Tell me about it.
I was born into a union household. But it was building trades not publiuc sector. I studied labor law at University of Wisconsin and worked as Counsel for most of the big public sector unions including AFSCME, SEIU, APWU and more. At the same time I married into a family where my new father in law was the head of Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce and the Milwaukee Area Chamber. When Kathleen and I were married, electeds from all sides of the fence came and had a great time. I learned most of my technology chops from a group of libertarian venture capitalists, but also ran for State Assembly as a Democrat and worked for years for a great Democratic Governor as well as members of congress. And since that time I have served in many executive roles at places like Microsoft, Salesforce, Digital Realty and Socrata.
So good luck figuring out my politics.