Mark McMearty:  

Life To do a quick summary, I’ve; Built two data centers, tore down one, got married, developed a product, had a kid, moved 19 times, lived on both the East and West coasts, run a geriatrics center and traveled a small piece of the world. Read on if you’d like more info…. After High School, I worked for Franklin Mint for a short time, till their limited edition items where not so limited, 2,500 (out of 5,000) of us got walking papers. After that I went to work for SEI Investments (Oaks, PA). I started out as a computer room operator and worked up to a shift supervisor. Went to Villanova night school for a bit, but myself and classes never really quite mixed. In 1981, took a transfer to LA, CA. night manager of the data center. If you have not gotten it yet, I'm a computer geek. Any way, I lived in Manhattan Beach for two and half years (a half blocks from the beach, life was tough then). Switched gears and became a DBA (Data Base Administrator), yea another geeky thing (who knew, I sure as hell didn't). In 1983, Wells Fargo Bank asked me to work for them, at first I said no. A couple of months later, it came to me that some one would have to die or leave before I could move up. So I called Wells Fargo back and they where still looking. Loaded up the truck and moved to San Francisco. I was there for two years as an AVP and Manager of a data center. I had a great place to live, view of the Golden Gate Bridge and the Bay. As it turned out, the town was a little too liberal for my narrow mind. Gave them six months notice, which they could not believe and they tried to give me a set of golden handcuffs (money, not the kinky stuff), which I turned down (looking back in it, boy was that costly). All the while, I was dating cross country, not for the weak of hearted or poor. In 1985, moved back the PA and went back to working for SEI Investments. I developed a knack for being asked to take over departments that had operational issues, which...Expand for more