VITAL STATISTICS
Age: 35.Where born: Fort Rucker, Ala.
Family: Wife, Julie, and four children.
Education: Attended Brigham Young University.
Primary products: Hardware and software networking products via the power line.
Primary markets: Small office, home office, homes with multiple computers in North America, Europe, Asia.
Number of employees: 30.
Annual sales: Shipping first products this month.
PERSONALITY PROFILE
First "real" job: Rocky Mountain Pools, building the elephant building at Hogle Zoo.
Management style: Hire talented people and give them room to do their job.
Strategy for success: Maintain an aggressive enough posture that you can move quickly when technology trends change.
A memorable failure: A thoroughbred horse racing partnership.
Heroes: Gordon B. Hinckley and my dad.
Leisure time and hobbies: Fly fishing, reading.
Favorite book and movie: Book, biography of Conrad Hilton; movie, "Dead Poets Society."