Jim Bartlett:  

Married to Michele since 1975 (we met in college and had June wedding immediately after college graduation). Two children, Jimmy (works for JPMorgan/Chase), and Liz (teacher in Wisconsin), both graduated from Colorado State University. So, we're now empty nesters...no grand kids yet. Looking forward to that! We have lived all over the US, and here in Colorado since mid-1999....we love it here, but also loved North Carolina, Tennessee and other places we've landed together during our marriage. Learned to "bloom wherever we were planted". ;-) I worked for 30 years in the corporate world, including many years as an exec at NEC, Philips and IBM, then as CVP/CMO for StorageTek, and as EVP/COO for IC&C, both publicly traded companies HQed in Colorado. After being laid off "one time too many" in 2008, I ended up starting A Master's Hands, LLC - a new business delivering affordable handyman& remodeling services to clients in the Denver metro area. That grew quickly to 10 men, and continues to prosper. amastershands (dot) com In Jan. 2010 we launched Arise Energy Solutions to design and deliver renewable energy solutions to clients in Colorado, and that is taking off -- fueled by increasing energy costs and the many attractive rebates and tax credits now available to clients. ariseenergy (dot) com Having a blast running two small businesses....enjoy the diversity of work we do, being a blessing to our clients, and w...Expand for more