Graduated from The Abbey School in Canon City Colorado. Graduated from Colorado State University with a BA degree in Business Administration.

 

Worked at Valley Bag & Chemical Inc, duties included managing currency and raw material futures contracts with burlap mills in Bangladesh.

 

Worked at Marshall Produce as Facilities Manager. Worked at Pepper Potato farms as General Manager and Marketing Director. Worked at Sanderson Farms as Plant Expansion Manager.

 

Founded Stephen D Otto Mechanical Services which became Otto-Mation Equipment Co. My 31 years running my own business allowed me to hone my financial discipline and goal development skills. I designed multi-million dollar produce processing facilities to individual purpose built custom produce packing machines. Working out of my warehouse in Monte Vista, Colorado, I traveled many states in the US and to Mexico and Canada, installing produce packaging equipment.

 

My money management skills allowed me to buy and begin refurbishing a home in Payson, AZ in 2011. Move to Payson full time in 2015 and retire completely in 2018.