Work and Family

I grew up in New Jersey - not far from New York City and the ocean. I miss both. I now live with my wonderful wife and daughter in Fort Worth, Texas. We moved out here a long time ago to attend Southwestern Seminary, where I now work as the Academic Systems Manager. My wife Fran works at the seminary, also - that's her in the picture during a recent trip to Korea.

I'm the Blackboard Administrator at my institution. I administrate the learning system software, write manuals and produce tutorials, and develop model courses for various innovative programs.

I'm a Blackboard Certified Trainer and enjoy giving presentations on various aspects of online learning. I've presented at BbWorld and at our annual Texas users group conference.

Some Avocations
I enjoy reading, walking, old films, the Tuesday NY Times Science section, travel, art, collecting books by favorite authors (and reading them when I have the time), and raising Shetland Sheepdogs. We have two Sheepdogs - Chance and Toffie - who continually do their best to keep our attentions focused on them. Chance is pictured here enjoying something very rare in Texas - snow.

That's it. I'd add more but this already is probably more than you ever wanted to know about me!

My daughter during a recent visit
to the Fort Worth Zoo