A little about me...
Hello! So this is just a little about me.I was born in California, and raised in Miami, Florida -- a place I still call home. I started a computer solutions company in the early 1980s targeting small businesses that desired to automate their existing manual processes, focusing on manufacturing device control, inventory and resource planning, and office automation.
In the late 1980s, I sold the assets of the business and moved to Tampa, Florida to complete a degree in engineering. After completing my Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering at the University of South Florida, I moved to Clearwater, Florida, working for General Electric Neutron Devices as a software, systems, and network engineer. Soon after I started teaching at Saint Petersburg Communicty College.
By the late 1990s, I joined up with a "dot-com," focusing on structured manufacturing engineering solutions and software process control. I also continued my educational pursuits by focusing on a Master's of Science in Computer Engineering with an emphasis in using artificial intelligence tools for forcasting. My first interest was in developing a solftware analysis tool for doctors specializing in HIV research. Unfortunately, HIPAA was enacted while I was gathering necessary patient data prevented the continued development of the software. My second thesis involved developing systems models of environmental processes that were governed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). I completed my Master's degree in 2000.
In the early 2000s, after watching the rise of the business and completing my educational plans, I decided it was time for my first sabbatical. During my year "off", I started acting in local little theater, studied theology, learned to sailboat race, and was active in community affairs. I had several great opportunities in acting and directing, including political plays and acting in one of my favorites which was the rock opera "Tommy" by The Who.
As the sabbatical came to a close, I joined with several other like minded entrepreneurs and started a software and network centric computer solutions company. Although the time was devastating for many companies, it was also quite lucrative. We were successful in deploying wireless access for higher end hotels (the early 2000s was the introduction of commodity laptops), and also creating specialized software solutions for heavy equipment manufacturing companies.
Today, I'm is still active in community affairs, building homes with Habitat for Humanities, saving the manatees with the Parrot Heads, and cleaning the beaches we see every day.