My first love is programming. I was first taught to program at the ripe young age of 11 by my father on an IBM System/34. Two years or so later, I had an Apple //e, which I used to do yet more programming. Eventually, I ran a BBS (Bulletin Board System) which I wrote most of the code for. Soon I found myself writing code for use on many other BBSes of the time, and helping other SysOps to get their system working the way they wanted. In all, I helped out in the process of running 17 different BBSes. I've done (useful) programming in 21 different programming or scripting languages (Though, I can't promise that I remember them all at this time!) Almost all of that has been on a system used by many different people.
For many years, I helped to run an online BBS called Operation DataStorm (ODS), which is now in its 3rd incarnation, the prior two bring "Online Data Systems" and "Online Data Services".
For a very long time, I was the IT Manager & Senior Programmer at Klement's Sausage Co, Inc., which is a company that was founded by my grandfather and his two brothers.
Now I am a Product Developer at Profound Logic Software, Inc. where I work with one of the most talented teams in the industry to create software for IBM i Application Modernization.
I also travel to speak at various IBM i related conferences and user group meetings as time permits.
