Ron Smith - 1963
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February 26, 2003

 

I currently live in Tampa, FL and have been married to Linda for 33 years.  We have two boys.  Ryan is married to Jennifer and they have two children, Jake 2 and Maddy 9 mos. living here in Tampa.  He is a Senior Network Engineer (computer guy) for a local company.

Jason is a junior at The University of South Florida in Tampa.  He is a music major and plays the trombone in the Jazz Ensemble, Jazztet, Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra.  He plans to make music his career.

After spending 4 years in the Navy, I went to work for Fiserv, a company that sells software to banks worldwide.  I'm currently VP of Marketing Services, but have had a career as computer programmer, system analyst, programming manager, manager of research & development and then 15 years in sales.

Linda teaches computer classes at Erwin Technical Center and is looking forward to retirement in a few years.

We also have a cruise vacation business that we operate out of our home.  We plan and book cruise vacations for people anywhere in the world through our web site at www.cruiseone.com/lsmith.

Our family and grandchildren seem to keep us occupied.  The old saying is very true, "If I knew grandchildren were so much fun, I would have had them first".

 

 

October 17, 2012

I left Columbia after high school and joined the Navy for 4 years.  They taught me how to be a computer programmer and that is what I did for 4 years.  After the Navy, I married a girl from Tampa, Florida which is where we still live.

I went to work for Fiserv, a company that sells software to banks worldwide.  I'm currently VP of Sales Operations, but have had a career as computer programmer, system analyst, programming manager, manager of research & development and then 15 years in sales, followed by 12 years in sales operations.  I retired 3 years ago after 40 years with them but they asked me to stay on part time so I work from home now three days a week.

I have been married to Linda for 43 years.  We have two boys.  Ryan is married to Jennifer and they have two children, Jake 10 and Maddie 8 living here in Tampa.  He is a Senior Systems Analyst for a local software company.

Jason lives in Cleveland with his wife Ralitsa and two girls, Dima 8 and Sophia 17 months.  After graduation from the University of South Florida in Tampa he went to Cleveland for his masters at Cleveland Institute of Music and they stayed there.  They both teach music at universities in the Cleveland area.

Linda retired from teaching computer classes at Erwin Technical Center and is very busy with volunteer work and church activities.

We also have a cruise vacation business that we operate out of our home.  We plan and book cruise vacations for people anywhere in the world through our web site at www.cruiseone.com/lsmith.  We love to cruise on vacation and have been on 36 cruises to places like the Caribbean, Alaska, New England and Europe.  We always seem to have another cruise booked somewhere in the future.

Our family and grandchildren seem to keep us occupied.  The old saying is very true, "If I knew grandchildren were so much fun, I would have had them first".

 

6th Grade at West Boulevard Elementary

Hickman Junior Year

Navy 1969

Carms 90th Birthday

Holding Up the Leaning Tower

Ice Skating in the Caribbean on Oasis of the Seas

My Newest Toy

 

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