HISD Technology

I am a lifetime resident of Hereford and a 1966 graduate of Hereford High School. I attended West Texas State University (now West Texas A&M University). My technology career began in 1974 as a computer operator and programmer for a large area agricultural corporation. After 4 years of programming, I served as the Technology Director for the same company for 22 years.

I began my work with the HISD Technology Department in 2002. Although the responsibilities of all of us in the technology department are widespread, my primary emphasis has been with the Novell network, Linux servers, website design and maintenance, e-mail systems, the internet filtering system, photography of HISD events and various aspects of multi-media software. My recent work has been with the new and exciting technology of podcasting. Each year I teach web design classes and Moodle (online learning) classes to HISD staff members.

My wonderful wife, Rhonda, is a teacher at Hereford Junior High School. We have a great daughter, Leslie, and a really cool grandson named Tyler and granddaughter named Brianna in Amarillo and a son, Josh, who is a substitute teacher with HISD and particularly enjoys working with Special Ed. We also had the pleasure of 16 years with another son, Jacob.

My hobby is the collection of worldwide mineral specimens. I have an extensive collection and some of my prize specimens (as well as other mineral photos) can be seen HERE.