Résumé

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Objective

Two things: computer graphics and environmental technology.

After many years deeply involved with the first item, it is time to tackle the second.

Overview

Smart, technical, artistic, creative.

Care deeply about cleaning up the world and using humanity’s brains to get out of this jam.

Prolific Creator

Artist Engineer

I have a mind for the technical, but

View many of the thumbnail images and illustrations from my Visio Guy website: https://tinyurl.com/y5okttsu

Manager of All Trades

Awards & Accomplishments

It’s good to challenge yourself and nice to be appreciated!

  • Authored Using Microsoft Visio 2010
  • Microsoft Visio Most Valuable Professional (MVP) 2002 – present
  • Voted Best Speaker, Microsoft Visio Conferences 2007, 2008
  • B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington

Work Experience

Providing customers with innovative graphical solutions for visualizing their data.

Position title?

Self-employed consultant/programmer/developer

  • Independent Contractor & Consultant – Visio Guy
  • Web and Forum Administrator – Visio Guy
  • Book Author – QUE Publishing – Using Microsoft Visio 2010
  • Application Engineer – Data Assist e.K.
  • Consultant – Visio Corporation
  • Technology Evangelist –  Visio Corporation
  • Application Engineer – Visio Corporation
  • Tutor for Physics and Calculus – University of Washington Department of Athletics
  • Civil Engineering Intern – Port of Tacoma
  • Physics Lecture Note-taker – University of Washington

Education & Training

  • BS Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington
  • Certified Toastmaster
  • Certificate in Software Product Management
  • Dabble in online learning courses.

Honors

Skills

Things I do professionally:

  • Attract and manage customers
  • Bookkeeping
  • C#, VB.NET and VB/VBA.
  • Microsoft Visio
  • Microsoft Office
  • One of foremost ShapeSheet experts in the world. The ShapeSheet is an Excel-like spreadsheet interface that can be used to add intelligent behavior to graphical elements in the Visio application.
  • TypeScript, HTML, CSS
  • Writing/Authoring (book, blog, etc.)
  • Communicating with customers.
  • Writing
  • Speaking and Presenting
  • Teaching
  • Prototyping and Conceptualizing
  • Ability to understand and talk about technology
  • Programming: C#, VB.NET, TypeScript, WPF, XAML, d3.js
  • Web: WordPress, SMF forum, some PHP
  • Microsoft Office, Visio (!)
  • Working remotely with disjointed teams
  • German – fluent
  • Trombone

 

Author: Using Microsoft Visio 2010. Que Publishing, June 2011.

[image of book?]

 

Customers include: Cisco, Corning, d-Tools, Intallypy, Marathon Petroleum, Sandia National Labs, University of New South Wales, and Xilinx.

Accomplishments and Projects

 

Hobbies

I read daily about green technology and sustainable energy developments and issues.

ESME Ad-campaigns. These really need explanation…

Big band, orchestra

Swimming

Drawing, artwork, creative blah blah

 

Channels

I do my part to fill up the internet with content. Here are some of the places where I contribute:

 

Creative Showcase

I like to exercise my creativity whenever I get some free time. This typically involves drawing, along with some humor or satire. Below is a list of image galleries, code repositories and other content buckets that I’ve produced over the years.

TODO: big band, orchestra, Pullach

Have a look, and enjoy!

  • View all images from my Visio Guy website. Most of these were created by me!
  • Good Morning Facebook page
    My side endeavor to fiddle with photography, while spreading a bit of cheer and positive energy!
  • JSFiddle Snippets
    JavaScript + HTML + CSS experiments, tests, and learning examples.
  • Baby coaster ABC-123s
    A set of letters and numbers with unique designs that I created to teach our daughter the ABCs and 123s.
  • Dad-isms cartoons
    Humorous cartoons that bring the silly sayings of my Dad and Grandpa to life…in unexpected ways!
  • Hand-drawn Christmas cards
    Back in high school and university, I apparently had free time to draw Christmas cards every winter!
  • ESME Concert Ad campaign
    I like to make my own personal “ad campaigns” for our amateur orchestra’s seasonal concerts.
  • Illustrations & Images from my Visio Guy website
    Google’s site + image search shows the thumbnails and illustrations I have created for my expert website. It’s interesting to scroll through the results and wonder how I had the time to create all of this stuff!

[TODO: Add some thumbnails to this page.]

http://wanderkind.com/Galleries/Index.htm

 

Intangibles

Work is only part of the story:

  • Musician – I actively participate in the ESME Orchestra and Big Band as a trombonist. As a performing musician, one is always preparing for the next big show, listening to others, and working as part of one big team.
  • World Trip – We spent 2007 traveling in the U.S., New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong and Austria.
  • Husband and Father