Family
Brian has four kids (Jacqui, Jon, Alex and David) and is married to Liz. At one point Brian was paying four tuitions spanning colleges and private high schools where the kids were enrolled.
Where did Brian's money go?
Brian attended this flagship high school in Sunnyvale. It is one of the oldest public schools in Silicon Valley. The school was named after the military explorer who helped open up the western continent of North America for the United States. He was the first U.S. Senator from California and the first Presidential nominee for the Republican Party (preceeding Lincoln).
What is John C. Fremont High School?
Brian started out his career as a Sales guy for a nationwide company which handled payroll processing. He was a 100% commission sales rep with a territory in San Francisco for this company.
What is ADP?
A lifelong fan of this sport, Brian loves to play and coach this game rather than watch it since the games take too long to complete. It is one of the few sports whose games do not have a time limit. It is also one of games where failure is common.
What is Baseball?
Though a mutt mix of European heritage, Brian's grandmother was a 100% lineage from this small Baltic nation. What is unique is that many words in this nation's language are the same as in Sanskrit, the ancient language of India.
What is a Lithuanian?
Brian received his Bachelor's degree in Finance with an elective concentration in Computer Science from this university. It is the oldest university in the United States west of the Mississippi River. This university grew from its humble beginnings as a high school serving the children of the heads of local farming families to now educating the children of Silicon Valley families.
What is Santa Clara University?
Brian's longest tenure at a company which was with the pioneering firm of Silicon Valley. Brian spent the bulk of his time in Product Management and Product Marketing roles in the computer side of this company's business.
What is Hewlett-Packard?
It took over 50 years since this professional baseball team moved from the east coast to the west coast to once again win a World Series title. Then it won 3 of these titles in 5 years. These victories by this team were a thrill of a lifetime for Brian.
Who are the San Francisco Giants?
Citizens of this small nation are known for their height (though Brian did not inherit this trait) and formed the core of the Soviet national basketball team prior to the dissolution of the USSR. They now can be found on the roster of many NBA teams.
What is a Lithuanian?
While working on his undergraduate degree Brian spent one Summer studying in England. He did his coursework at the 3rd oldest university in England. The locals are known for their heavy "Geordie" accent which is unintelligible by other Brits, as well as Americans.
What is Durham University?
After working on server software and hardware for many years, Brian switched over to storage systems for the next step in his career. It was with a firm whose headquarters are near JFrog's Sunnyvale office.
What is NetApp?
This west coast author who is a favorite of Brian's penned many ground breaking novels set in oudoor locations spanning from Monterey to Alaska to the open sea.
Who is Jack London?
My daughter who is my oldest has already started having kids of her own. Though not ready to be called a grandparent, Brian does have his own hip hop name so as to not to be called grandpa.
Who is G-Daddy?
Brian returned to the school where he received his Bachelor's Degree to get his MBA during night school while working. This MBA school is one of the Top 3 programs in the Bay Area and one of the Top 4 in the state of California.
What is the Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business?
Combining his background in servers and storage systems, this recent employer of Brian pioneered the concept named "Hyperconverged Infrastructure".
What is Nutanix?
Brian's travels (mostly for business) have taken him to over 30 countries spanning 5 continents. His wife, 4 kids and soon to be 3 grandkids have kept him anchored in California.
What is the Life of Brian?