Michael Alvarez:  

ack when Harvard had a reprint service (they still do). I became a retail sales manager for a few stores (8 years) and decided to move from the SF Bay area to Sacramento where I landed a position to sell power and cable for a Chinese corp - I went to China. I worked there for a couple of years - they had quality issues and I was suspicious and not trusting of communists generally (this was during the time the US smuggled dissidents out of China in fishing trawlers - visiting the US consulate was a trip and very comforting to see a 6'2" Marine with a .45 on his hip). I operated my mortgage business (commercial, residential, international) for the next 16 years and recently reinvented myself into debentures and the project finance syndication field. My project finance assertions are in displacing green-tech; proven mineral reserves (mining); monetization ; and commercial infrastructure. I work to gain/maintain additional certifications; still a student of Geo Politics; still a student to the Great Books of the Western World. I just married (first time) my wife in the Ukraine (2007) and plan to start a family; I do have a good son of 20 years old from an early relationship. I maintain great faith, keep well read, and have over 300 college credits. I still love football. You can find me on Linked In. Post a funny story to let me know you were here! Be well -Mike