Tony Grew up in Sunnyvale California in the late 1960's, and before the term "Silicon Valley" or "Geek" had even been coined, his parents observed his considerable talent for reading at an advanced level, and an interest in technology. This was made more evident when his father, an employee at HP, brought an early model computer home, and Tony spent hours learning to write simple loop programs on a screen smaller than a postcard. From that moment on, Tony was captivated. That enthusiasm and child-like spirit of wonder is still with him today. With backgrounds in Seed Biology, English Literature, Multimedia Design, and a couple of years as the lead singer of the band "The Road Dogz" in Central California, he has been characterized as a "well rounded dork." He got his nickname "guida monster" from a pretty girl in Elementary school who thought he was "weird."