About

Normally someone would talk about themselves here, soooo… I’m obligated to tell you about myself.

I don’t have any formal education in what I do… and what do I do? If it is on a computer I most likely know how to use it.

I got my first PC at about 12 years old (by the way I’m 23 at the time of this post. lol).. it was a Compaq Presario Pavillion… 755Mgz intel II processor, 32MB nVidia grachics card… Win 98+, lol. It was top-of-the-line for it’s time.  Well I got involved with HTML for making websites on Lycos.com for family and friends and never looked back.

It was a huge thanks to two of my teachers in high school for spiking my interest in technology.

Barbara Cooper; who introduced me to the exciting world of power-macs, and gave me the means to start building my own computers. Kind of the gateway into the computer world if you will.

And of course George Davis; he pretty much set the bar on my computer interests. Introduced me to a slew of awesome and useful computer related tools. Hell he even took me on some IT jobs just to show me how great of facet computers can be. (Oh yea, he has his own pc services firm, http://saviorpc.com, oh no, I’m cross branding! oops, lol). I owe alot of what I’m driven to do today to him.

My background in development is simple… I do it because I love it, even when it becomes something I have to do, I will still love doing it.

It’s like something an engineer once said to me…

Him – “You know that feeling you get when you create something and it works, not just great, but better than you anticipated?”.

Me – “Yes, code development has the same great feeling to it…”

Him – “But I can pick mine up and shove it in your face and go ‘ha ha it’s real!’”

His name is Troy Banks and yes he’s man-child, lol. (Troy if you read this, you’re awesome… but that conversation is stuck in my memory forever, lol)

As far as I’ve come in the development world I can’t help but look back and give thanks to the few that helped me push myself to this point.

Special Thanks To:

• Tamme & Paul Regan (Ma & Dad)
  • Providing me with the computers and resources to expand my knowledge in my youth.
  • Never looking down on what I did, regardless of your worrying of me becoming a recluse… lol.
  • Believing in my skills and abilities when no one else would.
• Justin Fisher
  • You supported me in all my digital endeavors back in the day and did everything in your power to keep up, lol.
  • You gave me the interest in video/graphics editing and music creation/re-sampling.
  • Weren’t afraid to say how something truly was, which got me prepared for both the constructive and destructive criticism I would receive over the years.
• Charles “CJ” Johnston
  • In a long line of lending each other ideas and resources, I never forgot a single one. Thank You!
• Andrew “Oz” Osborne
  • The final push, the push that made me expand my knowledge on a professional level.
  • Helped me realize I was a complete scatter-brain and by proxy helped me develop organizational methods to keep myself on track.
  • Coining the name “Steinerd”! Look at the site name dude!
• Troy Banks
  • Giving me advise over the years on things I would normally not find anywhere else than a very expensive consultant, lol.
• Dan Cunha
  • Giving me the opportunity to expand my knowledge even more via a developer position on the Titan Network.
  • Gave me insight to the coding standards of today and why they should be respected.
• Patty Davis
  • For believing in my abilities at Norman G. Jensen, Inc with little cause to.
• Jack Stewart
  • For being (in a sense) a professional mentor.
  • Hiring me as an data entry clerk at NGJ and helping in my goal to climb the corporate ladders.
  • Believing that our ideas would revolutionize the way NGJ did their data entry.
• Tony Sambrotto
  • Giving me the opportunity at NGJ to create the applications that would help revolutionize entry as an Import Administrator.
• Michael Hanson
  • Giving me the opportunity to prove myself in an IT/IS environment.
• Rick Senum
  • All the advice I ever needed while working under the IS banner.
• …And Everyone else that has ever helped me or contributed to my any of my goals in this industry!