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Prepare yourself, there's a photo coming...

If you'll pardon the poor color that is the result of using an extremely cheap digital camera, you'll notice that an A&W frosty mug filled with Milligan's Island Root Beer, part of my wardrobe cabinet, half of one leg and a bit of a brace for my loft, a little bit of a spare chair, and I all made it into the picture.  This was taken in my computer room in my house in Akron, Colorado, USA.

About myself, I am a single 24 year old Systems Engineer working for two rural power cooperatives in northeastern Colorado:  Highline Electric Association and Y-W Electric Association.  I was born and raised in Madison, South Dakota, where my parents still live.  I went to college at South Dakota State University where I earned my Bachelor's of Science in Electrical Engineering with a slight emphasis in power systems.  I was hired directly out of college by HEA and Y-WEA and moved to Akron in May 2002, just a couple weeks after graduation.  Since moving into the post-college "real world" I have learned quite a bit about the challenges of providing reliable electricity to consumers in a very rural area.

My life here is fairly simple:  I go to work, I sleep, I eat, I watch TV and movies, I read books, I play around on the internet, I tinker with my computers, I go to Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church here in Akron, and I volunteer as a Unit Commissioner with the Centennial District, Long's Peak Council Boy Scouts of America.  One of these days I'll pick up my trombone again and do some more playing on it, but, for now I haven't played since college, being as there is no group here to play as a part of.

Professionally, I'm a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (or IEEE for short), a society of engineers from all different disciplines from all around the world.  I am a member of several societies (rather like sub-groups within the larger whole of IEEE), including the Computer Society, the Power Engineering Society, the Standards Association, and the Power Electronics Society.  These societies all put out several very high-quality publications that I use to keep abreast of what is happening in the field.

More to come...

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