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I have been a professional information technology (IT) consultant and entrepreneur since graduating from the University of Colorado - Boulder in 1987. I currently holds the position of Chief Technology Officer for Complex System Integration at the top IT company. In this position, I deliver innovative solutions to clients to help them utilize technology more effectively to enhance their lives. I am also the President and Founder of Majordomo's, Inc., a company I created in 1995, some subsidiaries are CoffeeCakes.com, BirdsEyeMoon.com and TheCakeLadies.com. I am currently focused on bringing innovation and technology to Africa and have spent the latter part of 2012 in Johannesburg, South Africa working to do so!

Location:: United States, Castle Rock, CO
Current organization:: IBM Chief Technology Officer / Distinguised Engineer
Past organizations:: Self employed Sr Consulting Internet Architecture & Technical Management
Current role:: Majordomo's, Inc. Entrepreneur
Gender:: Female
Areas of expertise:: Internet Retail, Business and IT Consulting

I am:: Change Agent, Connector, Consultant, Educator/Teacher, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Gay, Idea generator, Inventor, Technologist
Associations:: The Children's Tumor Foundation
Languages:: English, Spanish
My website links:: CoffeeCakes.com, BirdsEyeMoon.com
Universities:: Fort Lewis College, University of Colorado - Boulder, Colorado State Universersity

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I'm passionate about

Learning, peace and love, religion, science, the world we live in, animals, beer, family, friends, people, nature,fast cars, fast motorcycles, my work, music,reading,silence,reflecting, being

An idea worth spreading

"We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are." ~ Talmudic saying

Talk to me about

Anything Africa

People don't know that I'm good at

Sitting in silence

My TED Story

I built it and they did NOT come. I have spent the past 18 years coming back from losing over 1/2 million dollars of my own hard earned money in business. Ohhhh....the lessons I have learned.