Biography

Ted Bagley, a Vice President at a large Pharmaceutical company on the West Coast, was born in Birmingham, Alabama, to Ted and Eddie Mae Bagley, both deceased. His brother William Bagley, recently retired, resides in Indianapolis with his wife Larnell and daughter Jennifer.

After graduating from high school, Ted joined Uncle Sam's Army where he served in the Old Guard, a ceremonial unit in Ft. Myer, Virginia. After serving for several years in that prestigious unit, he was sent to Vietnam at the height of the conflict. At the end of his military career, Ted continued his degree at Ohio State and later graduated from Franklin Business Law School in Columbus, Ohio.

After college, he joined the General Electric Company's world-renowned Executive Leadership Program, where he served in many capacities within the Human Resources field. After working his way to the executive ranks, Ted left GE to join the Russell Corporation based in Atlanta, Georgia. After several years with Russell, he joined Dell Computer in Nashville, Tennessee. Ted currently is an executive with Amgen Pharmaceuticals in Thousand Oaks, California.

His hobbies are bike riding, reading, skating, and minor car repair. He has a wife, Debra, and four children: Marcus, Chantal, Christopher, and Jared. His passions are public speaking, counseling, working with young people, and exercising.

He currently has one piece of his work in publication. The book's title is, My Personal War Within.