I need to constantly learn. Nothing is more fun than extending and further integrating my knowledgebase, skills, and networks of interesting people. Nothing perplexes me more than a person who lacks curiosity, who goes from day to day failing to be filled with intrigue about this bizarre experience we call living. Very few things fail to interest me, though I know there's no time to master more than one or a few domains.

Given my fixation with lifelong learning, it's no surprise that I've ended up the knowledge management coordinator for a federal government organization in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (I'm also a doctoral candidate.)

I worked in various capacities during my bachelors studies (equipment cleaner in a paint factory, commercial rose tender, illustrator and graphic artist, typesetter) and afterward (architectural draftsman, carpenter, furniture designer and builder, rehabilition aid in a brain injury clinic), while pursuing further education.

Looking for ways to further my educational opportunities (and see the world, of course), I entered the U.S. Air Force in January, 1986. I had planned to serve four years, get those great educational benefits, and return to the civilian workforce, but the Air Force kept offering me interesting work. After 20 years of active duty, as an officer working primarily in communications and information management roles, I retired at the end of 2005. I then worked for nearly a year and a half as a government contractor, designing and delivering corporate training relevant to acquisition and test and evaluation (T&E). In 2007, I returned to government service as a civilian, providing leadership in knowledge management, information management, and IT management.