PERSONAL 

Most of my family lives in Brazil and I always wanted to be a professional soccer player. Unfortunately I was always the starting bench-warmer in division III. In 1978 I played my violin in Avery Fisher Hall. It was a Wednesday night and they could not book anyone else. In 1988 I tried out for the US Olympic Tae Kwon Do team. I got my butt kicked. In 1996 I completed the Boston Marathon. My time was just over a year. I ran the first half in 1995 and the second half in 1996. In 2003 I rode my bike from San Francisco to Los Angeles to raise money for people with HIV/AIDS, but I have trouble riding the 2 miles from my home to the office.  

I also enjoy playing tennis, skiing, road biking, eating at ethnic restaurants, watching Woody Allen films, and going out for ice cream. I have several scars from mountain biking up in the Claremont Hills Wilderness Park. I have been known to bake key lime pies, chocolate cheesecakes, and fruit tarts. But I spend my free time mostly exploring the world with my son Chaska and wife Julie.