-: Oh, I love IT. I've always loved being able to tinker
around with things, fixing VCRs, TVs.
And then as I got in the military,
I fell in love with computers probably in high school.
But, you know, back then, computers weren't really big,
and nobody had a computer at home.
Finally, we had a computer lab at school,
and it was really hard to get in those classes.
Everybody wanted to be in the computer class (laughs).
So once computers came about, that was what I wanted to do,
so I got my undergrad in computer science.
I wanted to be a developer.
I like how things have evolved, but I noticed
as they evolve, we're recognizing and seeing more
threats and risks, and so I like that I have
the ability to adapt, because it's changed so much
since first when I went into IT, and then being able
to kind of lead the company in that direction.
I do miss the hands on, though.
I have no software development these days
and I very seldom touch any piece of IT equipment now.
But I interact with our guys closely and they respect
the fact that I have that IT background,
so I have a really solid understanding
when they say, "Hey, I'm working with this,
"and I'm using this language" and so forth.