I am Lead Java Application Developer at Zale Corporation. I currently work on the POS development team. I have worked as a professional computer programmer, under a multitude of job titles, since 1984. I am a graduate of Purdue University where I earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry in 1982. I learned computer programming while doing biochemistry research. In addition to my day job, I have written, and continue to maintain and update, a Java/JSP website for animal rescue organizations (www.txpyrs.org).