I enjoy the outdoors - especially running/hiking in the Redwoods of Santa Cruz Mountains and in Yosemite.
Most days I cycle to work and find a chance to run and work out.
My girlfriend Christine and I like to go dancing (Ballroom and Latin) at the Cubberley Pavilion in Palo Alto on Saturdays. My preferred dances are Samba, Two Step, and Hustle.
I am originally from the Maryland/Washington DC area. I went to school in the Midwest (Purdue), lived in and around New York City for 10 years and have now lived in Mountain View for going on another 10.
Career-wise: I am a Server side Java developer (scalability/concurrency/multithreaded programming) and past Oracle DBA living and workin