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Mike Hritz (born 1970) - In St. Louis. Graduated DeSmet Jesuit High School(1988). Received Bachelor of Science-Industrial Science-Electronics from Truman State University(1992-formerly Northeast Missouri State University). Four year letter winner and NCAA Div. II Playoff participant in Soccer.

Career
Upon Graduation, Hritz worked a temp job to make money where he met a tax accountant at an auction. The tax accountant gave him a job working on the computers and doing some basic Tax work for $5/hr. After a couple of Months, Hritz landed a position at IBM as a Customer Engineer-PC repair. Hritz quickly gained the trust and admiration of the management as he consistently outperformed and outworked his peers. He was placed in a leadership role at Boeing, whom IBM had an exclusive contract to service their Computers. There he was tasked with leading subcontractors in replacing aged PCs with upgraded ones. After successfully getting the project started and running smoothly, he returned to working his normal territory. Hritz began to see that IBM was limiting his progression. After 2 years with IBM, Hritz started working with Enterprise Rent a Car. Enterprise was a customer of IBM and Hritz was the main technician. Hritz's first position with Enterprise was a PC Installation Specialist and was tasked with loading PCs with the correct software that was needed for the internal Enterprise employee. As Enterprise grew and grew so did the opportunities. Within a year Hritz had moved on to the Network Operation Center where he coordinated the installation of satellite dishes and other networking equipment at the various branch offices around the country and into Europe. Hritz was very motivated to learn new technology and help Enterprise become a leader in the Rental Car market. His character and ability to overcome obstacles again made impressions on the management and soon returned to the PC Installation Department to manage the now much larger group of people installing the PCs and LANs around the country and Europe. Hritz worked a total of 5 years for Enterprise. He "retired" early to be a stay-at-home Dad.

As kids start to grow and the need to stay busy soon led him to start buying houses and property to rent. Initially, Hritz rented out their first house after they moved. He soon found another property to fix up and sell for a hefty profit. He used that cash to buy more property.

Fast Forward
Lately Hritz has taken up Triathlons and coaches his son's Soccer and Baseball teams.