Al is a former Air Force officer and Vietnam veteran with over thirty years of hands-on marketing and management experience in both Fortune 1000 firms and entrepreneurial start-up companies. He has an extensive background in Internet marketing and business consulting. His credentials include a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, a master's degree in business management, plus many industry and company awards for outstanding achievement. He is also a licensed real estate broker in California. Among Al’s many interests are a passion for bike riding along the California coastline, skiing, good mystery and horror novels, charitable works and mentoring small businesses. He resides with his wife and an assortment of critters in Menifee, California.