Howdy, this is how my software story began...

I grew up on the Gulf Coast of both Texas and Florida. I fell in love with electronics and computers by the age of eight. As a kid, I was constantly pulling broken electronic devices out of rubbish heaps to use the components for my experiments. I was spending so much time doing my experiments that my Mom told to go out and make some new friends. So, I taught myself programming.

As with most kids, my first programming languages were Logo and Basic. I did continue to fiddle with the electronics I had on hand. Out of the components that I had found, I made small robots with minimal intelligence. As I grew older and approached the end of High School, my parents decided I should become a doctor, because of my intelligence.

In order to a get a taste of the medical field, before committing to a 12 year endeavor,  I enlisted in the Navy, as a hospital Corpsman. Even though I was a Corpsman, I was soon interfacing laboratory equipment, and was responsible for implementing a paperless system for an entire hospital.  The Navy helped me to see that my passions were deeply tied to electronic systems.

When my enlistment was over, I went back to school, and earned a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering. My degree was obtained at Florida Atlantic University, in only three years. With my education and experience, I now had the good fortune to get paid for what I loved to do best.

In the years since then, I have had the opportunity to work with embedded devices and systems, including a video surveillance dome that went onboard a space shuttle. Currently, I am working as an avionics software engineer and have developed a reputation for quality and being the “person who can get the job done."

In the past few years, there have been many interesting developments in the fields of distributed systems and cloud computing. While working with embedded systems, I am experimenting at home and hoping to bring my current skills and this new technology into alignment.