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Jacqueline Diane was born in Altoona, PA on October 12th, 1983. Although she lived a majority of her life in good ol' Pennsyltucky, she did have a short stint in the Florida Keys. Jackie's "hometown" is Butler, PA - where she spent her childhood growing up right next door to her grandparents and great Uncle and surrounded by lots of friends and family. Her parents are Debbie & Dennis Smolen who currently live in Butler and Kevin Pfahler of Altoona, PA. She has one older sister, Angie Pfahler and 2 adorable nephews, Braydon & Jake.

Jackie made her way through the Butler Area High School system as a "College Tech Prep" student (aka BIG DORK) which paved the way for a degree and career in the technology field. She graduated from Butler Senior High School in 2002. In 2006, Jackie graduated from Penn State University, University Park, with a degree in Information Sciences & Technology. 

With the help of an internship experience at the US Department of Homeland Security and many other misc. IT jobs, Jackie landed a job at Johnson & Johnson in the Information Technology Leadership Development Program (ITLDP) - where she met the love her life, Bob. She graduated from the ITLDP program in 2008 and took a final placement in the Pharmaceutical Sector, working with Marketing on strategic online and web initiatives.

Jackie loves travelling, cooking, eating pasta fagioli, spending time with family, embarassing herself in front of her further in-laws, and laughing with friends.

Robert Michael was born in Long Branch, NJ on January 6th, 1984.  Bob grew up with the close support of his loving family; his mother (Diane), brother (Joe), sister (Julie), grandparents (Mi-Ma and Grandpa), aunts (Aunt Janet, Aunt Judy, Aunt Jackie) and uncles (Uncle Tom, Uncle Donny, Uncle Sonny), and cousins (Johnny & Joanna; Joey & Alison).

Bob was always handsome and ridiculously good looking.  Growing up Bob played many sports in grade school and high school reaching the prestigious status of mediocrity.  Considering he was not becoming a sports star, Bob started working at the age of 14 to at least be successful in the work force.  Bob graduated Shore Regional High School in 2002 and moved on to graduate from Quinnipiac University in 2006 with a degree in Computer Information Systems.

Through payoffs and blackmail, Bob worked his way from many internships, managing his school's help desk, and running his own business...to landing a job at Johnson & Johnson's Information Technology Leadership Development Program (ITLDP).  Through the ITLDP program, Bob met his best friend---the love of his life.

Bob currently works in J&J's Corporate sector on Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) initiatives for their Medical Device and Consumer Products sector.

Bob loves traveling, spending time with family, hanging out with friends, eating Jackie's cooking, drinking Guinness, doing things last minute, taking on crazy work schedules, and traveling more and more.