Eric Ripp:  

Life The most important thing in my life is to be family focused. We have three kids and most of our free time is spent coaching soccer, girl scouts, swim lessons, school activities. I try to get our kids into activities that they would not normally be exposed to. We took them to the Bahamas two years ago and they were mystified that there was a place in the world that didn't get snow. We took them to Washington D.C. and New York last year, they loved the tall buildings and thought it was cool to look out the window at 40 stories up. Every year we try to do something a little different to break the monotony of growing up. College College was really a time of speed and efficiency. I received my associates degree for electrical engineering in two years by going to school year round. When I went back to get my bachelors degree in computer science, again, I took classes year round to expedite the process of getting my degree. The only thing t...Expand for more