Who Am I?

Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. Some facts about myself:

• Born of Swedish Viking blood from Swedish immigrant parents.

• Studied history at UC Santa Barbara, primarily 20th century European history.

• Musical Endeavors: Play the violin and viola. Even freelanced professionally for a while. I helped found and run music festivals in Italy and Austria.

• Germany: Lived in Munich for five years working for a tech startup and consulting. I speak (intermediate level) German although currently very rusty.

• Some of my favorite movies: When Harry Met Sally, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Cinema Paradiso, 2001: A Space Odyssey.

• Some of my favorite (recently read) books: Klara and the Sun, All the Light We Cannot See, Galápagos, Warlight, Emperor of Rome, Down and Out In Paris and London, Circe, Let the Great World Spin, Slaughterhouse-Five

• Random: I once shook Mikhail Gorbachev’s hand.