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I always have a hard time blogging, never really followed the process or had the time. I recently was encouraged to start blogging about application I had developed. So after taking some time, and thinking about it i decided Why not!
With that in mind, this blog will be raw, and sometimes not politically correct, and it may have misspelled words. Not to mention proper grammar. So please excuse the mess. This will be my medium for getting my applications to you, and reviewing others. That includes testing, development, and anything else I want to blog about. Hey its my blog right!
This blog will also include what technologies I find kewl, it could even have pictures from Imgur, or reddit that amuse me. If you have an idea or something you want my opinion email me.
Now you may say who is this guy, and why should I even bother. Well don’t! But just in case you stick around let me tell you about me.
I joined the military in 2005 and went into Commo, or communication as a 25B. Before you go googling, its Information System Operator/Analyst. Its the fall back MOS for many fields depending on your duty location. I got lucky and my first major assignment was in Alaska running a BBN or Base Band Node.
That system was sweet, it was basically a self sustaining mobile network. All we needed was a satellite truck or cat 5 cable from lan drop. In that sheltor we had routers, PBX, Promina 800, SMU, fully built Microsoft Exchange, AD, you name it. One of the coolest things was taking a analog phone and converting it to a IP phone with the vantage and Cisco call manager.
I rode that gig for about 4 years, winning awards for my service and missions I was apart of. Go to see some international action to. After that i was assigned to Colorado as a Help Desk/ Exchange / Imaging / you name it. It sucked! I was there for 2 years and nothing cool happened. Just did my duty and was released from service honorably.
After the military gig, I went into the civilian world as a you guessed it contractor. With my connections I was able to score a spot with the Armys CTNOSC running their legacy 2003 system during the big push to Exchange 2010. That was fun. I wouldn’t recommend going to Sierra Vista, Az! I did that gig for about 9 months.
I jumped from that contract to a new one with the Air Force out of San Antonio, Tx. I ran the Exchange 2003 system for many AF bases. Even helpped do some migrations from 2003 to 2010. That was a blast, some fun times with great people. I once caught a hammer head shark with a little piece of shrimp. Granted it was a baby. I released it. Once we decided to sleep on the pier while fishing lol. Great times man.
I left that contract because my wife was pregnant and missed home, so we packed up and moved back to Colorado. Once back didnt take long to about a month to hope on another contract with MDA. I was a Exchange Engineer… (Still a Admin). They where Exchange 2007, going to 2010. Nothing special about that gig. I did make a great friend, that hooked me up with my next job and allow me to grow.
I now work for a fortune 250 company as their Messaging Architect / Engineer. Deploying application, Testing new Technologies, and developing strategies. I tell you its a blast.
So if you add that all up, you will find i have just about 10 years exp with Microsoft Exchange, Powershell, Windows, and others stuff. Stuff I will mention later in some other blogs. I will attempt to blog every week. Perhaps more.
Keep in mind these review, or opinions are my own and in now way shape my decisions on company dime or time.
Thanks for reading!
