Degree'd in Management Information Systems & International Business (BS/BA). Immediately following college went to work in the world of Information Technology. I speak some spanish but I'm certainly not fluent.
Started out as a team leader for Frontier Engineering installing computer systems and providing help desk PC support duties at Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton Ohio
Then went to work for CACI Inc and learned the Oracle Database installer and products called CMIS & MEARS. Travelling to different military installations to perform installations and upgrades.
Eventually was recruited by Oracle Corporation to support DOD applications that used oracle databases, supporting applications like CMIS and Mears and the E-Business Suite (Financials)
Over the years at Oracle I worked out of DOD work and into installing Oracle E-Business Suite and RDBMS software at universities, and other State and Federal institutions.
Eventually left the Oracle consulting life to work for Rack Room Shoes as the primary DBA for their E-business suite. Performing day to day production support, tuning, ugprades, and annual patch maintenance.