User:William R. Bermudez II

William R. Bermudez (born February 4, 1972) is an American entrepreneur who resides in Indonesia. He currently owns a web development company, The Website Junction, and is extremely active in the Indonesian badminton community.

Early Life
Will grew up in California's inland empire. Originally born in Redlands, California he spent most of his childhood in Riverside until the 6th grade. His father, Bill Bermudez, worked as a grievance counselor at Edison Electric company. He also served as a staff sergeant in the Vietnam War as a helicopter gunner and infantrymen. His fathers struggle with alcohol led to an untimely death at the early age of 49 years old, exactly the same age as his grandfather Bob Bermudez.

His mother, Jeanie M. Confoloni and of Italian descent, met Bill Bermudez at the Ontario Motor Speedway in the late 60's which eventually led to their marriage and after 15 years led to an unsettling divorce due to Bill's violent dealings with alcoholism.

All through elementary school Will was considered the class clown and spent many days in the principals office due to his "on-stage" performances. More than anything he liked the attention whether good or bad. Home life was not the strong point in his life as he often recalls his father coming home late at night from a local bar to wake up his mother and him, an only child, with violent acts.

"I remember a time when my mother and I sat in the Grand Torino at Sears. She took me there because she was scared of what my father might do. My mom would be crying and I would say to her, why don't you just leave mom? It's not good to live like this. I was around 8 then".

Will always had a wise mind for his age but it was never recognized through all the turmoil.

Mid Years
The family moved to Moreno Valley at the age of 12 which Will still thinks of as a crucial time of his development. He felt stripped of his friends and was left with finding a new life at a confusing time. His mother finally pursued divorce after finding another well needed and healthy relationship when he was 13 and when asked who he was to live with he chose his dad. Reason being, "My mom has somebody and my dad has no one.".