I am currently a 22-year-old part-time master's student attending the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida, USA. My present major is Computer Information Systems. I graduated on May 5, 2007 with a B.S. degree in Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering. I am working full-time for Harris Stratex Networks in Melbourne as a System Administrator for desktop and server support.
I have lived in various places over the course of my lifetime, beginning in a small town called Horseheads, NY, which is very close to Corning, NY. My father has been an employee of Corning for the past 21 years so we have always lived next to a Corning production plant. In 1995 we moved from Horseheads to Wilmington, NC, where I attended Winter Park elementary school, Roland-Grise middle school, and John T. Hoggard high school. When I was a sophomore in high school I applied to a public residential school called the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics and was admitted for my junior and senior years. I graduated from NCSSM on June 1st of 2003 and began my college tour of duty on August 17th of 2003.
In the summer of 2004 my father took yet another job transfer to the Corning plant in Blacksburg, Virginia, so I lived there for one summer in an apartment. I now reside in Palm Bay, Florida, about 7 miles from Florida Tech. My sister and parents have since moved into a new house in Christiansburg, Virginia.
I have had several jobs over the years, starting with a self-employed lawn care business I ran in Wilmington with about 6 customers. During the spring of 2001 I worked as a Computer Repair Technician for Hoggard high school doing routine maintainance, Ghost imaging, network configurations, software updates, virus repairs, etc. In the summer of 2002 I worked at the New Hanover Regional Medical Center as part of a volunteer requirement for NCSSM; while I was there I helped move wheelchair patients, deliver flowers and mail, and worked on an independent project to assemble digital copies of MSDSs. After graduating from high school I worked for a Subway restaurant about 3 miles away from my home, which lasted until I began college. After my freshman year I again worked for Subway, but took on another part-time job at the Hollywood East Cinema Grill in Wilmington. When we left Wilmington for Blacksburg, I found a job with Adecco as a temporary industrial contractor for Corning, Inc. Back in Melbourne for fall of 2004 I got a job in the home theater department at Best Buy, which is so far the first job I've had that really correlated with my personal interests.
For the summer of 2005 I had a local internship with Harris Corporation, working as a system administrator for Sun Solaris and Wintel machines. They offered a part-time job for the 2005-2006 school year and I accepted, choosing to leave Best Buy to keep my weekends free for homework and projects. I do miss the employee discount, however one of my friends works at the Best Buy Geek Squad so I still stay up-to-date with store 512. In the summer of 2006 I had another full-time internship with Harris and also stayed on part time during the school year. In January of 2007, the Microwave Communications Division of Harris (of which my group NetBoss is a part) split off in a merger with Stratex Networks to become Harris Stratex Networks. Although the name changed, I still work at the same physical location and with the same people as before.
Last update: 4/15/2008