs has been published by ASME Press and is now for sale on Amazon.com.  

	The book is a substantially edited and augmented compilation of lessons learned that I have had to resurrect on almost all my jobs.  Now, you will not have to re-learn these systems engineering and product development lessons as painfully as did I.
	You are welcome to click here to read an excerpt, or click this link to view the cover art.
	Click here for its ASME Press catalog webpage where you can also order a copy online, if you wish.
	ASME offers a $9 discount to members, but Amazon offers free shipping, so buy where you can save the most.
	There's now an eBook version for Kindle that's only $9.99.

My Blog:  Check it out!  I'm particularly interested in your comments and feedback on my book.

My Work:  I am now settling in to retirement from Cubic Transportation Systems where I had been their Sr. VP, Engineering and Program Management in San Diego, CA.  If you have ridden a subway in most metropolises worldwide, you have probably used our fare collection systems.  I have been successfully developing large-scale systems for many years in both commercial and aerospace environments.  My resume' has the details, while a photo gallery shows several of my projects nee challenging toys.

	You are most likely familiar with systems such as the DIRECTV Direct Broadcast Satellite facilities and with the precision of Tomahawk cruise missiles of Desert Storm fame, but I also created one of the first "stealth" missile system projects and have spent much of the last 25 years managing engineering development of software intensive projects in "zero-CEP" precision missile guidance, medical digital radiography, and MPEG-compressed RAID-based broadcast video servers. I've always been a change agent, and, in effect, a professional student of evolving engineering technology. I've also served as a system engineering and general management consultant, e.g., with Trex Medical Corporation.
	Finally declassified after 45 years, I can now proudly report that I was the original project engineer in the Air Force Plant Representative Office for the Hexagon satellite program at Lockheed Missiles and Space Company.  I could not have asked for a better initial job.  It involved the most sophisticated technology of the day used by some of the brightest and committed intellects to provide truly critical intelligence for our nation's leadership.  It also enabled a young engineer to appreciate the nuances of the full spectrum of business and production issues related to actually making very complicated systems work when there was no chance to do field repairs.  You can find more details at the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) website, e.g., click here for a KH-9 Hexagon fact sheet.  (You also cannot begin to understand how uncomfortable it is to publicly even say "NRO", much less point you to their website).
	I welcome the chance to similarly help in your area of need.  In the meantime, I have been active volunteering with the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) where we offer free advice and assistance, as a resource partner of the Small Business Administration (SBA), helping people start up and operate small businesses.  I highly recommend it, so check out the national SCORE website or our local site.

My Play: Mostly work associated, or that is at least the way I rationalize spending so much time at my computers.

I had kept a 1986 Yamaha Radian 600 cc motorcycle with 3800 miles on it in the garage only because I knew that if I sold it,  I would buy another new one in less than six months.  Eventually, even that couldn't assuage my desire, so I now own a 2004 Yamaha FZ6 and have put over 18,000 miles on it, mostly in twisties like the Tail of the Dragon and the Pig Trail.  There is a very active FZ6 forum that I would highly recommend at fz6-forum.com.  To my great but pleasant surprise, my wife, Alicia, recently rode the Dragon with me.

I have begun to play golf about once a week and have finally pulled my average down below 100.  While a 27 handicap is nothing to brag about, I guess that I will anyway.  I found a nice free website at www.oobgolf.com for tracking your game statistics and handicaps.

My Family: My wife Alicia is applying her special touches to our new home in Weeki Wachee, Florida.

	Lisa, Our youngest, married Joel Carey on June 7th, 2001 on beautiful St. Thomas, VI.  The families had a ball, and the bride and groom were radiantly beautiful.   They are now back in Madison, WI.  She graduated from MATC as a court reporter and has her own website www.krorp.com and is the Wisconsin trainer for Stenograph's Case CATalyst software.  As scheduled and semantically appropriate, Lisa had our first beautiful grandchild, Gwen Carey, on Labor Day, 2005.  In February 2008, Lisa graced us with Jane.  The Carey genes must be strong, because somehow Jane is quite fair with red hair, but a cutie nonetheless.  Lisa still works part-time captioning TV shows for Caption Colorado and was the official court reporter for Branch 13 of the Dane County court, supporting the honorable Julie Genovese.  Recently, in 2011, Lisa returned to MATC as a full-time instructor in court reporting.
	Chris is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) working as the Director of Operations for Foreground Security, although he still lives in the Northern Virginia area.  On April 19th, 2008, Chris finally talked the lovely Vanessa Campet into becoming his wife.
	Dawn is still living near my hometown of Little Rock, AR.  On March 6, 2004, I had the pleasure of giving Dawn away to become Mrs. Todd Irby at a lovely ceremony there.  Dawn graced us with an early Christmas 2005 present, i.e., Clara James Irby.  Recently, Dawn has been a District Manager for Avon.

Family photos are also available that show how blessed I am.