Mark Reid:  

Life My Life... Where I'm at... For those of you not aware of my location, I moved my family to sunny Southern California - aka SoCal, back in November 2001. I originally came here with nothing but my Green Card, my personal belongings, and of course my wife DeAnne, and my 2 girls Colette and Casey. Things started out slowly here for me, as it was quite a challenge to get work in the IT field right after 9/11, with all the restrictions the US gov't put on businesses. I work in Project Management on the Defense side of things where we work to protect our country with the latest technology and partner with the government to keep all of our allied troops safe. I ended up getting my US citizenship and things took off from there for me. I started working at Qualcomm in San Diego, then moved on to Cubic Transportation, then Cubic Defense, and now at ViaSat, Inc., in Carlsbad, CA. I love my life out here. My kids are doing great and love to play......water polo!? That's right, not figure skating, but water polo. I must admit that once I figured out the game and what all the whistles were, it is a high cardio workout for them and they LOVE it. My wife DeAnne is also doing great out here. She is the VP of an Intellectual Property Company, where they are launching a couple of new products in the medical devices field and cargo fields. We are hoping for big things from these companies, and look forward to a BIG payday, and then we can do it all over again. I have a yellow lab named Hurley - she is great, but a little too smart at times - oh, and there are the cats, Sandy and Tickles - they're not mine, I won't claim them, so I won't say anything more about them... My Recreational Activities I am still playing hockey (don't laugh - if Chelios can still play, so can I), golf (this is southern California you...Expand for more