Who I am, and what I'm about

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   I have always wanted to return to my birthplace, South Bend, Washington. It holds some of my fondest childhood memories such as milking cows, baling hay, spending summers on my grandparents’ farm, floating down the South Fork river, and clam digging with my family. However, as I pursued my career in the IT field, I realized that I would need to move to bigger cities to gain the necessary experience.

In 2007, my wife and kids relocated to Phoenix, Arizona, where I started working as an Operating Systems Engineer in the financial industry. Over the next 15 years, I held various positions including Systems Engineer, Virtualization Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, and ultimately moved into Agile Project Management to assist software engineering teams in developing infrastructure software.

Now, I am excited to embark on the next chapter of my family's life by returning to my hometown. I aim to assist the community with their technical needs and bring my extensive IT experience to a place that I hold dear. By planting my family's roots on the bank of the Willapa, we can enjoy the small-town life and support the community where I was born.

This is who I am and what I am about.