As much as I still like to think of myself as a westerner -- I am a child of the American West -- I moved East to the Washington, DC area so long ago it is difficult to make that claim. A fugitive from the law (practice), I work for the government in telecommunications and Internet issues. Since 2012, I have been assisting Iraq, Afghanistan, and other countries in transition with their telecommunications laws and institutions. I have three promising but untamed young children, who are half Chinese and half me -- Italian-German-Dutch. I'm a little zany and quirky, and that runs in my family. One ancient factoid about me: After college I was a blackjack dealer for a while in Reno, Nevada.