Granted a patent for a plumbing fitting by the USPTO in October of 2024. Personally handled the writing and defense of the application with the Patent Office. Have plans to do more.Won three Innocentive design/invention contests (2010 – 2012). Typical contest entries required concept investigation and selection, application of new and existing technologies, preliminary design and selection of components and processes, drawings and docs, cost estimating and patent searches. Started a website geared toward information sharing for open innovation solvers with the purpose of empowering solvers - openoi.org. Obtained mixed results.Selected as a judge for the ‘Toyota Ideas for Good Challenge’ in April 2011.Coded websites per clients’ specifications using HTML, PHP, MySQL, Javascript and Flash. Projects included animated features and custom Content Management Systems (CMS), 2013 to 2017. Other programming experience involved building a greenhouse monitoring system on Linux using python to manage various electronic components and reporting real time results to a website.Lived in Mexico and Central America for over six years.Currently a part time associate at Home Depot. Knowledgeable in most departments.