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I graduated from the University of Cincinnati and was a Delta Tau Delta Fraternity member. I served four years in the U.S. Navy, lived in Japan for four years, and served on board the USS Independence (CV-62). I backpacked throughout Asia numerous times, climbed Mt. Fuji, and has completed two marathons (in 2017 and 2020). I worked at a little convenience store for six years in high school and college and in the packaged ice industry for 18 years after the Navy. I was an operations manager serving in the aviation industry for 7 years. In 2012, I rode a bicycle from Carmel, Indiana, to Orlando, Florida, for charity. I am a contributor to the Current in Carmel newspaper, and has written three previous books: Go the Distance (2011), 2000 Miles on Wisdom (2014) and Next in Line Please (2016).