About the Author
The author is an avid writer, coffee enthusiast, builder, programmer, photographer, loving father and passionate traveler. He is originally from Portland, OR where he spent 20 years developing system software, neural network simulators and authoring mobile device patents. When not tending the coffee, bananas and trees on his Costa Rica highland farm, he produces scintillating articles for North American hi-tech companies, warms his armchair planning trips abroad or relaxes with his Border Collie Buster in a rousing game of fetch.