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Hello Everybody!

Professional Summary

I've had a wonderful life!

I've ridden the Internet express my entire career and met a lot of wonderful people and been to incredible places along the way. I've been bestowed the rank of Software Ninjaneer and have enjoyed director-level positions and the people I've worked with.

Lately I find myself completely content in rural Utah feeding my pigs and chickens (the real ones - not the scrum ones :) As I have just wrapped up a 4 1/2 year contract as a LAMP Stack developer for Apple on a team from Coopertino, Singapore, London, and Austin. It was an amazing experience and the highlight of my career so far!

While originally from Orem, my professional career began in San Ramon, California when I got my first 'real' job at PacBell and earned the nickname Codenheimer from my manager (and great man). It stuck, and I've identified with it ever since. I think it encompasses the seriously passionate approach I've taken in all my duties and responsibilities.

I'm a little on the OCD side (excuse me: CDO). And I'm a Lego Maniac and a datafreakazoid. I LOVE DATA! No - not the Star Trek Guy (although I am a casual Trekkie and yeah - that Data was cool too)

I can whip up a pretty wicked database including USEFUL documentation and couple it to frameworks including one I developed by my onesie that I affectionately refer to as Perficio - that's Latin for: to perfect, accomplish or bring about.

I'm a code junkie and know a few systems and languages including Win Server, Linux, MySQL, Oracle, PHP, ColdFusion, Java, Javascript, Dutch (oh wait - that's not a program language but I do know it pretty well - I lived in Nederland and België for a while - The people were wonderful and the cheese was tasty)

I recently invented a new style of beehive called the "bee barrel" and I'm pretty excited about going worldwide with that venture. You can check it out at https://www.beescientific.net.
Yeah - I'm kind of proud of it.

I was awarded patents from U.S. and China in October and December 2020 and am currently working with an awesome injection molder in Shenzhen, China to get things ready for manufacturing.

Did I mention I've had a wonderful life?
My favorite quote is: "A good leader knows where he's going and takes his people with him." and my career motto is "Balance the difference between doing IT right and doing IT right now."

I thank Thomas Birdsall and Mike Colborn for giving me a chance to let my career find me. And boy did it find me! It's been an incredible ride!

I've had a wonderful life!

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