About Me

I am a thirty-one year old graduate of Texas Tech University with a BBA in Management. I am the Chief Operating Officer for Site5 LLC.

I have a wonderful wife Monica. We were married on May 29, 2004 and spent our honeymoon in Las Vegas. She is an absolute gift in my life and I thank the Lord daily for blessing me with her. Check out our website at tomandmonica.com.

Monica and I have two absolutely precious daughters:

Katie Lynn :: born November 5, 2007
Karyn :: born August 25, 2009

We also have an eight year old cocker spaniel named Wrigley (after Wrigley Field in Chicago).

My sister Kim, also a graduate of Texas Tech, brother-in-law Ryan, and nieces Madison and Lauren live in Aubrey, Texas where they work at Lewisville ISD and Frisco ISD respectively. Visit their website at thehardinfamily.net.

My parents reside in Little Elm, Texas, which is near Frisco.

I was born on March 2, 1979 in Oak Lawn, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. I graduated from James Martin High School in Arlington, Texas, where I lived for for fourteen years.

While at Tech, I was a member of the Goin’ Band From Raiderland marching band, the Court Jesters basketball band, and the volleyball band. I was an active member of Kappa Kappa Psi, serving as Athletic Director, Sergeant-at-Arms, and Webmaster. I was also a member of Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta Sigma, both national honor societies.

I am obsessed with I Love Lucy and know practically everything there is to know about Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Coincidentally, I was born on the same day as Desi. The Beach Boys, Garth Brooks, Daughtry, The Nixons / Zac Maloy, and Pearl Jam are my favorite musical artists.

Technology

Let’s see…computers. I own a few.

• Apple MacBook (OS X 10.5 Leopard)
  13.3″ LED-Backlit, 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD, SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW), Integrated Bluetooth & AirPort Extreme 802.11g
• Apple PowerBook G4 (Yellow Dog Linux 6)
  12″ TFT XGA, 1.5GHz G4, 1.25GB RAM, 60GB HDD, 512MB L2, CDRW/DVD, Integrated Bluetooth & Airport Extreme 802.11g
• Sony VAIO SZ140 (Ubuntu 9.04)
  13.3″ WXGA w/ XBRITE, 1.66 GHz Intel Centrino Duo Processor T2300, 1GB RAM, 60GB HDD, DVD+R/DVD+-RW, Integrated Bluetooth & 802.11a/b/g

MP3 players. If you can believe this, I actually own two: an Apple iPod Photo 30GB and a Creative Zen Micro 5GB. They both have their pros and cons, but overall the iPod is my favorite hands-down. I’m addicted to the iTunes Music Store

Digital cameras. I have a Canon PowerShot S2 IS. It’s a great camera that takes absolutely wonderful pictures.

Cell phone. I go through cell phones every couple of years; my current cell phone is an Apple iPhone. You can read a blog entry about my cell phone history here.