I'm a marketing professional and graphic designer for an international engineering firm, amateur photographer and animal artist. I also have my own small business as a graphic designer and pet portrait artist, specializing in scratchboard. My career has also included quite a few years (we won't say how many) as a bridge designer and inspector, and a construction inspector. My competitive nature also led me to enter some local bodybuilding contests in the past -- one win, one third place finish -- but that took too much time away from my other interests, so I "retired".