About

  • U. S. Army veteran with an extensive background in national security
  • Educated as a mechanical engineer
  • Received Microsoft-Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD) certification in 1996
  • Have more than 100,000 hours experience in consulting / delivering custom training to developers of all skill leverls
  • Have done custom training and consulting on-site at high-security facilities, including Lockheed-Martin, Goldman Sachs, the U.S. Federal Courts, all branches of the U.S. military, IBM, Dell, AMD, and KPMG 
  • Have done financial analysis for businesses such as Whole Foods as part of their IPO process
  • Have written multiple texbooks on programming
  • Served as Training and Operations Manager for Infotec, one of the largest software training companies in the world, a position that gave me a unique perspective on training from the standpoint of learner, educator, and manager