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Phone: (207) 621-3181
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About
My experience with computers started in the 1970's when I was selected with about 200 other U. S. Army officers to learn computer programming. After about six weeks I could do a fair job of programming in BASIC - and that was the last time I ever wrote a line of code for the Army.
But the experience stayed with me. In every job I had after I left the Army I became the go-to guy for computer problems - even though computers were never part of my job description. While I was trying to have a career as a business manager I kept getting sidetracked into projects in networking, databases, hardware platforms, server management, and web design. Finally I quit trying to have a normal life, went back to college, picked up a couple of degrees in computer technology, and settled down to be what I was obviously intended to be from the start – a computer guy.
My primary interest in computing technology is the interface between carbon-based life forms and silicon-based life forms – and making sure that silicon-based life forms are properly designed to make life easier for carbon-based life forms.
