"I taught Economics to eighth graders one hour per week through Junior Achievement for one semester when employed with an international corporation.

I coached U6 to U19 soccer for 12 years and Babe Ruth baseball for 1 year. I was also a soccer Commissioner for 15 years and Director for a 3 year term.

I have 30 years experience writing mainframe COBOL financial applications software. This also includes CICS, DB2, JCL, FILEAID, IBM utilities, documentation, Agile project methodology. I also have experience writing software for Automated Clearing House (ACH) electronic transmission of information and money. I wrote the Cash Management computer system now used by an international corporation. I wrote the software to interface Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) data to the mainframe computer.

I have studied American History extensively, especially the American Civil War.

I have 23 years experience as a middle school and high school football official. I have 20 years experience as a middle school, high school, and summer league baseball umpire. I have 12 years experience as a middle school and summer league basketball referee.

Life requires learning and education. Many professions encourage or require Continuing Education classes. To be successful in life, you will need formal education and experience." less...