Maryland. It was a brutal curriculum that I struggled to get through despite always being a top student in HS. Part of the struggle was I was a commuter and always working while going to school. After 5 long years, including a few summer courses, I managed to get my degree and took a job at Singer Link Simulation Systems Division, where I was a Systems Engineer I. I was better at work than I was at school. I liked the practicality of designing and building something. We built simulators for the US military including some flight simulators which I was lucky enough to try out one time. After 5 years I decided I needed a change and was fortunate enough to land a job at a place called Com-Site International, which focused on designing computer rooms and data centers for companies. This would start my long career in the Data Center field. I would eventually have eight (8) jobs: 5 years – Singer 2.5 years - Com-site International
1 year - Sverdrup in Rosslyn 1 year - Meta Engineers in DC 3 years - CS Technology 1 year - CCG Facilities Integration 8 years - AOL 12 years - DuPont Fabros Technology (DFT)
My time at AOL was filled with cutting edge, innovative stuff. We designed and built the first internet-scale data center, many times larger than anything previous done. My career culminated at DFT where I was hired in late 2005 to head up Operations. Eventually as the company grew and expanded my title grew to Executive VP and Chief Technology Officer. I was in charge of design and operation of our data centers and also oversaw the IT department and Security. In late 2017 our company was bought out by Digital Realty and this event allowed be to retire at the end of 2017. I was 57 years old and burnt out from the relentless demands of my job. I had the option to stay on and continue
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