Title:  Telecom Manager
Employer:  Tribune Company
Nickname/Alias:  Popeye

What I'm Best Known For (in the Telecom World):

Bounty Hunter (finding savings)

Other Primary Areas of Expertise:

Data networking/communications; telecom auditing

Summary of Professional Background:

20 years in voice/data communications. Total of 28 years in computer/information technology. Got sucked into telecom and never made it out!

Prediction on the Future of Telecom & Telecom Managers:

Everything from an information point of view will just blend in as nothing more than a packet of information. Look at new technology as an opportunity and not a threat.

Weirdest Thing People Usually Don't Know about Me:

I love to grow flowers and plants from seeds.

When I'm not talking or doing something in relation to telecom, I'm usually...

Talking about projects I have to do around the house.

Book and author I'm currently reading:

Captured by Grace by David Jeremiah

CD currently or most recently in my car stereo:

Nora Jones

The stupidest thing I've ever seen anyone do or say in relation to a phone:

Plug a real expensive digital phone into their analog POTs line at home.