{"id":46,"date":"2011-05-02T20:37:22","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T20:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pganderson.com\/?p=46"},"modified":"2011-05-02T20:37:22","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T20:37:22","slug":"tech-welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pganderson.com\/2011\/05\/02\/tech-welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/pganderson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/amiga-1000-dpaint.webp \"  type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/pganderson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/amiga-1000-dpaint.jpg\" height=\"239\" width=\"280\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-45 sp-no-webp\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" style=\"float: left; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; border: 1px solid black;\"  > <\/picture>I have been in IT for 20+ years. The first computer I ever used was a TRS-80 Model I back in the &#8217;70s. One of my favorite early computers was a Commodore Amiga 1000.<\/p>\n<p>After graduating from high school, I joined the Air Force and worked in the Communications\/Computers Systems field. At my first duty assignment, I worked on a Perkin-Elmer system that process communication messages for US Air Forces &#8211; Europe. At my second assignment, I worked on an IBM System 370 supporting various satellite missions and 33 Space Shuttle mission as a part of Space Command. I finished my Air Force career working in a Network Operations Center getting experience working with Windows NT 4, Exchange and Windows 95.<\/p>\n<p>After leaving the Air Force, I worked for two technology hedge funds in silicon valley learning more and more about LANs and Systems Administration. Between 2003 and 2009, I worked for several government contractors providing IT services to DOD, DHS, and DOI.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009\/10, I was the IT Directory for a friend and United States Senat Candidate, Andrew Romanoff. With Andrew&#8217;s campaign I utilized and expanded my IT expertise in areas such as wireless networking, VOIP, web development, and social media.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, I work for the Federal Highway Administration as an Information Systems Specialist.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to my professional experience, I have always considered technology a hobby. I have assisted numerous organizations and political campaigns with meeting IT needs. I also have built my own websites and blogs over the years. In 2005, I produced a collection of portable applications available for flash drives. This collection was mentioned in several prominent websites including CNN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been in IT for 20+ years. The first computer I ever used was a TRS-80 Model I back in the &#8217;70s. One of my favorite early computers was a Commodore Amiga 1000. After graduating from high school, I joined the Air Force and worked in the Communications\/Computers Systems field. At my first duty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pganderson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pganderson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pganderson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pganderson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pganderson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pganderson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pganderson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pganderson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pganderson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}