Robert G (Bob) Brown has a bachelors degree in chemistry (SUNY Stony Brook) and a masters in computer science (New York Institute of Technology) but considers his pursuit of life long learning far more important than his formal education. He became a certified Connecticut Master Gardener in 2022 and received his Permaculture Design Certificate from world renown permaculture designer and teacher, Geoff Lawton in 2025. He started out teaching science but has been an embedded computer systems engineer for four decades. As an engineer he is listed as the inventor on several patents and has written over a dozen articles on computer and electronic topics. He is a knowledgeable investor who has been expanding his investment strategies beyond just the financial for several years now. Born in the middle of the baby boom years, he is also focused on health and wellness so that he can keep pace with his granddaughter and remain a contributor as he gets older.