User:Orv Dessrx

Template:User infobox This is for the RL person behind Orv Dessrx. For the Dark Brotherhood character, see Orv Dessrx.

Brief History

Born in Portsmouth, NH to a Navy family. I moved around a lot.

High School

My high school years were spent at Coolidge Christian School in Coolidge, AZ where I worked hard, played harder, and graduated at the ripe 'ole age of 16.

Plymouth State University

After graduation, I moved out to Plymouth, NH - worked for a year to gain residency - then started college full time. I graduated 4 years later with a BS in Applied Computer Science.

Professional

I never left Plymouth State University. After graduation I was hired on at the IT department as a Web Application Engineer (PHP, MySQL, Oracle, PL/SQL, JavaScript, etc) and teach the occasional College course here and there.

Miscellaneous

I'm a computer geek. I program for work and for fun. I architect web applications and always have a couple of projects on the wings. I'm a blogger: [BorkWeb]. I play [World of Warcraft]. I own a Wii. I fiddle with Graphic design. I like Strawberry Gushers. I'm married. I have a cat named Ducky Chicken Finger.

Mad Skillz, Yo

I've a number of geek related abilities:

General Applications

• Flash
• Photoshop

Application Architecture

• Ajax
• Database Abstraction
• Database Design in an Enterprise Environment
• Templating

Languages, Markup, & Databases

• CSS
• Java
• JavaScript
• MySQL
• PHP
• PL/SQL
• Oracle
• XHTML

This user's time zone is GMT-5. (Eastern Time)