Ed Ridpath

Ed Ridpath was born at Fort Bliss Army Hospital in El Paso, Texas in 1960. Ed and his sister were raised by a single working mother in Excelsior, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis.

After graduating from High School, Ed had a short career as a radio DJ and then enlisted in the US Navy. Petty Officer First Class Ridpath served as a Nuclear Reactor Operator aboard the submarine USS Sam Rayburn. Ed was honorably discharged after 8 years of service in Charleston, SC.

Ed performed government contract work supporting the US Department of Energy at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, SC. He received a Bachelors degree in Computer Information Systems from the University of the State of New York, after ten years of part-time coursework.

Since 1999, Ed has lived and worked from his home in Fuquay Varina for IBM.

Ed and Jeanne, his wife of twenty-six years have two children; Veronica, 18; and Ryan, 12.



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