I was born in New Jersey, raised in Clifton, the youngest of 4 children. My father, a veteran of the Air Force and a retired technical writer for ITT, is the son of a Polish immigrant, who came to this country and worked as a machinist, saving money to bring his three sisters here as well. My mother worked as a school nurse in the Passaic School System for many years.

I attended Clifton High School and became an honor student, athlete, and musician. It was there that I also met my wonderful wife. I became a business major at Bucknell University, with a minor in Philosophy. The business and philosophy programs at Bucknell had a strong ethical component, where I learned that the corporation’s responsibility to the community was equal to its responsibility to its shareholders.

My wife and I eventually settled into a home in the Troy Hills section of Parsippany, raising two beautiful children. I received my MBA from Seton Hall University in 1993 and have worked in the information technology industry as a certified project manager for over 17 years.

My “calling” into politics has evolved over the past several years with the gradual realization that too many of us have placed our Democracy on auto-pilot, expecting someone else to pay attention to the issues, or go to the voting booth, or to get involved. My entry into this race is the result of the further realization, that “we are the leaders we have been waiting for.”

Please take time to read about some of the issues facing our country today, and decide for yourself if your representative is standing for the vision of America that we all want. I hope you will join me in the fight to take back that vision.

Thank you for your time.