Mark L. Shaw:  

After leaving Monroe High School, I entered UCLA' s Engineering School. Prior to my graduation in 1983 I had started work for Kaiser Permanente as a management consultant which I really enjoyed. I left Southern California (and the U.S.) in 1986 to go to work for the Army in Germany. As a civilian engineer there, I helped manage military base facilities. It was a great opportunity to really explore and experience Europe and I had a lot of fun. After 6 years, I got tired of the weather and homesickness and I had the Army transfer me to Ft. Huachuca in SE Arizona. Eventually I became the Facility Manager for the base hospital there, but I was never very comfortable with small town life. In 1998, I took a job in the Engineering Department at the VA Medical Center in Phoenix. In March 2006, I accepted the position of Chief Engineer at the VA Hospital in Amarillo, Texas. Unfortunately I developed a conflict with my boss and things got ugly. In 2008 I was forced to take legal action against my employer and relocated to Oklahoma City to work with my former Phoenix boss at the OKC VA hospital. After successfully managing many major construction projects at that hospital, I accepted a promotion as Chief of all construction activities in 2015. After 31 years of government service., I retired in June 2017 and my wife and I relocated back ...Expand for more