Arnie Goldman is a part-time poet and writer who went to work part-time for his father during college and stayed at the same company for 27 years. After his father retired in 1994, Arnie became CEO of IDN-Hardware Sales, Inc., a distributor of door and security hardware, which now has ten locations in five states and 85 employees.

Arnie has lived in Southeastern Michigan his entire life. He and his wife have been married for over twenty years and are the proud parents of three children.