
Norman Wheatley's Bio
Norman was born in England just after the Stone Age. He spent his formative years in Germany, Kenya, Aden and England studying how to save money while fighting his brothers for a share of the pie.
He moved to Perth, and after high school, graduated from the University of Western Australia with a First in Theoretical Physics. A year at NSW Uni in Sydney convinced him that an Astronomy PhD
was not as much fun as researching snow in the European Alps which led to an extended stay in Europe and then a migration to San Francisco to see if it really never rains in California.
Several more years
in the internet upstart business persuaded him that software development and testing wasn't going to save the planet and didn't satisfy the soul (although the restroom became well papered with defunct share certificates).
After then writing a best-selling historical novel, (much acclaimed by his immediate family and much unread by everyone else), Norman decided that it was time to actually make a difference. He completed a Master of Science in
Energy and Sustainable Building Design and passed the LEED AP exam (and GREs and a few other things as well). Norman is ecstatically married and lives just behind the sand dunes within easy reach of the Pacific Ocean (and hoping that it doesn't rise too fast).