This is my Tom. There are many like him, but this one is mine. My Tom is my best friend. He is my life. I must master him as I master my life. My Tom, without me, is useless. Without my Tom, I am useless.
I'd like to offer a modicum of my history as I would have people remember it on this page. Many people who will be visiting this site already know me well enough to skip this stuff over anyway.
Early Childhood and Grammar School:
I was born in Port Jervis, NY at Mercy Hospital (now
Bon Secours Community Hospital), and spent most of my childhood just over the
river from Port Jervis in
Matamoras, PA. I attended Delaware Valley School District from
Kindergarten through half of my 6th grade year.
During 6th grade schoolyear, my family moved to Sussex, NJ, in a section of town that was actually part of Vernon Township, NJ. I attended Lounsberry Hollow Middle School and Glen Meadow Middle School for grades 6-8.
High School:
When I was nearly done with my 8th grade year, and was ready to enter Vernon Township High School, a representative from
Sussex County Technical School visited Glen Meadow to tell us
about thier school. New Jersey has county-wide Vocational-Technical High Schools in all counties, offered as an alternative to regular
high school. At these schools, kids not only get the normal education, but also take a Vocational "major" which they devote a good portion
of their school day to. I decided Sussex Tech was the place for me. I had a good fascination with computers since I was younger, so I decided
to join the Electrionics Technology shop. It turns out that this was more of an electrical engineering focus, so I've got a small background
in that now, for which I'm very thankful, but my main focus, to this day, is all about Networking and Computer Science. Unfortunately, due to
family illnesses, I was forced to drop out of High School and get my GED, which afforded me the opportunity to enter the workforce early.
After High School:
Eventually, I settled down in a place in Netcong, NJ, with my better half, Kim. She and I have been together 5 years now. I have been with Net Access Corporation for more than 3 years now, first working in Tech Support, then in Network Operations. I help customers with networking and hardware issues both in our datacenters, and on location at their offices. Also, chances are, if you've ordered a T1 or Metro Ethernet circuit through NAC, anywhere in New Jersey in the past 2 or 3 years, I've been the one that's been there to install and implement it into your network.