User:Michael J. Quinn

Michael J. Quinn Status    last updated Jan. 9    [edit plan here] Get your own infobox! • Group Status ~ Plans ~ Short term plans 1. "Watch" all Tennis articles. Longer-term plans 1. Tennis Articles ~ Roles and notes ~ Roles in the system Click edit above to start this list Notes to self Click edit above to start these notes Public notes :   Sports Workgroup    Status    last updated    [edit plan here] ~ Plans ~ My short-term plans 1. Tag "Watch" all Tennis articles 2. Find Wiktionary type entries 3. Find Template "project"; hook in. 4. Lookup Radio articles 5. Lookup Movie/Film articles My longer-term plans 1. Tennis; Clear, concise and complete. 2. Make sure my favorite films are represented 3. Make sure my favorite books are represented 4. Education; my various schools ~ Roles and Notes ~ My roles Click edit above to start this list My notes Click edit above to start these notes Public notes: "Quae Sursum Volo Videre" I have worked in the Computer science arena for twenty years. My expertise is across several realms; Programming, Database Administration, System Administration, Data Analysis/metrics and web-based systems. My employment includes IBM, Maxtor, Micron and HP. I obtained Bachelor's degrees in Business Administration and Computer Science from Augustana College (Sioux Falls, SD) before they had MIS degrees. Shortly after college, I taught at a two-year or vocational college; teaching classes in WordStar, Lotus123 and dBaseIIIPlus. They were not just a bad dream. They really existed. Living in France for six months allowed me to revive significant verbal French, but my formal written training was limited to high-school. I married, moved to Colorado and worked for IBM and Maxtor; spending time overseas in Singapore and Korea. Micron prompted the move to Idaho where I gained a great deal of management experience and working with executive management. It also led to my eventual employment with HP. As a senior software engineer for the web department, and later as an Operations Lead, I learned interesting perspectives on software functionality, testing and user interfaces. My interests vary quite a bit. Tennis has been part of my life from the beginning. I have participated at many levels including being an umpire and on local organizational boards. I enjoy singing in choirs and small ensembles. Hence, I can read music and even played saxophone when I was younger. My entire family enjoys skiing. I have rated around 1500 films for NetFlix. My over-riding interest that drove this account request is that I believe that people can learn from each other. An on-line, authoritative encyclopedia with a world perspective can help change the world. Imagine if the Library at Alexandria had not been burned…