I'm never content to just settle in with my current level of knowledge. I always want to know more. Learning is my passion.Computers have always been a part of my life. At the age of 8, I installed OS's on my old 486 computer. At 10, I wrote my first program in BASIC. I already had a fascination with languages, and by time I had turned 16, I could speak decent enough Spanish that I could carry on religious debate in Spanish with the Hispanics that I worked with in a specialty construction company. Also at 16, I began taking college courses in high school, and completed two years of college before finishing high school, while playing with computer network security tools during spare time (the I.T. guy at school would reward me with soda when I reported "holes" in security to him).After studying for a year at the University of Utah, I went to China for two years, teaching English, learning Mandarin, and navigating a hostile internet.During that time, technology played an important part in my life. I had to get past China's Great Firewall, create a website for distributing class assignments and updates. I did my best to protect my school's woefully insecure computer network, actually making it usable for teaching classes. When my headmaster gave me permission to create my own classes, it was my joy to teach a cute bunch of 5 year-old's how to read phonetically using Dr. Seuss and phonetic reading principles. This allowed me to learn to edit audio, pictures, and video and compile it into courses.Returning to the U.S., I found a job working for a company that produces online language courses, further pushing my skills, while learning how to manage large projects through the example of a great manager there. I then returned to the University of Utah, where I finished my BA while working full-time.Having worked for businesses of all sizes, I'm now applying my knowledge, experience, and energy to our world's problems.It's we who shape our world.学如逆水行舟，不进则退！