Born to write code: it's a story straight out of Silicon Valley: A 5-year-old boy begins programming; gets a job writing code in high school; starts up a software company in college; secures venture capital funding and then turns an industry on its head. In Robert Morrell's case, the startup took root in Georgia, and risk management information technology will never be the same.(PROFILE) From: Risk & Insurance | Date: April 15, 2005| Author: Fitzpatrick, Michael | COPYRIGHT 2005 Axon Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Robert Morrell, chief technology officer at Aon Risk Laboratories, found his calling early in life--when he was just five years old to be exact. Some people learn to read with The Cat in the Hat, or Fun with Dick and Jane; Morrell learned his ABCs from computer manuals.

That early taste for technology and a lifelong penchant for programming led Morrell to co-found the risk management software firm Risk Laboratories while still in college. Nearly a dozen years later, the ...