A graduate of the University of Minnesota, Mr. Solstad served as a commissioned officer in the U. S. Army Signal Corps, and as an Information Technology Executive with the U. S. Air Force, this for a period exceeding forty years at various assignments and locations: the Pentagon; Fort Knox, KY; Fort Riley, KS; Fort Gordon, GA; Fort Snelling, MN; Fort Richardson, AK; Fort McCoy, WI; Camp Ripley, MN, and overseas in Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Germany. After service he formed DS Information Systems Corporation with a friend and business partner in Aiea, Hawaii. DSIS employed 120 Information Technology engineers and technicians for a period in excess of ten years nationwide prior to transferring its assets to other businesses. He is now retired and resides in Ewa Beach, Hawaii.