John Blackwell:  

Born in Amarillo, Texas, June 12, 1950 
I spent the first 20 years in the West Texas town of Amarillo. I have an older brother and had a younger sister. I had seven uncles and three aunts, which were excellent role models for a child of a single mom. I was very close to my grandparents as I lived with them the first six years of my life. I had one aunt that I was especially close and although she had four children of her own, she treated me as though I was her fifth child. Family, 
 I have a wonderful wife Kay, a daughter named Andrea, a son named Ryan and a son named Connor. I am a long distance caretaker for my elderly mom. Locations resided
 I have lived in the following states: Texas, New Mexico, New Jersey, Georgia and Nevada. Education
 As a student in high school I excelled in electronics, which was offered in high school. I received a high school letter for placing second in the state competition of Texas for electronics. I attended West Texas A&M majoring in math and minoring in English. Focus in life
 The four most important things to me in life are spiritual growth, physical wellbeing, always learning and cherishing relationships with others. Life experiences
 I worked for UPS, a major transportation carrier for 34 years. I was a driver, manager, industrial engineer, information technology system manager and a corporate strategic planner. I have traveled most of the US and Europe. I had the opportunity to roll out package tracking system worldwide in 1986. I was considered the father of package tracking. I worked in the corporate data center in New Jersey. I retired from my career as a corporate office IT strategic planning manager, in Atlanta, GA. The technolo...Expand for more