Bengt-Erik and Katherine

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Katherine Dawn Brown

Katherine, now 32, was born and raised in Albany, Oregon. She has a younger sister, Victoria. She studied Chemistry at Linn-Benton Community College before finding her way to California via Iowa. In California she parlayed her previous retail management experience in to a support position in technology and has happily remained in information technology since then. She has worked for Microsoft as a Program Manager for the past seven years. She has occasionally returned to school part-time, when her work load allows, to study towards a degree in Biology.

Katherine is continuing her work for Microsoft now that she and Bengt have moved in to their new home in Washington state. She's supported significant online services in her work at Microsoft in California, including Hotmail, and is now supporting Messenger in her role in Washington.

Katherine enjoys spending her free time in artistic, culinary, and community pursuits of all varieties. She has started an organic garden and greenhouse as well as began raising small livestock, starting with a goat and chickens. She looks forward to their new family growing in both four and two-legged kids.

Bengt-Erik Norum

Bengt-Erik Norum was born in June of 1974, in Salt Lake City Utah. He grew up in Moscow, Idaho, a small university town in the northern part of the state. He has one sibling, his brother, Borg, two years younger. He was raised a Quaker; he infrequently attends meeting, but his belief system remains strong. Bengt is the father to two daughters, 4 and 8 years old named Celeste and Eva Norum.

Bengt attended the University of Idaho and left school to begin his career in IT/Service Operations. After running the technical aspects of a small internet service provider, in Moscow, Bengt relocated to the San Francisco bay area, where he has lived for the past 11 years. Upon relocating to the bay area, he worked as a consultant in a broad array of technology companies. In 1999, he accepted a position at Microsoft, working to support Hotmail and MSN Messenger. In the 8 years since, he has held a variety of positions and is currently the Engineering Manager for Global Networking Services at Microsoft in Washington.

Bengt has many and varied interests, including (in no particular order): computers, photography, music, robotics, cooking, geocaching, camping, backpacking, bicycling, and skiing.