#introduction
Just moved to beige.party so time for an updated intro.

Hi, I’m Māris. I live in the Pacific NW (PNW) of the US, near Seattle, WA. I’m cis-het, married and we have a 23 year old son.

Retired from a 30+ year career in software. I’ve worked for defense contractors, but the bulk of my work was in commercial software. I started as a developer and finished my career as an executive leader for engineering and product management, at companies large and small.

Lots of reading these days, as I recover from an injury that’s kept me off my bike. Very slowly trying to restart; it will be a few months before I can get any real mileage going.

My musical taste is quirky. The Chemical Brothers, Morphine, Nils Frahm, Brian Eno, IDLES. No country. Jazz is good, as is Ambient and Techno.

Books, TVs and movies: spies, murders and sci-fi

Beverages: green tea, Negronis, Champagne, Burgundy, Pinot Noir, Spanish reds.

Photography: My favorite art form. Blowing the dust off my DSLR and just picked up a compact mirrorless to spend more time behind the camera.