Resume | Education | General
School:
- Bayshore High School - Manatee County - Completed 1978.
- Clubs: BHS Chorale, National Thespian Society, Varsity Cheerleading, Audio/Visual.
- Special courses: Algebra II, Algebra III, Calculus, Advanced Placement Physics.
- Special projects: Built my first computer at home in '76 from a partial kit. Personally taught the first year of computer programming with the computer I built (as no teacher had any computer experience and the school didn't have any computers then).
- Clemson University - South Carolina - summer program 1976.
- Special computer program that included BASIC, FORTRAN, Assembly Language (PDP 8, PDP 11) and Logic & Hardware design.
- Manatee Junior College - Manatee County - completed 1.9 years.
- Major- Psychology.
- Minor - Computer science covering COBOL. Worked sound and lights at MJC Theater (800 seats). (paid position.
- University of Florida - Alachua County - completed 1 year.
- Primary course of study - Astrophysics.
- Other computer courses included APL.
Other professional courses taken:
- Data General
- Micro Nova and Nova 1200 installation and maintenance.
- Apple Computer
- Tech support school, levels I - III, all models.
- Sony Data Systems
- Tech support school, level I, all models.
- NEC
- Tech support school, level I, printers, Spinwriter.
- General Electric
- ParaGuard system installation and maintenance.
- Real Estate
- Salesman's License.
- Crisis Line
- Crisis Intervention.
- Security
- Electronic surveillance/ counter-surveillance, physical security, self defense (karate), computer security, disaster planning.
Seminars:
- 1999 Atlanta Linux Expo
- 1998 Atlanta Linux Expo
- 1998 NetWorld + Interop (Atlanta)
- 1998 GTE University
- 1997 NetWorld + Interop (Atlanta)
- 1996 GTE University
- 1995 ONE BBSCon(BBS & Internet), Tampa
- 1995 GTE University
- 1994 Advanced Windows Troubleshooting, Tampa.
- 1990 Fall COMDEX, Las Vegas.
- 1985 Spring COMDEX, New Orleans.
- 1984 Spring COMDEX, Atlanta.
- 1981 Microwave systems & installation (TV industry), Washington DC.
- 1978 Third West Coast Computer Fair, San Francisco.
- 1976 First West Coast Computer Fair, San Francisco.
Organizations:
- Sertoma, Demolay, National Thespian Society, Youth for Christ, Crisis Line of Manatee County, Winter Men's Chorale Festival, Planetary Society, Usenix, Sage, Red Hat Member
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