About Me

I suppose one could say I started my journey into web design way back in 1981 when my dad brought home a brand-new Apple II computer. I was about nine years old at the time and coincidentally, my best friend Shawn had one as well. We learned how to program Basic and became addicted to anything that resembled a game. We would spend hours writing "choose-your-own-adventure" style text games and playing Apple Invader and Ultima. Let's fast forward a few years.

I was a newlywed and needed a job after recently graduating from college with a B.A. in English. After talking to a local temp agency, I received a call from a headhunter. He found my resume and called me in to talk about placing IT professionals. There was a ton to love about this line of work: Huge income potential, a cushy office and the chance to talk tech with cutting edge candidates. I took the job and began working with consultants and partners in the technology field in Silicon Valley, Chicago and New York. I was soon placing Lawson, JD Edwards, Oracle and Genesis consultants as well as XML and C++ programmers and DBA's. Overall it was a great gig but it had the side-effect of making me really want to be one of the people I was placing.

I bought some books on XHTML and started studying in my spare time when I was not working my full-time gig or taking care of my family. I continued to bury my nose in new books and web tutorials on XHTML, CSS, Javascript and eventually frameworks like .NET and JQuery libraries. I purchased some server space with the intent of becoming a better web designer and used it as my practice canvas. Eventually, at the advice of my wife, I started letting people know I did this and it seemed like the flood gates opened. A lot of people I knew needed websites and development work done.

And that's where I am now. I am currently devouring every bit of information I can find on .NET, PHP and C# with the express intent of being an enterprise-level web developer. I am not shy about letting people know what I do and what I can do to help them. If you need a website shoot me an email. I would love to speak with you. Also, if you need a junior-level developer in your organization I would love to talk about that as well.