| I grew up in Neillsville Wisconsin, a quiet town
of just under 3,000 people, home of the world's largest talking
cow and the semi that hauled the world's largest brick of cheese.
I spent the 1970's in college, and eventually received a BS
with a major in Physics and a minor in Art.
My first real job was with the Physics Department of the University
of Wisconsin. For 6 years I was responsible for the
care and feeding of a vintage 1950's nuclear accelerator.
From there I went on to spend 6 years as a Software Engineer
at Noran Instruments, and then 6 years (is there a pattern
here?) as Marketing Communications Manager and Webmaster
for Heurikon Corporation now known as Artesyn
Technologies.
My hobby is music. Over the past 20 years I have played
guitar and Dobro in various bands around Madison, including
The Black River Ramblers (with Dennis
Lee), Stone Soup, KG & The
Ranger, Good at Any Speed and Rosewood Moct. I'm currently
playing pedal steel guitar in Buried Root, Sacred
Pleasure and The
Back 40's.
In 2002 I moved to Fort
Atkinson, Wisconsin, where I currently live with my
wife Jill Kessenich and
our dog Chase.
Steve Tesmer |
