Welcome

Hello Friends, Family, and Visitors!

For those of you who don't know me, my hope is that this will be a brief introduction to who I am and what I do. For my friends and family, this will be an update on what I've been up to since moving to North Carolina. Your comments and thoughts are welcome.

I'll begin with a short autobiography. I grew up in North Lynbrook, a small suburban town on Long Island, just outside of New York City. I attended public school in Malverne, followed by high school at Friends Academy. I completed my BBA in Management at Adelphi University where I met my wife, Christine.

I have been active in the IT industry since 1994, including positions at IBM, Adelphi, and Hofstra University. I am currently working for ChannelAdvisor, an online merchant software and services company, as their Technical Support & Implementation Manager. See my full resume for the details.

Christine and I are currently renting a two bedroom apartment in Cary, NC. All we have for the spare bedroom is an air mattress, but you're welcome to it if you want to visit. We've started looking around at homes in the area and we hope to find something by summer. I know many of you are interested in the Raleigh area, so I'll post interesting info as I come across it!

So far, I've only experienced the tail-end of summer down here, but I have yet to complain about the heat. The great part about the weather is that we actually had (still having?) a long autumn. The coldest it's been during the day was around 40 and that was only a day or two this week.

Forget everything you've heard about not being able to find good NY-style food down south (apologies to Uncle Jim). It is harder to find a good deli or an Italian pork store, but the food can be found. I can't say the same is true for rural areas, but I had a reuben the other day that the Carnegie Deli couldn't beat. Between Harris Teeter and Whole Foods, we have found most of the items that you can get a pork store. I have not yet found NY-quality pizza or bagels, but I have it on good authority from fellow New Yorkers that they do exist down here. On a side note, if you don't already have them, get a bread machine and pizza stone. Best pizza I've ever had came out of my own oven.

Well, that's all I have for now. Please feel free to post comments here for all to see or send me an e-mail. I hope that this post finds you well and enjoying the Christmas season!