It was 2005, and I was close to retirement. My children had left the nest and started lives of their own. I’d built a house on a large piece of land, and was looking forward to taking a step back from my IT career. But things took a turn when a company here in Kansas City approached me with the opportunity to support a minority-owned business through a new diversity program. Together with two other entrepreneurs, I took the plunge and founded Technology Group Solutions (TGS).