Peter Garza:  

OK here we go. Straight out of High School (September 1978), I went into the US Army for a 3 year enlistment where I was able to see the World at the tax payers expense, Thank You. September 1981 returned to San Jose. For a year I played around bartending then I went to work at UPS as a driver. 1983 I was lucky to meet Maureen (Mo) who would later become my wife. We were married Aug 23, 1986. I stayed with UPS till 1988 at which time I changed occupations and started a new carrier in the Electronics Industry. For the next few years I work for a Silicon Valley start-up running the Sales and Marketing department. We supplied High end ridged and flexible circuit boards for all the major electronic companies and even a couple of the National Labs (Lawrence Livermore and Sandia National Labs). I was able to build a reputation in the industry and with that I was able to land a job with a major Japanese high end technology leader (IBIDEN) who was trying to capture market share by developing a Sales & Marketing team in the US. With them I was again able to travel the world on someone elses dime. In 1997 on a chance meeting I met my next employer at a conference in Hong Kong. They wanted to expand from China and into the U.S. and they felt I was one of 2 people that could help them do that so within a few week instead of traveling to Japan and other parts of the world I was now going to Hong Kong, Mainland China and other parts of the world every month or so. During the time I was with both of these employers I was able to find enough time to become the father of 2 wonderful kids my oldest Peter Jr. born March 1991 and my daughter Janelle born June 1995. Well after my contract ran it course with the Chinese I went to work for a small American company in Brisbane, CA. Again running the Sales & Marketing department. Where I stayed till December 2001. I found myself tired of the travel and I really wanted to see my kids grow up. After lengthy discussions with my wife I decided to once again change occupations, only thing was I didn't know what I wanted to do. So after 5 months of semi-retirement I did a 180 degree turn and moved from being behind the desk, traveling and barking orders to taking orders. I went down to the Carpenters Union and became indentured as...Expand for more