Steven Graff:  

After graduating from Fremont, like a few others I went to De Anza and got my AS in Business Administration. I then took one year off and worked in retail taking every Wednesday to sail in Santa Cruz. I then entered Santa Clara University where I graduated with a BSC in Marketing in '84. I joined my father's firm for two years while I worked to pay off school and my car for two years before heading off to Japan. I lived and worked in Kobe/Osaka Japan from the end of '86 to the end of '92. I was able to see most of the country from the seat of a motorcycle or by train, and also spent over a month working on a dairy farm in Hokkaido where I lived with my wonderful host family. After returning to the States, I rejoined my father in business and we further built an advertising agency that serviced healthcare, bio-science and transportation companies. In 2000 after serving as president for three years we sold the agency and I joined USweb/CKS, later to become marchFIRST, as an Account Director managing interactive clients. A 10,000 person company that imploded badly (worse than Enron for the employees); but not before I was recruited to return to Japan to help with the marchFIRST and Dentsu joint venture. Prior to making the decision to move to Japan I asked my girlfriend of four years to marry me. Lea graciously accepted an...Expand for more