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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".
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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