Jim Williams - Webmaster & Stephanie Rice Williams - Editor / Videographer
   for TrawlerLife.com

Jim is a retired Navy Lieutenant Commander (Mustang).  Growing up - he moved from the Boy Scouts to the Sea Cadets at the age of 14.  Including his teenage years at sea through his retirement from the Navy Reserve in '93, Jim has spent over 24 years in sea-going occupations.  Jim attended graduate school at Georgia Institute of Technology where he studied Human Machine Systems Engineering, his Bachelors in Chemistry and Computer Science is from Mary Washington College and his Associates in Chemical Engineering is from Columbus Technical Institute.  Jim is the Director for Business Development and Technology Transfer for a research and development laboratory near Orlando and the University of Central Florida.  They conduct R&D in the areas of computer-human interaction for various branches of the Defense Department and other government agencies.  He has been a guest lecturer or adjunct faculty member at institutions such as Georgia State, Georgia Institute of Technology, The Art Institute of Atlanta and the American Intercontinental University.  All e-mails are welcome.

Stephanie is a freelance Television and Internet video/web producer.  She is well known for her productions with The Nashville Network and her most recent completion of the pilot series "Brunswick Stew" featuring the jazz/blues great Francine Reed.  She is now specializing in Digital Video productions and Webcasting.  Stephanie is an Adjunct Professor with the University of Central Florida in the Communications Department.  She teaches television and video production and supports the campus radio station (WUCF 89.9FM).   Jim and Stephanie have worked together for several years.  First while teaching at a local university, at iXL and last at Kestrel Communications.  Together they produced the first live Webcast from the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville for MP3Radio.com.  Stephanie obtained her Master of Arts in Cultural Communications from Vermont College and her Bachelor of Science in Mass Communications from Middle Tennessee State University.  Drop her an e-mail for information about her production services.
Stephanie is a member of   WOMEN ABOARD.

  Frece Rice Williams - Lounge Queen

Frece is the love of our lives and our only child.  Please - if you see her never let her know that she's a dog!  She turned 15 years old in July.  We try to keep her young by going on three (or more) walks a day.  So far so good!  She's not a puppy anymore (thank goodness), but she's still pretty feisty.  Her love of boating is tempered compared to ours, but the new trawler and its high bulwarks and dog friendly design should make life on the water more fun.  Frece is a Bichon Frise' and insists on pillows to lie on, no matter where she lives.