"Brenda and Damon van Dam, both from south Florida, married 13 years ago. Danielle was born in Texas, and the family lived in a suburb of Dallas while she was a baby. They moved to Arizona and stayed less than a year before Damon van Dam found a new job in California. "
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"Damon van Dam, the son of two teachers, spent the past nine months working as a contractor for Qualcomm.
Before that, he worked for Nuera, a high-tech company in Sorrento Valley.
Damon travels regularly for business, and the family was planning to accompany him Feb. 11 on a two-week trip to Italy."
Brenda was apparently a stay-at-home mom, and folks who work in California and know the job market say that for what Damon does, he should only earn about $75,000.
As for Westerfield, his patents do pay off, apparently. They are for medical devices that have found a good, paying market.