Don Lee:  

After my BS in Electrical Engineering, was employed by a Fortune 500 company, climbed from Engineering to Executive, after about ten years started my first Information Technology (IT) Company in 1996...and... what a ride! Had a great start, I worked from Dallas TX, to Buenas Aries, Argentina, made good money, but business soon dried up in the IT industry and therefore I had to change fields and focus... After returning from Argentina, we focused on providing voice, video, and data for commercial properties and the multi-family industry. This was decent business, but after managing major international contracts, these contracts were just too small to keep my attention...so I had a brilliant idea... Why not just build and own my own mix -use apartment complexes (residential over retail) properties verses contracting for services? So... I did! I started with a small apartment complex in the Dallas Metroplex and later grew to larger ones throughout the South and South west... Thus, the Commercial Real Estate Developer was born! Yea me!!! Nope...Not really... It was hard as "hell" to get the business going and several times I almost lost EVERYTHING! However, after years of determination and a whole lot of PRAYING... I survived the storm! I was a little battered and bruised but I survived! Currently, my development business is going very well, I built and own one of the largest buildings in Dallas Metro-plex (almost 1 million sqaure feet) and have several major projects in the works. Considering the market condition, I'm doing well and have not had to lay off too many employees and that's a true blessing for them and their families. My primary focus today is the healthcare industry. I am currently part of a team building major hospitals and multiple Clinics (over $900 Million) in Texas. Thus the story continues! As you can see, I have spent most of my adult life (still waiting to grow up) working... Yes, I finally found someone who would put up with me and "most" of the time she is even proud to wear her wedding ring! We have no children and my Dog (Malcolm) died and I still can't find the heart to get another one... The Wife keeps asking about children...and I don't know...I just never saw children in the cards for me. I love kids...just.... Not sure about this yet, but the next couple years will tell me what to do about children... always wanted to adopt a child and maybe that's an option...we will see... I do have great Nieces and Nephew (4) that I spoil every chance I get! They are so smart and they luv their Uncle Don! I guess you could say, the above is the "Glory" and chapter two would be the real "Story"... Like most, I have had my share of challenges... Losing my Mother...Expand for more