I call myself a ‘Principle Reverse Engineer’ because no matter what job I do, that seems to be where I spend most of my effort... 😉

Started programming computers when I was 12 years old, and have had a love hate relationship with computers and technology since. I actually attended the launch of the Digital PDP-11 in 1970. People were amused by the kid in the room asking all sorts of technical questions, like why is semiconductor memory better than core memory?

I have a BSc in Computer Science from the University of British Columbia, and a MSc in Computing Science from Simon Fraser University, where I also created and taught SFU's first course in User Interface Design and Implementation. Thesis: Using X.500 to Facilitate the Creation of Information Systems Federations.

These days I have a passion for Scala, functional, and reactive programming, although at my age, mastering functional programming is very challenging. Old dog, new tricks... I have a love for Java, and disdain for .NET (why does Microsoft have to make so many things more complicated than they need to be?)

I am an enthusiast system builder. My system is an Intel S5520SC with two Xeon 5580 running at 3.3 GHz, 192 GB of RAM, 800 GB Intel 910 PCIExpress Flash, 10 TB RAID 6, Radeon 7870 GPU. When I am not so nerdy, I am a DJ, swing dancer, who also likes to hike, sail, ski and tour wine country.