2003-04-24T07:56:00.000-07:00

I've raised venture capital. I've run a department with a $10 million budget. I have a peculiar and almost irresistable yearning to make cheese. I got a cable television network on the air, on time and under budget. I interviewed Frank Zappa. I believe in God but have a hard time defining what God is. I was an investigative reporter. I was a television critic. I write a history series for PBS. I've established branding guidelines, mapped business processes and broken whole companies down into manageable job descriptions and lines of accountability. I play golf and volleyball, though I'm not particularly good at either. I know how to lease a satellite transponder. I was on the team that brought to market a life-saving genetic test. When I went into advertising, I landed my first account pitch. I ran the information center at the Museum of Contemporary Art. I got a show into production at 20th Century-Fox in Hollywood without making a pilot. I named a barbecue sauce. I helped develop a consensus for a light rail route through West-Central Los Angeles. I've won both local and national creative awards. I shot a documentary in Russia. If I had it to do over again, I'd study architecture. I consulted on multimedia rights for NCAA sports. I've arranged the translation of English-language television shows into Spanish. I don't have a favorite band because that's not how I look at the world. I've met with the Secretary of Defense in his office in the Pentagon. The largest financial model I ever built was 300 pages. I've leased office space, chosen a phone system and fired people with ruthless efficiency. I've also been fired with ruthless efficiency. I've appeared on national television only once, and I was dressed in drag. Made up as a female, I look weirdly like my mother-in-law. Because things do not always go well, I am literate in copyright, human resources and bankruptcy law. I am still married to my first wife, and we have children. I never feel better than when I'm half asleep in the hammock in the back yard, listening to a far off baseball game on the radio and swinging gently in the summer breeze. I wish I had more time for serious reading. I have unfashionable heroes, including Ray Kroc. I like my bourbon straight, my margaritas up and my music loud. I sometimes think I can't take it anymore, but then I do.

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