CURRENT MISSION

back at work after a much needed career break

ABOUT ME

Engineer, turned entrepreneur, built a biotech company in Florida. Took a long career break in Lyon, before going back to work in R&D for a med tech firm out of Boulder CO.

PHILOSOPHY

Strong atheist, liberal. Hates Pittsburgh. :P

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Becoming friends with the Lyon CS2 group

Interests

Big fan of science-fiction, technology, gadgets, the future.

• technology
• bouldering
• scuba diving
• atheism
• swimming
• engineering
• entrepreneurship
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

*MUSIC: Radiohead, Bruce Springsteen, Alanis Morissette
*MOVIES: Bladerunner, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Matrix, Ghost in the Shell, Fight Club, The Prestige, Usual Suspects, 2001, The Fifth Element, Rent
*BOOKS: The God Delusion, The Singularity is Near, Ringworld, The Innovator's Dilemma, Any Douglas Adams, Neuromancer
*TV: BSG, Buffy, Angel, Jericho, Lost, House, Captain Scarlet, SG-1, SG-Atlantis, Heroes, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Dead like me, My name is Earl, Space 1999

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Diving wrecks in Florida, swimming with dolphins in Bali, best man at a wedding in Serang (Indonesia).

Teach, Learn, Share

Speak fluent French, founded an American company, did a doctorate in Process Engineering at a French grad school.

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