User:Brian V. Menard

Brian V. Menard is a New England Author living in central Massachusetts. He is the father of eight children who are now young adults and have homes of their own. He has one son (Brian Jr.) who has special needs (Down's syndrome), and chose to leave his career in the computer industry to take care of him at home, full-time in 2008. He is a widower, having lost his wife (Elsie L. (Philbrick) Menard) to cancer in April 1997. His wife, Elsie, was a proofreader with a large publishing firm in Worcester, MA. Mr. Menard has a background in many areas. Prior endeavors include being a very successful real-estate entrepreneur, a teacher, a soldier, a high-level computer systems engineer (MCSE), and most recently he is known as an Author. His first book "Learning How To Eat (Again)" was published in June 2011 and is about weight management through a better understanding of reducing our DFI (daily fat intake). The term DFI seems to have been first sited by Brain V. Menard in this same book. Mr. Menard's second book is titled "The Test Slayer's Handbook" and is a test Preparation guide used to simplify the process of preparing for difficult examinations and certifications. In addition, it has been accredited with being very helpful with memory improvement. He is accredited with the quote "Tomorrow will always be tomorrow until you decide it's today".

Early Years: Brian V. Menard was born November 3, 1956 in Southbridge, MA. to Richard A. Menard Sr. of Charlton, MA and Alice C. Menard (Mongeon) of Southbridge, MA. His childhood was spent primarily in Charlton, MA except for two years when his family moved to North Hollywood, California in the late 1960's. As a teenager, Mr. Menard had an intense interest in the bicycle business and opened his first Bicycle Shop at the age of 16 in Southbridge, MA. It was called "Menard's Bicycle Shop" and was open for only one year (1974) due to lack of financial backing. At that time, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served his tour of duty in Germany. He was honorably discharged in 1980 and has lived in Massachusetts ever since. In August of 1983, he left his bicycle business (W. Boylston Bicycle Shop) and pursued a career in Real Estate. He was involved in virtually every aspect of ownership, management, sales, teaching and investing with Real Estate until the mid 1990's when his wife became ill with cancer. Since the death of his wife (Elsie), he has been focusing on caring for his eight children. In addition, he achieved the status of MCSE NT4.0 (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) in May 2001 and has worked part time in the IT business in varying capacities. In recent years, he has developed a new passion for writing and is expecting to be publishing more books, soon.