Jerry Spriggs grew up on a farm in North Dakota and has since lived in Arizona, California, Minnesota and Oregon. Jerry is currently living in the Portland area with his wife, Jane. He has spent his career as an instructional designer and corporate trainer. In that role he has designed, developed and presented training for the military, state government agencies, aeronautical, financial, automotive, educational, and software technology industries. It’s a career that actually arose from his hobby of designing and developing board games covering such subjects as sports, ecology, financial, military and children’s interests. Jerry’s career and hobby interest has given him an ability to look at systems and pose the "What if?" questions that elicit new approaches to embrace simplicity, fairness, and clarity.