I grew up in the south suburbs of Chicago with a big, loud extended family (think "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"). My love of math and science brought me to a small, but mighty engineering school in Terre Haute, IN; Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. While completing a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, I worked for large corporations like GE, Weyerhauser, Federal Signal and Cook Medical in everything from medical R&D to lean manufacturing. Upon graduation, I knew I wanted to do more than the typical engineering roles had to offer. I wanted to understand businesses as a whole and impact them in a big way. This led to a M.S. in Engineering Management degree and, later, a MBA from The University of Tulsa.