I grew up in Northern California and I am of Japanese Decent (5/8 Japanese to be exact). I was converted to the LDS (Mormon) church when I was 17. I served a mission for my church for 2 years in Cordoba, Argentina. Upon returning I got my Bachelors Degree at BYU-Idaho where I met my wife Nikki who is from Saudi Arabia. I then left to work for Wal-Mart as a Night Manager in Reno, NV. Believe me, if you can survive life as a Night Manager at Wal-Mart over the Christmas season, you can survive anything. After 3 years I left to work as a Database Marketing Coordinator for Harrah's/Caesars Casinos. After a year and a half I returned to school to get my MBA at BYU. I love sports, and I am a huge Sacramento Kings fan. My wife stayed in Reno, NV to work for Microsoft while I am in Provo, UT getting my MBA, which makes things interesting. I graduated and moved to the Phoenix, AZ area to work. (MORE)
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