Larry is a graduate of the University of New Mexico with a BA in Education and majors in Anthropology, History and Education. Following service in the United States Air Force, he worked in the telecommunications and computer communications fields with Continental Telecom and later Hayes Microcomputer and Zoom Technologies.

During that his career he held the positions of Instructional Systems Design Manager and Engineering Training Manager at Continental Telecom, Vice President of Human Resource Dimensions (specialized in strategic business planning, disaster recovery planning and computer system conversions) and Training Manager, Marketing Manager and Marketing Director at Hayes Microcomputer and Zoom Technologies.