April DeBord is a 31 year old high school teacher who has her Masters and is planning to do her Doctorate within the next 2 years.  She is also a Mary Kay consultant and aspires to start a restaurant one day.  She inspired me with her multifaceted life and ambition! Enjoy!

What do you find most rewarding about being your own boss?
I can set my own hours and since my job is just on the side I can choose to work or not.  I just get some extra money if I choose to work or not.  I think that’s the best thing about having your own business you get to make it what you want to make it.

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Introduction:

My name is Chris Bonatti, and I am the President and Treasurer for International Electronic Communication Analysts, Inc.  I have a degree in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, but for the past 25 years or so I have been a consultant in computer and communications security.  I have considerable experience in the areas of open systems and Internet based protocols; Command, Control and Communications (C3) applications; tactical communications; and information assurance (IA).  He is an accomplished programmer and software architect.  He has been an active participant in numerous standardization technical committees.  Mr. Bonatti also has significant project management and team leadership experience.  He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).  He has previously held a restricted radiotelephone operators license, and is a long-standing member of both the IEEE, and AFCEA.

Q1) How did you start your consulting business?

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