Q began his “professional” life as a machinist and tool-maker while still in high school. Less than a year after getting married he went to work for IBM Corporation as a Customer Engineer trainee, quickly progressing technically to Applied Science, Applied Programming and into the San Jose, California Development Laboratory as a Staff Engineer. He later started his first company, Questronics Inc., where he developed a “desk-top” computer.Years ahead of its time,the Questron-1 did not see production. He co-founded several other companies, and was an executive in others, until his retirement. He is also a multi-engine pilot.