Carlos L. Esguerra was born and raised in the Philippines. He now resides in New York City and spends his time shuttling between New York, Oslo, and Manila. He was in the computer industry for 36 years starting out as a programmer analyst with IBM in White Plains, NY. He worked with American Airlines in Briarcliff Manor, NY and Tulsa, OK programming the SABRE online reservations system, and with Chemical Bank in New York developing its first online ATM machines and corporate online cash management systems in the mid to late 70’s. In the early 80’s until the end of the project, he was the Manager of the Computer Center for Westinghouse during the construction of the Philippine Nuclear Power Plant in Bataan, Philippines. His last ten years in the industry were spent as founder and president of his own computer consulting company for clients in Switzerland and New York. In 2003, he took early retirement from his business to devote his time to his rediscovered passion – photography.