ABOUT ME and This Site

History

In 1984, while living in Fairbanks Alaska, I bought "The Complete Handbook of Personal Computer Communications", a book by Alfred Glossbrenner. As a private investigator, I saw the potential of being able to research publick records on the Apple II+, 64K computer I had purchased in 1985. I discovered a path to learning about online was to learn to use email,  (packet switching).  I was not a techie but I immersed myself in online communication artcles and promises. I found  the jargon so incomprehensible, I presented a paper titled "The View From The Bullseye", at the 1986 National Online Conference in New York City.

In 1987 I sold my Fairbanks and Anchorage private investigation offices and founded ION, the Investigators Online Network. The goal of ION was to introduce private investigators in the world to online technology. As an active member of several investigator associations, I had the addresses of hundreds of active private investigators accross the U.S., Europe and Asia. I mailed them an invitation to join ION and within six months, ION had nearly 150 monthly newsleter subscribers.

ION succeeded for the next twenty years helping hundreds of  of small local PI agencies enhance their revenues and hundreds of clients save money.

In 2025, at age 86,  I found myself in the same sinking boat as other octogenarians and realized I had to capitalize on what I had learned durning my lifetime of  experience, good decision and mistakes. I travelled, had fun, explored dozens of foreign countries, sold encyclopedias door to door and flew bush planes in Alaska. An analysis of my life revealed courage to be the thing I had taken advantage of more than most people were able to. I decided to become a Courage Coach.