As a kid I was fascinated with computers. I read books about them and made a paper Turing machine. At Boston University, I got an account on the computer, took a course in Fortran and programmed it with the rules of counterpoint from Professor Norden’s book. After graduating with a degree in music, I found there wasn’t much of a market for concert pianists but there was for super-fast key data entry operators, so I took a job at a computer service bureau and soon moved up to operating the IBM 370. In my spare time I programmed an ancient computer to play music through a radio. Soon I moved into programming, becoming expert in COBOL, Fortran and Assembler.That was just the start of a long and successful career, working with dozens of languages and all kinds of systems.Now you may be wondering why I haven’t written articles and attended a lot of conferences and made a name for myself in the software industry. Well, I do have a reputation of 6,300 on StackOverflow so there’s that. But mainly I spent my spare time practicing the piano and organ. I played in competitions from time to time. In 2008 I went on a concert tour with flutist Cassie White, playing in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Our CD is available from Amazon.com and on iTunes and Spotify.Back in 2016 I decided to take a break. I left Cisco, took a job as organist and choir director at a small church, and went back to college part time. In May, 2020 I got my Associate degrees in Accounting and Small Business Management, Summa Cum Laude, at Nashua Community College, so I’m a recent college graduate! Companies are ALWAYS looking for recent college graduates. Not only that, but as of July 2023 I have a Master of Science degree in Accounting from Southern New Hampshire University.Currently I am looking into gaining accounting experience.
Listed skills include Classical Piano, Ragtime Piano, and Church Organ.