Del Hanson

-I have two awesome kids.
-I met my wife, Charity, in 2000 and I am still very much in love with her.
-From K-6, I had two friends/neighbors; I can’t remember their names (wish I could). I was really sad to leave that neighborhood.
-In 7th grade I met Pete Knapp and we were immediate friends through high school.  Pete’s an attorney in my home town.
-In high school, I had three great friends: Pete Knapp, Jim Termanis, and Pat Conley. I only very infrequently speak with them now. Not keeping in better touch with them is one of my biggest regrets.
-In college, I forged a lifelong friendship with Steve Bernard, Drew Miller, Mike Valle, Chris Short, Jason Cloud, Mike Lemmons plus a few more. Despite living more than a thousand or more miles away, I still see all of these guys at least once a year, sometimes much more.
-During my first “real” job at Accenture, I developed lifelong friendships with five guys: Mike Cross, Bill Kelley, Garland Ratcliffe, Rob Brenning, and Ken Michaels.
-I hold a third-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do.
-I taught Self Defense for Bradley University.
-I own an L6 Bainite Katana by Howard Clark, but cannot use it. It was always my intent to take katana lessons as my next martial arts, but life got in the way of that.
-I ride a motorcycle in the desert and have had a street motorcycle license for over 30 years.
-I am building a vineyard and winery which sits on a more than a 25-acre mountain top in San Diego County with a view of the Pacific Ocean and Coronado Bay Bridge.
-I have a second home in Big Bear.
-I have a third home in Yuma, Arizona.
-I have piloted a boat since high school and have a current valid California boaters card.
-I am an avid snowboarder and wakeboarder.
-I was awarded the highest national honor from my college fraternity.
-I earned a BS from Bradley University.
-I earned an MBA from San Diego State University.
-I earned an MFA from the University of California, Irvine.
-I was an NCAA Division 1 Cheerleader at Bradley University and San Diego State University.
-I have completely restored a craftsman bungalow originally built in 1921.
-I have completely restored a 1969 corvette – (resto-mod).
-I have owned and can operate a forklift.
-I own and can operate an excavator.
-I own and can operate a track loader. 
-I own and can operate a scissor lift.
-I own and can operate a lathe.
-I own and can operate a mill.
-I own and can operate a MIG and TIG welder, table saw, drill press, miter saw, sandblaster, pneumatic tube bender, 10” polishing wheel, 12-gauge sheet metal pan box brake, table router and a panel saw.   
-I have shown art in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Rio De Janeiro.
-I have created one painting per day for an entire year.
-I have art installed on permanent display in the Laguna Nature Center.
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-I’ve installed enterprise systems at Autodesk, Hewlett Packard, Tysons Foods and the Aerospace Company.
-I have been an Adjunct Professor at the San Bernardino State University teaching 3D Design.
-I have been the Program Manager for United Technologies internal Global Human Resources System serving over 200,000 employees.
-I have been the Program Director for the engineering firm on a $1.03 Billion project to install automated metering at the Southern California Gas Company.
-I have owned 2 companies: Wei Rui, Inc. and Delvin Inc. (DBA ITDC Systems Solutions).
-I have been ½ owner of three companies, Simivio, LLC., Horsethief Canyon Vineyards, LLC., and Lutapaj Inc.
-I am a PMP – Retired Status.
-I got my first computer, Timex-Sinclair, in 1982, and I could program computers in 13 languages before 1990.
-I am a PADI certified Enriched Air and Rescue Diver.
I have sat on the Board of Directors for the San Diego County Farm Bureau.
-I have been life-flighted out of the desert.
-I have had dinner with a real ax-murderer.
-I have been to 47 states; the three I have yet to visit are Montana and the Dakotas.
-I have travelled to these countries: Aruba, Australia, Austria, Canada, Cayman Islands, China, Costa Rica, El Salvador, England, Fiji, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan , Kenya, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Tanzania, Turkey.