Ramon graduated from the University of Missouri, Conservatory of Music, in Kansas City in 1978.  After teaching music in the public school system for a few years he began working in the Home Improvement Industry. For the next 18 years he ran a small manufacturing and distribution company called National Manufacturing which was sold to Metals USA.  He presently is Vice President of Continental Manufacturing where he is in charge of manufacturing vinyl siding.  He currently resides in Smithville, MO, a suburb of Kansas City with his wife Kate, daughter Rachael, and son Jonathan.