Winter sports
Alpine (slalom/down-hill) skiing in the Cascade Mountains. New to snowboarding, snowshoeing, and cross-country (Nordic) skiing.
Summer sports
Camping and trail hiking around the Olympic Peninsula/Cascades, and mountain biking. Golfing (but not a golfer).
Water sports
PADI open water SCUBA diving (with additional dry-suit and nitrox certifications), boating, salmon fishing, crabbing, and sailing in and around Puget Sound and Lake Washington, as well as in Thailand. Windsurfing in Lake Washington and “the Gorge” along the Columbia River.
Other
Photography, range shooting, hanging out at a cool café with a book, finding a bargain, exploring the city, picnics at the park, and road-trips
Academic
Finance (making money), Marketing (making more money of course!), Operations (optimizing process flows), and Strategy (beating the competition is always fun!)
People and places
Anthropology, Culture – Scandinavian and Southeast Asian, Development, Economics, Ethnography – migration and population studies, Foreign policy, Genealogy, Geography/Cartography, History, Linguistics and Orthography, National Security, Politics, Psychology, Sociology
Technology
Aerospace, Biometrics, Biotechnology, Cartography, Communications, Electronics/Computing, Fluid dynamics and measurement, Forensics and profiling, Genetics, Health sciences, Imaging systems, Military, Science – physics, Transportation and urban systems
Genealogyhttp://www.pearsall-family.org
This website is dedicated to members of the Pearsall family and extended cousins worldwide (including variant surnames and adoptees), the Pearsall family history, and the Pearsall family genealogy. The website also contains information relating to the Pearsall Family Surname (DNA) Project which is open to anyone who wants to test or verify their relationship to other Pearsall family members (43-marker male Y-chromosome STR genealogical test).
Born in Bangkok, Thailand (Mom's from Thailand, Dad's from Washington State); lived in Vientiane, Laos; Udorn Thani, Thailand; Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China; Renton, Washington, U.S.A. (suburb of Seattle, WA); Bangkok, Thailand; Saint Louis, Missouri; Houston, Texas; and Vienna, Virginia (suburb of Washington, DC).
Schooled at Kentridge Senior High School (Kent, WA); the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, and the Business School at the University of Washington (Seattle); received two bachelors’s of arts (B.A.-Int’l Studies/B.A.B.A.). Graduate work at the John M. Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis (M.B.A.).
I have been involved in the energy/oil and gas industry since 1993. Technical background in custody-transfer measurement systems (e.g. metering oil and gas).
Traveled to over 50 countries on six continents around the world. More information about me can be found at: http://www.jim-pearsall.com
Who I'd like to meet:
I'm fairly social and have many networks. I enjoy meeting many people be they laid-back, outdoorsy, cosmopolitan / sophisticated, urban, jet-set, educated, or not... as long as they are friendly, polite, and generally drama-free.
