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m='14000'>the</span> <span m='14420'>regional</span> <span m='15020'>manager</span> <span m='15470'>for</span> <span m='15630'>them.</span> <span m='16010'>So</span> <span m='16100'>I</span> <span m='16170'>was</span> <span m='16340'>still</span> <span m='16590'>an</span> <span m='16880'>Italian</span> <span m='17280'>employee,</span> <span m='17630'>and</span> <span m='17710'>I</span> <span m='17740'>was</span> <span m='17920'>working</span> <span m='18220'>for</span> <span m='18350'>them</span> <span m='18580'>here.</span> <span m='19470'>Then</span> <span m='19670'>at one</span> <span m='19920'>point,</span> <span m='20390'>I</span> <span m='21790'>actually</span> <span m='22430'>started</span> <span m='22930'>the</span> <span m='23140'>company</span> <span m='23700'>here,</span> <span m='23760'>started</span> <span m='24030'>the</span> <span m='24110'>division</span> <span m='24640'>here,</span> <span m='25110'>Khatod</span> <span m='25430'>North</span> <span m='25640'>America,</span> <span m='26760'>and</span> <span m='27090'>I</span> <span m='27190'>invested</span> <span m='27720'>in</span> <span m='27850'>that.</span> </p><p><span m='28140'>So</span> <span m='28340'>it's</span> <span m='28560'>company</span> <span m='29030'>now.</span> <span m='29360'>We</span> <span m='29460'>have</span> <span m='30920'>an</span> <span m='31000'>exclusive</span> <span m='31610'>distributor</span> <span m='32259'>contract</span> <span m='32740'>for</span> <span m='33080'>the</span> <span m='33160'>products</span> <span m='34010'>for</span> <span m='34210'>North</span> <span m='34480'>America,</span> <span m='35650'>and</span> <span m='36240'>that's</span> <span m='36440'>what</span> <span m='36560'>I</span> <span m='36650'>do.</span> <span m='36830'>I</span> <span m='36990'>also</span> <span m='37330'>own</span> <span m='37560'>another</span> <span m='37910'>lighting</span> <span m='38220'>company,</span> <span m='38660'>because</span> <span m='39060'>I</span> <span m='39980'>have</span> <span m='40810'>also</span> <span m='41230'>the</span> <span m='41330'>passion</span> <span m='41750'>in</span> <span m='41840'>lighting</span> <span m='42220'>fixtures,</span> <span m='42880'>so</span> <span m='43100'>I</span> <span m='43490'>have</span> <span m='43600'>a</span> <span m='43650'>patent</span> <span m='44300'>on</span> <span m='44430'>a</span> <span m='44500'>lighting</span> <span m='44800'>fixture,</span> <span m='45260'>and</span> <span m='45360'>I</span> <span m='45450'>sell</span> <span m='45800'>that</span> <span m='46010'>under</span> <span m='46330'>another</span> <span m='47490'>business</span> <span m='48223'>name.</span> <span m='48930'>My</span> <span m='49050'>official</span> <span m='49540'>education,</span> <span m='50060'>I'm a</span> <span m='50110'>graduated</span> <span m='50720'>student</span> <span m='51240'>from</span> <span m='51400'>high</span> <span m='51640'>school,</span> <span m='52310'>OK?</span> </p><p><span m='52570'>And</span> <span m='52870'>then</span> <span m='53110'>after</span> <span m='53370'>that,</span> <span m='53640'>I've</span> <span m='53740'>been</span> <span m='53890'>working</span> <span m='54260'>on</span> <span m='54360'>mechanical</span> <span m='55210'>for</span> <span m='55630'>a</span> <span m='55680'>long</span> <span m='55930'>time.</span> <span m='56230'>So</span> <span m='56370'>I</span> <span m='56470'>became,</span> <span m='57040'>if</span> <span m='57130'>you</span> <span m='57240'>want,</span> <span m='57510'>a</span> <span m='57550'>mechanical</span> <span m='58060'>engineer</span> <span m='58500'>by</span> <span m='59050'>training.</span> <span m='59610'>Can</span> <span m='59720'>you</span> <span m='59780'>say</span> <span m='59960'>that?</span> <span m='61820'>And</span> <span m='62000'>I'm</span> <span m='62210'>a</span> <span m='62250'>mechanical</span> <span m='62710'>engineer.</span> <span m='63020'>I</span> <span m='63080'>design</span> <span m='64170'>product,</span> <span m='64804'>I</span> <span m='65090'>can</span> <span m='65330'>design</span> <span m='65710'>lenses,</span> <span m='66250'>I</span> <span m='66310'>can</span> <span m='66500'>design</span> <span m='66950'>fixtures,</span> <span m='67690'>so</span> <span m='68100'>I</span> <span m='68190'>became--</span> <span m='70140'>with</span> <span m='70360'>that,</span> <span m='70570'>I</span> <span m='70740'>also</span> <span m='71020'>went</span> <span m='71280'>to</span> <span m='71600'>UCD,</span> <span m='72410'>so</span> <span m='72550'>you</span> <span m='72690'>may</span> <span m='72870'>know</span> <span m='73040'>that</span> <span m='73200'>I</span> <span m='73290'>was</span> <span m='73520'>at</span> <span m='73570'>UC</span> <span m='73990'>Davis</span> <span m='74540'>in</span> <span m='75800'>1994.</span> <span m='76780'>I</span> <span m='76940'>stayed</span> <span m='77240'>there</span> <span m='77420'>for</span> <span m='77730'>six</span> <span m='78030'>months,</span> <span m='78450'>and</span> <span m='78600'>I</span> <span m='79030'>kind</span> <span m='79380'>of</span> <span m='79560'>learned</span> <span m='80430'>to</span> <span m='80510'>speak</span> <span m='80740'>English.</span> <span m='81820'>I</span> <span m='82000'>kept</span> <span m='82220'>my</span> <span m='82360'>accent,</span> <span m='82790'>though.</span> </p><p><span m='83780'>And</span> <span m='84120'>I</span> <span m='84200'>met</span> <span m='84440'>my</span> <span m='84550'>wife,</span> <span m='85270'>and</span> <span m='85500'>then</span> <span m='85730'>we</span> <span m='85860'>got</span> <span m='86000'>married.</span> <span m='86420'>We</span> <span m='86520'>lived</span> <span m='86880'>in</span> <span m='87330'>Italy</span> <span m='87600'>for</span> <span m='88070'>10</span> <span m='88290'>years,</span> <span m='88680'>and</span> <span m='88800'>then</span> <span m='88890'>we</span> <span m='88990'>moved</span> <span m='89200'>back</span> <span m='89440'>here.</span> <span m='89930'>And</span> <span m='90090'>that's</span> <span m='90260'>where</span> <span m='90370'>we</span> <span m='90500'>are</span> <span m='90600'>since</span> <span m='90850'>2007.</span> <span m='92200'>I</span> <span m='92490'>wish</span> <span m='93180'>when I</span> <span m='93250'>was</span> <span m='93470'>in</span> <span m='93540'>high</span> <span m='93820'>school,</span> <span m='94160'>I</span> <span m='94240'>wish</span> <span m='94570'>I</span> <span m='94630'>would</span> <span m='94870'>have</span> <span m='95110'>known</span> <span m='95740'>that</span> <span m='97140'>if</span> <span m='97530'>you</span> <span m='97740'>want,</span> <span m='98240'>you</span> <span m='98370'>can</span> <span m='98530'>achieve</span> <span m='98860'>anything.</span> <span m='99690'>Really.</span> <span m='100090'>I</span> <span m='100120'>mean,</span> <span m='100350'>you</span> <span m='101140'>don't</span> <span m='101450'>have</span> <span m='101720'>to--</span> <span m='102550'>sometimes</span> <span m='103110'>you</span> <span m='103210'>find</span> <span m='103530'>people,</span> <span m='104050'>or</span> <span m='104170'>you</span> <span m='104260'>are in</span> <span m='104510'>situations</span> <span m='105280'>that</span> <span m='105390'>you</span> <span m='105490'>feel</span> <span m='105760'>like</span> <span m='105960'>that's</span> <span m='106810'>all</span> <span m='107090'>that</span> <span m='107250'>you</span> <span m='107720'>should</span> <span m='107960'>get.</span> </p><p><span m='108760'>That's</span> <span m='109020'>all</span> <span m='109180'>that</span> <span m='109670'>is</span> <span m='109860'>worth</span> <span m='110100'>it</span> <span m='110230'>for</span> <span m='110380'>you.</span> <span m='110890'>And</span> <span m='111230'>that's</span> <span m='111420'>not</span> <span m='111590'>true.</span> <span m='111950'>I mean,</span> <span m='112245'>when</span> <span m='112540'>you</span> <span m='112670'>grow</span> <span m='112910'>up,</span> <span m='113130'>and</span> <span m='113280'>you</span> <span m='113370'>see</span> <span m='114300'>sometimes</span> <span m='114730'>late,</span> <span m='115370'>a</span> <span m='115420'>little</span> <span m='115500'>bit,</span> <span m='116170'>unfortunately,</span> <span m='116760'>that's</span> <span m='116940'>why</span> <span m='117380'>I</span> <span m='117460'>wish</span> <span m='117710'>I</span> <span m='117730'>would</span> <span m='117860'>have</span> <span m='117940'>known</span> <span m='118170'>that</span> <span m='118440'>earlier,</span> <span m='119110'>that</span> <span m='120130'>really,</span> <span m='120370'>there's</span> <span m='120590'>no</span> <span m='120720'>limits</span> <span m='121090'>on</span> <span m='121210'>what</span> <span m='121440'>you</span> <span m='121570'>can</span> <span m='121770'>do.</span> <span m='121920'>You</span> <span m='122070'>have</span> <span m='122180'>to</span> <span m='122270'>work</span> <span m='122540'>hard,</span> <span m='123020'>definitely,</span> <span m='123940'>but</span> <span m='124220'>that's</span> <span m='124490'>only</span> <span m='124730'>your</span> <span m='124890'>limit,</span> <span m='125320'>really.</span> <span m='125720'>OK,</span> <span m='126020'>so</span> <span m='126430'>the</span> <span m='126630'>limit</span> <span m='126960'>is</span> <span m='127090'>that.</span> <span m='127370'>How</span> <span m='127960'>hard</span> <span m='128240'>do you</span> <span m='128330'>want</span> <span m='128479'>to</span> <span m='128539'>work?</span> <span m='129940'>And</span> <span m='130410'>that's</span> <span m='130639'>really</span> <span m='130870'>the</span> <span m='130979'>most</span> <span m='131210'>important</span> <span m='131510'>thing.</span> </p>","file":{"id":364256,"video_id":"3268084277001","name":"2164-Silvio-NorthAmerAreaMgr1","duration":133794,"thumbnail_url":null}});