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JohnD

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Location
Itinerant, peripatetic.
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Dogsbody
Interests
Information technology (all aspects,) physics, decentralized energy generation
 

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35
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141
Member Local Time June 20, 2013  07:26 AM
Last Visit June 15, 2013  05:20 AM
Join Date May 26, 2004  08:37 AM
Most Recent Entry October 27, 2009  08:53 AM
Most Recent Comment December 18, 2012  06:56 AM
Most Recent Forum Post December 29, 2012  06:58 PM
Birthday November 6, 1934
 
Bio

Born in South Africa. Educated at (among others) The Central High School and the Witwatersrand University (Chemical Engineering.) 6 Years with IBM as Field Engineer and Systems Analyst. 23 Years with Control Data Corporation, heading up various operations (South Africa, Australia, USA.) Took American citizenship in 1995. Participated in a Summer Business School at Harvard. Promoted to Vice President at Control Data - burned out on corporate politics and quit after three years. Consulted to small American manufacturers/exporters for 7 years. Was inspired by their amazing talents and energies. Went entrepreneuring. Was given a thorough market-driven bollicking. Recovered - still entrepreneuring - own and manage an espresso bar and cybercafé in a village railway station - operating secure web-based services for two law-enforcement-related operations, among other web-based services. The buzz continues.