 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
How I started this adventure
My background is somewhat different than most of the people I have worked with in the fields of
engineering and software. I did not start out after high school to get a technical degree. In fact, I
did not start out to get a degree at all. My goal was to be the best auto mechanic that I could be,
In the blue collar neighborhood where I grew up, that was an honored and deemed worthwhile
occupation.
However, in my early 20’s I incurred a couple of spinal injuries (one in the army and one when a car I
was a passenger in rolled several times) that had me in and out of hospitals for a couple of years for
major surgeries and in and out of body casts. I was lucky in that I could walk at the end of this the
thought of pursuing any career that required a strong back out of the question.
Self pity is an emotion that allows you to justify every failure that you have had. Well, after using
that for an excuse for a few years, I was living on disability checks in a trailer park. One day, I
decided that I was not going to live like that anymore and started pursuing ideas on what I could do
to make my life interesting and worthwhile. Knowing that any path to success required some
education but not having a great deal of self-confidence in my abilities, I decided that I wanted to do
something in technology and thought that maybe I could get an associates degree in computer
science and be a tech in a computer room. I had never seen nor touched a computer and I
approached taking classes with great trepidation and fear of failure.
I started at Rochester Institute of Technology as a non-matriculated part time student because I did
not have the background to get accepted nor was I sure I had the capability to succeed. Lo, and
behold, I started getting A’s. I loved the problem solving aspects of programming. I ended up with
a bachelor’s degree and a perfect A average graduating at the top of my class with an Outstanding
Scholar Award and a membership in the honor society of Phi Kappa Phi.
This taught me that many of us have far more capability in us than we think. We get held back by
FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) and I have found FUD to be a root cause of many problems in
business and why many good and brave decisions do not get made. If we could teach more problem
solving and self-confidence, so many people and their companies could go so much further.
I have spent many years as a executive and senior manager bringing failed projects back on track.
Many of the issues I have overcome have FUD as a root cause.
I am confident that I can help you out with your project/organizational problems. If you send an
email using the contact tab above, I will be more than happy to discuss it with you.
engineering and software. I did not start out after high school to get a technical degree. In fact, I
did not start out to get a degree at all. My goal was to be the best auto mechanic that I could be,
In the blue collar neighborhood where I grew up, that was an honored and deemed worthwhile
occupation.
However, in my early 20’s I incurred a couple of spinal injuries (one in the army and one when a car I
was a passenger in rolled several times) that had me in and out of hospitals for a couple of years for
major surgeries and in and out of body casts. I was lucky in that I could walk at the end of this the
thought of pursuing any career that required a strong back out of the question.
Self pity is an emotion that allows you to justify every failure that you have had. Well, after using
that for an excuse for a few years, I was living on disability checks in a trailer park. One day, I
decided that I was not going to live like that anymore and started pursuing ideas on what I could do
to make my life interesting and worthwhile. Knowing that any path to success required some
education but not having a great deal of self-confidence in my abilities, I decided that I wanted to do
something in technology and thought that maybe I could get an associates degree in computer
science and be a tech in a computer room. I had never seen nor touched a computer and I
approached taking classes with great trepidation and fear of failure.
I started at Rochester Institute of Technology as a non-matriculated part time student because I did
not have the background to get accepted nor was I sure I had the capability to succeed. Lo, and
behold, I started getting A’s. I loved the problem solving aspects of programming. I ended up with
a bachelor’s degree and a perfect A average graduating at the top of my class with an Outstanding
Scholar Award and a membership in the honor society of Phi Kappa Phi.
This taught me that many of us have far more capability in us than we think. We get held back by
FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) and I have found FUD to be a root cause of many problems in
business and why many good and brave decisions do not get made. If we could teach more problem
solving and self-confidence, so many people and their companies could go so much further.
I have spent many years as a executive and senior manager bringing failed projects back on track.
Many of the issues I have overcome have FUD as a root cause.
I am confident that I can help you out with your project/organizational problems. If you send an
email using the contact tab above, I will be more than happy to discuss it with you.
Personal Information
Product Success Through Innovative
Engineering Solutions
Engineering Solutions