My educational journey took some twists and turns. It took me over 30 years after graduating from High School to finish my four-year degree. It is often said that you are only competing with yourself in many parts of your life. Looking at how my GPA kept getting higher with each accolade I'd say I was definitely out to prove something to myself.

1980 Received Diploma from Bonanza High School in Las Vegas, NV. GPA: 3.2

1988 Received Associate of Science in Information and Computer Science AND Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts Degrees from Leeward Community College in Pearl City, HI. GPA: 3.91

2012 Received Bachelor of Science in Computer and Information Science (Concentration: Database Programming) from ECPI University in Virginia Beach, VA. GPA: 3.97
Summa Cum Laude

Throughout my education I was exposed to a variety of database systems, programming languages, software tools, and operating systems.

Database Systems: Microsoft Access, MySQL, Oracle 10g Express, Oracle 11g, SQL Server 2008

Programming Languages: ASP.NET, C++, C#, CSS, HTML, Java, Javascript, PHP, PL/SQL, SQL, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), Basic, Cobol, & Assembler

Software Tools: Apache2, Eclipse, Filezilla, Joomla, Microsoft Office, Microsoft VirtualBox, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Visual Studio, MySQL Workbench, Notepad++, SQL*Plus, TOAD (MySQL & Oracle), VMWare Workstation, XAMPP, Zend Framework

Operating Systems: MS-DOS, Windows, Android, Ubuntu (Server and Desktop), & Linux Mint