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)

I earned the nickname codenheimer at my first 'real' job at PacBell in San Ramon, CA. It stuck one day 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). 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 buckle 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 programming language but I do know it pretty well - I lived in Nederland for a while - The girls were pretty and the cheese was tasty)

I recently invented a new style of beehive called a bee barrel and am pretty excited about going worldwide with that venture. Check it out at http://www.beescientific.net. Yeah - I'm kind of proud of it.

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!