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who was a network administrator for a large financial services company, contributed greatly to his analytical skills. While growing up, Kenny’s family started out in Nigeria, shortly thereafter leaving for the United States, and eventually settling in New York City. After graduating high school in New York, Kenny moved to Houston where he attended the University of Houston and graduated with a BBA (Bachelors of Business Administration) in Information Systems. The oldest of four within a ten year range, Kenny grew up with one sister and two younger brothers, all of whom helped out by working when they were old enough. “We’re a tight-knit family. Everyone worked including my mother”, remarked Kenny When Kenny began at U of H, he couldn’t decide on a major. He recalled, “I almost sent my parents to the insane asylum. I started off with engineering; obviously a kid who likes math ought to go into engineering. I realized very quickly that was not my passion. Then I switched over to biology as a major because I wanted to be a doctor. So I switched from the math to the science in line with what I had liked my whole life. Once I realized that part of going into medical school and becoming a doctor involved something called gross anatomy and dissecting human beings, I quickly dropped that and changed my major. I decided that pharmacology would be okay because it was still in the field of biological sciences so I applied for pharmacy school and do the pre-pharmacy curriculum. Once again I realized that it wasn’t for me. It wasn’t dynamic enough. I was lost and my parents were frustrated. I sought the help of a guidance counselor and after a lot of talking and getting to know each other, she suggested I go to business school. I thought to myself, ‘Who actually goes to school for business? Business is something you just do’. Lo and behold that is where I found my home – the perfect fit. I was in the business school and I got into business information systems. That was 2000.” Towards the end of his undergraduate years, Kenny met and fell in love with the love of his life, Letitia. It was a funny story because when Kenny and Letitia initially met, they didn’t hit it off. Kenny was a senior intern and was responsible for training the new interns on the tasks he was doing. On the day that Letitia walked in and Kenny was told that he was going to train her, he recognized her from campus. Taking his job far too seriously, Kenny wasn’t very friendly to Letitia because he didn’t think she took her job seriously enough. In addition, he thought she didn’t pay attention and that s