Corey Smith:  

Life As they say the only constant in life is change. After several years in the private sector working in the IT industry, I accepted a position with the Fed Gov for a couple years. I was lucky enough to be stationed at a very beautiful location, where every morning I would wake up and look across the water at the Victoria waterfront. I met some fantastic people and had the opportunity to learn and grow on a number of levels while working under appointment there. I finished the assignment and resigned my federal appointment with a feeling of completion and accepted a consulting position in Puget Sound, where we built out a new communications hub in Seattle and point of presence in Portland; with an additional 24 remote add/drop locations throughout Oregon and Washington. When that design and construction was completed I stayed on managing the day to day operations for the regional network elements. I remarried in June 2006, to my best friend Alya. After much discussion we decided on giving things a go in her home country. So we have acquired a beautiful home in Forest Hill, Lewisham Burrough, in London, and I relocated there as of January 2007. I do some consulting now and then for a firm out of Paris, along with writing on a title I was asked to put together. In my spare time I try to keep the garden up. Along with all of that, I try to take some time to learn ho...Expand for more