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My Background
I was born in Nebraska in 1974. My family traveled across North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Wyoming for several years. When I was 2 or 3 years old my family settled in a small community in Wyoming.
My first school was called Poison Spider School.
Kewl mascot!!
In 1984 we moved into the middle of the great Oklahoma farm lands. In high school I was involved in every activity that I showed the least bit of talent for including band, track, cross country, and spring board/platform diving.
My diving coach sparked my interest in the Military Academies. After researching what a military officer was supposed to be/represent, I decided it was what I had been looking for to satisfy my need for honor, purpose, and structure.
I started my plebe summer July 2, 1992. I graduated with a degree in Computer Science from the United States Naval Academy in the spring of 1996. It is a beautiful campus to visit if you ever get to Maryland. http://www.nadn.navy.mil After much heart ache and struggle, I was declared medically unfit for commissioning. A month after graduation and the commissioning ceremony for my classmates, my mother passed away. In 1997 I received my official discharged from the military.
In 1996 I started work as a programmer for a government contractor. That company does hardware and software development and deployment for the Global Weather Systems for the Air Force. In 1997 I moved to the Tulsa Oklahoma area and started working for WorldCom. After the MCI merger in 1998, the combined company is second only to AT&T in the telecommunications industry. In of August 2000, I took my first contracting job with Williams Communication. In June of 2001, I moved to Austin, Texas and started on contract with the Texas Education Agency.
The greatest loves of my life right now are my horses. My older mare is a registered
Appaloosa: "Feathers Demon". In 1998, I spent a year training and showing
her in English riding competitions. In 1999 we spent a lot of time
learning Team Penning. Feather was bred to the Appaloosa Racing Stallion
We
Go Dixie, in July of 1999. "Honey" was born June
4, 2000. She is a beautiful snowflake chestnut.
I am now working in New Orleans on a huge HR implementation of PeopleSoft. I fly back Austin and Dallas once a month to work with foundered horses. My own horses are staying in Dallas for now due to the fact that almost everything around New Orleans is swamp land.
