Where you are from & what do you do?
I am originally from a city called St. Catharines, in Canada. I am currently living in the U.S. where I own my own consulting company. How do you enjoy spending your leisure time?
Being Canadian, I am a hockey player and fan. In Canada, when toddlers first learn to walk in hard-soled shoes, their fathers put steel blades on the bottom of their shoes and push them onto the frozen pond. So, it's all about hockey. I'm into many other sports - I play tennis regularly year-round and golf in the summer. While I am at home, it is all about food and wine. Every night is a big meal and a little (OK, a lot) of wine. What’s your favorite time of day / year?
I love Spring. The season brings a new feeling of hope and optimism. And green grass. And hockey playoffs. What’s your happiest memory?
Growing up with my two brothers. We did everything together. We played street hockey almost every day. Rode our bikes all over our small world. We were typical kids, playing every sport - football, baseball, tennis - outside with neighbourhood kids. We learned how to build things and then how to blow them up or set them on fire. We learned how to find weird bugs or creatures, how to keep them and in some cases, how to kill them in interesting ways. Every day was an adventure. Just a bunch of young boys - more mischevious than anything else. What is your biggest dream?
Becoming a significant philanthropist. Are you a good cook / what’s your favorite meal / drink?
My family and I are BIG into food and wine. So each meal is a production. I was born to two immigrant Italians, so a lot has to do with an Italian upbringing. In our culture, a 3-hour meal is normal and 7-11 courses of food is simply a nice meal. I cook a lot and once, I won a cooking competition where all contestants had to create an original recipe, submit it and then the finalists were selected to actually cook it at a restuarant for a panel of judges. My recipe was a pasta dish with morel mushrooms, thyme chicken in a wine-cream sauce. My favorite drink is Crown Royal. At family gatherings, once a bottle is opened, we throw out the cap. In my family, we refer to it as "Mother's Milk". What’s your favorite color / item of clothing?
My favorite item of clothing is a Montreal Canadians jersey. They're my favorite hockey team in the NHL and I bleed their colours: "bleu, blanc et rouge". What was your favorite subject in school?
I always liked numbers, but only when it made sense to me in purpose. So I loved Macroeconomics and Statistics. In fact, Statistics class in University - I took three years of it - didn't get me excited until the professor used his first gambling example. Then it hit me: "Ahhh, now this is omething I can use!" What’s your favorite horse racing event?
The Kentucky Derby. I've been there 7 times. My buddy Woodrow (who owns Team Slacker here at Digiturf)and I made annual trips there. Churchill Downs is amazing. Oh sure, it's just another track. But the first time you see the twin spires and walk through there - it gives you chills. And of course, hammering back 16 Mint Juleps on a hot Kentucky afternoon....well it's memorable for a while. Then you can't remember. I have never missed betting on a Derby since I began gambling on horse racing when I was 17. (A couple of us would skip afternoon classes at High School to drive to Fort Erie race track) 
King Rusty's consolation prepares Maple Leaf Farms for the Championships What’s your favorite historical event?
Over the past few years, I've become engrossed in WWII. Reading and watching about the strategy, the politics, the heroism of young men. It's an amazing period that affected so much of our world. What’s your best tip for saving the environment?
I don't know - Wash your hands after going to the bathroom. I recycle and do plenty of other things, but I'm not one to push behavior changes on to people who don't want them. What’s your favorite song / book / television show / movie?
Movie: The Godfather, The English Patient TV Show: Seinfeld, Family Guy, Modern Family Song: anything by The Killers Book: The Business of Winning Are you superstitious?
Yes. I am a hockey player. Almost every hockey player I've ever played with is to some degree. I have some odd habits. Equipment always goes on in the same order. If I have a great game, then my undershirt cannot be washed (don't want to wash away any of the luck). Gross, I know. Lucky for the guys in the locker room, I have a lot of bad games. Who's your favorite entertainer?
I would watch anything that Al Pacino or Robert DeNiro are in. (See my favorite movie reference) I love Kate Winslett. Yes, I love her. And yes, if she asked, I would leave my wife to marry her. OK, maybe not. Nah, who am I kidding, yes I would.
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