I was born in 1973 in Westmoreland, Jamaica. My earliest memory and strongest motivation was a desire to understand and fly aircraft. With the help of family and friends, I accomplished that goal by age seventeen (17). Up to that time, I had planned for a parallel career by formally studying computer hardware, systems analysis, programming and data processing systems—completing diplomas at the Institute of Management and Production. As an insatiable learner, I thrilled to create systems and solve new problems with synthesized knowledge. It was not sufficient to simply acquire facts. This kind of driven personality may help you understand why a “normal” job would seriously frustrate me.

So for the next 7 years, I worked as an independent IT contractor and consultant for prominent companies—implementing, securing and supporting (then) new kinds of business Wide-Area Networks—linking up to thousands of users. I was privileged to work with scientists, engineers, accountants, and other professionals—all of whom expressed satisfaction with my work. Partly because of my work to enable real-time financial information flow, one NYSE company claims to have saved hundreds of thousands of (U.S.) dollars per day.

In 1997, I moved to Florida to pursue an interdisciplinary aerospace degree called “Engineering Science.” After finishing an Associates Degree in Engineering, I worked at the University of Florida (UF), proofreading and reviewing multimedia content for final publishing. I co-authored “B.S. and M.S. Online Degrees Using a Lectures on Demand Approach,” which was presented at the IEEE; my work is also credited in various books and papers, including “Computer Communications and the Internet” (Latchman), and “Linear Control Systems—A First Course” (Latchman). I am deeply grateful to Dr. H. A. Latchman for his contributions to the insights I developed at UF.

After closely observing the academic community (and being disgruntled with the cancellation of Engineering Science program), I decided that more years pursuing higher education would generally waste my time. Today I run my own IT lab, designed to develop and test various electrical engineering technologies. While trying to solve a common problem, I designed a revolutionary information system. In my spare time, I continue researching and describing it further, towards seeking funding and patent(s).

I’ve now developed a penchant for helping smaller companies (fewer than 200 employees) maximize Returns on Investment. Small business owners seem to struggle with technology decisions, and too often are uninformed about bottom-line impact of technology choices. When technology is planned and executed appropriately, small companies do not need onsite employees for technical support. For that matter, they don’t need onsite employees ;-)