tazman

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Internet
Occupation Analytics & Operations Research
Location Culver City, CA, United States
Introduction Have a long and varied career from working my way up the IT ranks to Director and then VP of IT to sales, to my current job (and real love) applied mathematics and operations research. I took my B.A. in Quantitative Methods and Computer Science and a Masters in International Management with a concentration in Political Economics. I am a native English (American) speaker with basic Mandarin Chinese read/write/speak skills. I have six years of service in the Marine Corps and an additonal six with the US Navy. I have been in both the Gulf War and the current Iraq conflict.
Interests State Power & Individual Liberty, Austrian Economics, Gardening, Building and Flying Airplanes, Sailing, Real Estate, Finance
Favorite Movies Heat, Apocalpyse Now, Scarface, Full Metal Jacket
Favorite Music Rock, Fusion Jazz, Classical, Grunge
Favorite Books Where the Red Fern Grows, The Panic of 1819, Master of Disguise, Leaving Islam, State of Fear, The Road to Serfdom, The Fountainhead