The author is a retired hotel night auditor.
He was Born in East LA, and raised in Glendale, California. He is a technically-oriented generalist. At the age of 15, he decided that he didn't want to be a specialist.
At the age of 21, he worked as a computer programmer for the Bank of Hawaii. Two years later, he was a refrigeration plant operator for the County of Los Angeles. Later on, he bought a grocery store in Mexico, and eventually wound up selling boiler feedwater chemicals there.
It was during this period that he found his niche in the hospitality industry. He started as front desk clerk, progressed to night auditor, then on-property accountant, information manager, and finally settled in as night auditor for 20 years or so. During this time, his work was recognized 4 times by the receipt of the Employee of the Month award (unusual for night auditors.)
In the early '70s, he became interested in biochemistry, and began to follow its study as a hobby. (It was not until 1997 that this idle pastime would prove to be useful when his wife was diagnosed with adult onset diabetes.)
In 1978, he began RS Brown, Technical Services, which has been involved in a wide variety of projects since its inception. This company has remained active to the present.
He was a founding director of two churches, and has been a church treasurer for ten years.
In 2009, he was a founding director and Chief Technical Officer of Aquatic Resource Farming, Inc, which was involved in growing algae for its oil.
He lives in Hemet, California, with his wife of 45 years, and their 5 children.
