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I’m a type I autistic 50-something living on my own near Walt Disney World; and yes—I’m a Passholder in order to get out of the apartment (also to Universal, SeaWorld, Busch Gardens, and Kennedy Space Center). I also spend a lot of time working with all the data that is generated by my devices (smartphone, smartwatch, health apps, lifelogging apps, &c.) to analyze and publish my own personal informatics, and share other data that I think is of interest.
Playing with data is “in my blood,” I suppose. I work remotely full-time as a reporting analyst and Power BI developer with Optum Workers’ Comp & Auto No-Fault (formerly Helios, formerly PMSI)*, where I’ve been since 2011 after doing the same for about five years with AT&T Global Network Services in Tampa and doing administrative work for Holmes & Narver/AECOM in California, where I was born and raised. I relocated to Florida in 2000 and have lived in Lakeland, Plant City, and Tampa before settling in my current location.
My formal training is a 1996 B.A. cum laude in religion with emphasis in pastoral ministry from Southern California College (now Vanguard University of Southern California), but life and my own failings had other ideas. I’ve also done some French language and culture study by correspondence with the Alliance Française in Paris, and studied French, business, and computer science at Coastline College before transferring to VUSC.
** - The views and opinions expressed in these pages are solely those of the author (me) unless expressly attributed to other(s). You assume all responsibility and risk associated with reliance upon and/or use of information from this site.*
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Last checked in at Epcot Parking Lot Tram Lake Buena Vista, FL February 5, 2025 1:17 AM
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