>> I went to Villanova, class of 1987.
I did Navy ROTC there, so when I graduated I had an obligation for four years in the Navy,
and I always said that when it stops being fun
in the Navy I'll get out, and it never stopped being fun.
And so I continued on for a career in the Navy and retired after 20 years in the Navy.
Well, my major was political science.
I had a minor in French and Naval science as well.
But I really didn't necessarily use my political science degree in the Navy.
I was on ships for four or five years, so I was in engineering and operations on my Navy ships,
and then I switched over to do public affairs for the Navy.
My wife is also a Villanova graduate, class of 1988, and we had three children
in schools in Arlington, Virginia.
And we would have gotten-- been transferred, and I kind of joked that I got outvoted four to one.
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So, it was time to move on to another phase in my career, and a Navy colleague of mine
who I'd been stationed with previously started [inaudible] and asked me
to come help him build this small company, and we've been off to the races ever since.