Mark Snyder:  

I've been very fortunate. Like everyone else, I have had a few ups and downs, but overall it's been a great ride. I have kept a permanent residence in the Dallas / Fort Worth area since my second year of college. I had started at Trinity University in 1968, but decided to specialize in a branch of Engineering that Trinity did not offer. So I completed my Bachelor's and Master's degrees at UT Arlington. While I have been able to keep a permanent address in the area, I have had the opportunity to travel extensively and live for extended periods of time throughout the US, and internationally. In the process of doing that I was co-owner of a successful company for about 18 years. I sold out to my business pasrtner in the mid-1990's to do some other things, but have continued to work in the industrial engineering and information technology fields. I also have an active commer...Expand for more