Mark Rogers:  

and also to brothers Eddie and Hugo Ruiz and their great family for making me a part of their lives. Workplace Aerospace systems engineer for 25 years. Worked for RCA/GE/Lockheed in Moorestown, NJ and Syracuse, NY, Honeywell (St. Pete), L-3 (Lex, KY), RockwellCollins (Cedar Rapids, IA), SEA/IS (New Orleans, LA), and Loral (Cape Canaveral, FL). I'm now working on a consulting contract for DRS Intelligence Avionics Solutions, Inc. in Dayton, OH Spending some time at the Wright-Patterson AFB Electromagnetic Interference Laboratory. Started my own company at the end of 2003. Was awarded a US patent in 2006 (patent # 7,072,244 awarded July 4th, 2006) for a method to perform underwater surveillance and imaging. Principal customer is the US Dept. of Homeland Security. Military Currently commissioned as a Captain in the Merchant Marines (full 100 ton rating). Lots of yacht deliveries and cruises from Newport, RI, Old Saybrook, CN, Long Island, NY, Chesapeake Bay, and Mass to the southern Gulf, Florida Keys, Bahamas, and Turks and Caicos Islands. Honorably discharged from Dyess AFB, Abilene, TX in Dec 1979 as an E-4. Worked as an Aircraft Mechanic on C-130-H models. Flew missions to northern Europe frequently. Counties included England, Germany, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia.