You want to know me, here I am!

As many people know, I was recently in a feature article in the Birmingham Magazine. I was honored to be asked to do the article and proud of how I was portrayed. But this article made me realize that there are things that many people don’t know about me.

First off, I am half Hispanic on my mother’s side of the family. It isn’t something I bring up because I do my best to be judged on my merits, not my heritage. However, it is something that I would never hide and something that I am proud of. I just mainly want people to get to know me and judge me on my actions. If they decide after knowing me that I am a jerk or arrogant or whatever, then that is ok. Hopefully, they will think positively of me, but at least I had a chance to make an honest impression.

Next, I have an engineering background and I own a company that writes iPhone apps. Many of you know that. What you don’t know is that I don’t think that writing iPhone apps is revolutionary. I think that it is an area of software that is growing rapidly and I truly enjoy doing it, but I know I’m not curing cancer. There are many people doing more important work than me.  However, I don’t simply complain about the city or my life. I am working hard by creating organizations such as Birmingham Entrepreneur to change this city. I’m out there everyday doing my best to help move us forward.

Finally, my biggest annoyance and the fastest way that I will be turned off by a person is finding out that they only care about themselves or that they will hurt other people to get what they want. I’m far from perfect, but I care about others, and I will do whatever I can to help good people.  I will not stand by and watch people hurt others or take advantage of people. It is just not acceptable.

So there you have it. That is just a bit of me in a nutshell. I have huge dreams for me and for this city. I won’t settle until I reach them. If you are a good, decent person, get to know me and tell me how I can help you.  And thank you for caring enough to read this.

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