Barry Hatfield:  

Where to begin? I moved to Washington DC in 1975 with a good friend from college. I fell in love with the international atmosphere, sidewalk cafes and the night life. There is always something going on here. I met and married a Virginia girl in 1977. We have 3 children, two girls and a boy. My daughters are married (no grand children) and my son is finally out of school. We divorced about ten years ago and I've remarried 5 years ago. The second time I've been extremely fortunate to find my soul mate. Professionally, I worked with AT&T for 7 years and then took a job in New York running sales for a mid--size company for a couple of years. After making other people a lot of money I decided to start my own business back in DC. It is easier on paper than in real life. I was able to make a decent living but not a killing and I merged, or sold my early attempts at building a technology based company. In 1994, I merged with another company that planned to go public. We manufactured laser based vision systems that were used to inspect semi-conductors and guide robotic arms in dealing with hazardous environments. We had our very successful initial publi...Expand for more