Glossary of Computer Terms (5C)
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Updated:04/26/2008 Copyright © 1996-2008 Skip Stein
Greetings to all who visit my web site!
Background & Personal History
I was born in Chattanooga Tennessee, raised near Detroit Michigan, graduated from High School (Paul C. Schulte) and some college (Indiana State University) in Terry Haute Indiana, before moving to Houston Texas to graduate college (University of Houston). I was raised by two loving parents with three younger siblings. My life was pretty much 'normal' as far as any excitement goes.
I did well in school, but not scholastically astounding. My focus was more on disposable income! I had paper routes or some other form of revenue producing activity since the age of 11. Although I went to Texas for the 'free' educational system; nothing in life is 'free'! I found I had to eat, sleep and otherwise tend to personal living items. This required housing and revenue; therefore I worked my way through college, graduating without any 'student loans' hanging over my head.
My first 'real job' was with First City National Bank, in Houston Texas. There I discovered my love of technology and received my foundation computer training, on-the-job! For seven great years I worked at the bank while attending college (day and night classes; depending on work requirements). I found promotions by hard work, study and dilligence. While I started as a 'tape monkey', I soon learned programming skills of assembler, Cobol and PL/I. I progressed from operations management into programming and systems management, while honing my technical skills.
Upon graduation from the University of Houston, I became bored with banking, so migrated my career into garbage! Yes, garbage, with Browning-Ferris Industries; an early leader in waste management & recovery systems. After conquering the land fills, the recycling industry, financial systems and remote operations, I moved into Public Accounting. Some transition history isn't it?
I spent some formative years with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. (now KPMG) as a consulting manager, learning presentation skills, project management, and how to eat with a proper set of silverware in a private club. It was all very illuminating! The politics and emphasis on client activities and billing rates/hours ceased to interest me, I wanted to return to my technology base. I spent several years with consulting companies, further learning marketing skills and expanding my technology understanding and competence.
Along my path, I found myself working back in Detroit Michigan for Jimmy Hoffa's Teamsters! (He was already long gone and his concrete vault empty~!) Commuting each week from Houston to Detroit was tedious, but friendships with my consulting team partners made it seem like a pleasure excursion. Along the way, this cute blond at the Delta Crown Room caught my eye (and I hers it seems). One thing led to another and BAM!, I was married with a beautiful wife, Nancy, a wonderful daughter Nicole, a mother-in-law and two homes (along with dog, cat and bird!).
It seemed like a good time to find a 'real job' as they say. Wondering what is was like back in the 'real world' of corporate employment, I accepted a position with The Limited in Columbus Ohio! It was a glorious position as Director of Corporate Systems Audit and Control for 14 divisions of this great company. Working for Mr. Robert H. Morosky, Vice Chairman, I was able to ferret out corporate inefficiencies, make recommendations for improvement and generally flit about where ever corporate trouble occurred. My excursions took me from Ohio, around the states (frequently in NYC) and the Far East. I learned about corporate systems, mergers & acquisitions (I was part of several corporate acquisition team endeavors), and how companies truly make a profit!
After a time, this too paled; it was time for new adventures. Besides Detroit, Ohio and New York were COLD in the wintertime. It was time to move back South! I asked my daughter where in the South she would consider moving (she was 15!). Houston was experiencing a downturn in the late 1980's so that wasn't a viable choice. California was just too expensive! I suggested anything South of the Mason-Dixon Line; she picked Orlando (naturally as we had been to Disney World!). So we packed up and moved to the sunny South where I hung out my own shingle, incorporated as Management Systems Consulting, Inc. and went back to consulting as a road warrior!
My lovely daughter moved out, got married and now has six children; making me a very PROUD Poppa! Nancy retired early from Delta Airlines and all was well; then Nancy and I decided to build our 'Dream Home'. If you watch HGTV, you know something about this type of project. Well, never one to do things lightly, I formed another company, IQ-Home; intending to use our dream home as a foundation for a new business venture into home automation. You can visit the IQ-Home web site: http://www.iq-home.com.
This brings us pretty current. I now stay busy with two company operations and try to balance IT consulting projects with home design & automation projects. Instead of 'slowing down' things seem to always increase in tempo! Someone once told me that if you want something done; find a busy person to do it! Well, that's me! Busy! If you need a new home designed, an automation system configured & installed, an ERP system implemented, IT systems audited, just give me a call. Somehow, I will find a way to get er done!
Then there is my beautiful wife, wonderful daughter, terrific son-in-law, five grandsons and a princess of a granddaughter, but that is another story!
Please explore the remainder of this site. There is a wealth of information garnered from over 25 years of professional information technology experience. Please contact me if you have need of my services, have a question, or just want to figure out 'how does he do it?'! You may find more useful information on the balance of this site or at Management Systems Consulting, Inc. and IQ-Home. Please visit frequently!
Cheers,
Skip Stein
(A very busy guy!)
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