Time Line

  • 1948-09-25 --- Born in Wilmington Delaware
  • 1957-06 --- Family moves to San Fernando Valley
  • 1960-06 --- Family moves to Orange County
  • 1966-06 --- High School Graduation
  • 1966-10 to 1968-06 Attend UCSB
  • 1968-10 to 1968-12 Attend UCI
  • 1969-01 to 1969-03 --- Machine operator at Rosan
  • 1969-04 to 1969-08 --- Work at Randolf Rubber Company (tennis show factory)
  • 1969-09 to 1969-11 --- Work at Toys-R-Us
  • 1969-10 --- Marriage to Alice
  • 1970-01 to 1971-09 --- Work at Blue Chip Stamps full time
  • 1971-10 to 1974-06 --- Attend UCSB, part time at: Blue Chip Stamps, California Parole Division, UCSB Biology Department
  • 1974-06 --- BA Degree from UCSB major in Physics
  • 1974-08 to 1976-12 --- Graduate student in Physics at ISU
  • 1976-12 to 1978-08 --- Water Resource Agent at Idaho Dept of Water Resources
  • 1978-09 to 1979-06 --- Programmer at SSR, Rochester, NY full time, weekend computer operator at Harris systems (IBM 370 Model 125)
  • 1979-06 to 1981-02 --- Programmer at Westvaco in NYC
  • 1981-02 to 1981-08 --- Programmer at CSA in Oakland, California working at Baptist Homes of the West
  • 1981-08 to 1983-08 --- Programmer at Raychem in Redwood City
  • 1983-08 to 1993-09 --- Programmer at Grass Valley Group in Grass Valley
  • 1993-09 to 1994-11 --- System Manager at Wells Fargo Nikko in Sacramento
  • 1994-11 to 2000-01 --- Technical Marketing Manager at Innosoft International, Inc.
  • 1997-08-23 --- Marriage to Miriam
  • 2000-02 to 2007-09 --- System Manager, Programmer at Pride in Roseville
  • 2007-10 to 2015-06 --- System Manager, Programmer at Stanford
  • 2015-06 to 2023-09 --- SRE at Dropbox