VITAL STATISTICS
Age: 44.
Where born: Longview, Wash. Reared in Southern Idaho as a child and moved to Huntington Beach, Calif., as a teenager.
Family: Wife Julie and daughters Jenna, 14, and Sarah, 16.
Education: Graduate of Huntington Beach High School, Golden West College and California State University at Long Beach.
Primary products: 19 Burger King franchises.
Primary markets: Ten restaurants in Utah, six in Idaho, two in Wyoming and one in Nevada.
Number of employees: 700-plus employees.
Annual sales: $15 million for 1993. $17.5 million projected for 1994.
PERSONALITY PROFILE
First "real" job: Farm fields of southern Idaho.
Management style: Probably a "Type A" personality but encourages expressive, free-thinking management, the key to successful growth.
Strategy for success: Define goals, laser focus and attend to business.
A memorable failure: I opened a fast food restaurant (independent) that failed.
It provided important experiences for future success.
Heroes: Burger King founder James McLamore and H. Norman Schwarzkopf.
Leisure time and hobbies: Quarter horses, golf and fishing.
Favorite book and movie: Favorite author, Og Mandino. Movie: "Patton."