Sorry for the delay, got distracted by life......

Well, as of January 2001 I found myself out of the uniform and looking for a civilian career. It fortunately did not take me very long, since my last position in the contracting arena was in the IT section. I had the honor of working with a company that installed/integrated/designed professional audio visual systems. I had given them several contracts to do work for the base so I knew the folks there pretty well. I of course forwarded a copy of my resume and before long they were calling and asking me when I wanted to come in so they could hire me...weirdest interview I have ever been on. Only stipulation was...I could not do any administration on the contracts that I had let to them while I was the contracting officer during my military term. Working for LVW Electronics was such a great learning experience, taught me a lot about customer service and how to properly conduct business the good and honest way.

About a year later I felt it was time to move on, Colorado was not where I was suppose to be and I knew it not just physically but mentally and emotionally. So we headed south, and when I say we I mean me, my girls, and their dad. We just did a hop skip and a jump south and landed in Norman Oklahoma. I once again got a job with a Professional AV company, Visualworks! of Oklahoma. I ended up taking over the Oklahoma office and running it single handly. I got to do some pretty cool installations and designs and that expanded my knowledge as well but truthfully it was still too cold and really not my style there either so about a year down the road we headed south once again.

We landed in what we call home which is Pensacola Florida. When we got here I thought I might try a new career, one that have me give back to my fellow man. So I started school using my GI Bill that the military so kindly offered years earlier, to pursue a certification as an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) and my goal after that was to get certified as a Paramedic. this was of course easier said then done. Yes I had the GI Bill and that helped pay for school but I still had two young girls at home to care for so I got a job hauling pizza's at domino's part time to make ends meet. I completed taking anatomy and physiology lab and lecture I and II over the summer of 2003. But then came the task of getting accepted into the EMT program, which was very hard since it was in high demand at the time. During which time that I was in a holding pattern I changed to work full time at domino's and found my self climbing the ladder with that company going from a part time driver to a full time driver to the lead driver. Oddly enough one of the drivers got a wild hair and decided to petition for a pizza delivery drivers union. I attempted to sway him from this but Jim was determined and never looked back. As of April 6th 2005 the store was official unionized so I thought I would be best working on the management side attempting to keep peace between the ownership and the union, well I got to the management side and was the assistant manager and that was that. I had enough so I handed in my key and went back to driving, also made more money driving then managing. The general manager that hired me had quit and gone off to start up his own place so as of June 2006 he offered me the General Manager position with his place, Pizzaman Pizza. Now that was an adventure. I was part of that place from the ground up, painting walls, laying tiles, cutting chair rail. That was going well but unfortunately working 60-70 hrs per week kinda puts a damper in ones life. Plus, it did not offer any type of benefits which as a parent of small kids you kinda need/want so I threw in my towel and headed out to search once again another career.

After 3 months of applying and interviewing and being scared out of my mind that I would never find another job I got a call. This time from a place I applied at early on in the process but thought it was a moot issue. Mediacom called and inquired if I was interested in coming in for an interview, of course I jumped on it. I had worked in a customer service environment for a very long time but never a call center and never technical support but i figured what do I have to loose. The interview started and then he asked me...do you know how to find an IP address on a computer, my answer....hmmm, i have worked on a lot of computers over the years but honestly I haven't the foggiest but I'm a quick learner. Not sure if that was a help or maybe the talk about pizza but either way they called me back and hired me and that is where I stand today.

On a side note while all this job hopping was happening I found myself, my true self, the self I am today and continue to build upon. I also found the love of my life during the process. That wonderful and amazing experience may be the next chapter...who knows