About Jeff

Age:

37

Occupation/Employer:

Web Developer, The College of Idaho

Education:

Capital '89
B.A., The C of I, '92 (Majors: Math and History, Minor: Physics, summa cum laude)
M.S., U of I, '94 (actually 12/93, Major: Math)

Kids:

Emmy, daughter in 2nd grade at Shadow Hills in the Classical Education program

Spouse:

Stephanie, Membership Coordinator at Boise Art Museum

Published:

co-authored "Administering Apache," McGraw-Hill, 2000.

Scholastic Highlights:

Mathcounts Nationals '85
3-time American Invitational Math Exam participant '87-'89
Boys' State '88
National Merit Finalist
Perfect 800 on SAT Math

Career Highlights:

online projects for a pro sports team, several Fortune 500s, and a state university system
presented at O'Reilly Open Source Conference twice (2001 and 2003)

Civic Highlights:

VP, U of I Graduate Student Assn., '93
Delegation Chair (Denton County SD 12), Texas State Democratic Convention, '04 and '06
Rules Committee, Texas Democratic Convention '04 and Idaho Democratic Convention '08
Democratic Precinct Chair/Captain, Texas '03-04 and Idaho '07-present
girls U6 soccer coach, '06-'07
Idaho National History Day judge '07
Oh, and I'm the guy who at the '08 Idaho Dem. Convention, authored the successful Platform amendment that simply stated, "We support the repeal of the No Child Left Behind Act."

Hobbies:

Chess (as a former top scholastic player in the state myself some years ago, lately I've been a "sparring" opponent for several of the local top youth players)
writing (the aforementioned tech manual as an example)
travel (I've been to all but four states -- Alabama, Hawaii, and the Carolinas)