Milestones

My road in life has been direct.
Early interest in computers and computer programming, like in High School and before.
I got an internship for great experience while in college, leading to great work opportunities.
Moved into leadership roles to get a broader picture of the business problems being solved.
I moved from core application work to web technologies to learn a new computing style...mobile technologies are next!

Career

Web Systems IT Manager

I manage our company's websites and technologies

Career Roadmap

Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Travel
Technology
Learning / Being Challenged

Day to Day

Making customers and users happy due to solutions and results you provided them, and their acknowledgement of that pleasure, or the occasional "quiet" day!

Advice for Getting Started

Here's the first step for college students

Learn the basics in computing, software programming, networking, computer systems, and web system technologies as best you can. Then learn business management skills (MBA) to understand the business aspects - project and people management, planning, budgeting, etc.

Recommended Education

My career is related to what I studied. I'd recommend the path I took:

Hurdles

The Noise I Shed

From Myself:

"People say you should not take risk and chances in life."

Challenges I Overcame

Self confidence