Name:

Stephen Hudak

Location: Front Royal, Virginia

Stephen Hudak has been with VP Buildings for over twenty-four years serving in various capacities including drafting, frame design, customer service, and since 1996, Senior Technical Training Coordinator. His present territory extends from Virginia to Eastern Canada on the east and California to somewhere west of the Rockies on the west coast.

Stephen is a graduate of Penn State University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. In 2008 he received his Liberal Arts degree in Communications. He has been striving (and succeeding to some small degree) to become a starving artist. Steve plays guitar and writes in his spare time. He published his first book of fictional short stories in 2005 and is currently at work on his second. In 2010 he wrote his first children's book complete with illustrations by his talented and beautiful granddaughter, Bayleigh. He and Bayleigh are presently putting together another collection of stories and art for the youngsters.

In 2010 he had two essays published by National Public Radio's "This I Believe."

His other work can be found at: www.stephenhudak.org .

He lives with his lovely wife, Joni, and two hundred-plus pounds of cats and dog in the Shenandoah Valley.