Ted was born and raised in Montreal but moved with his family to Chatham, NJ in 1993 and moved to the Burlington, VT area in 2008. He worked in the ocean transportation industry for 40 years, first in accounting and subsequently in traffic, where he became a pricing specialist and a FMC Practitioner. He owned and operated his own company for a good deal of that time. He is married to Jane Kearns and they have three grown children and one grandchild.  He plays rhythm guitar and provides vocals in a local ensemble and hosts a live performance radio show “Musical Friends” on WBTV-LP 99.3 FM.