Brian J. Smith
A
Chronology of My Life So Far
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- June 1955 - Born in Kenmore NY
- Parents: Bill and Alice
Smith
- June 1955 - Dec 1962 - Lived in Tonawanda NY, near Buffalo
- May 1956 - July 1963 - Six younger brothers and sisters were born
(Photos)
- Chris
- Mark
- Kathryn
- Rosemary
- Susan
- Andrew
- Sept 1960 - Nov 1962 - Grades 1-3
- Dec 1962 - Moved from New York to California
- Dec 1962 - June 1965 - Lived in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.
- Dec 1962 - June 1965 - Grades 3-5
- June 1965 - Sept 1972 - Lived in San Pedro, Calif.
- Sept 1965 - June 1966 - Grade 6
- South Shores School, San Pedro
- Sept 1966 - June 1968 - Grades 7-8
- Marymount Middle School, Palos Verdes (This school closed in the 1970's)
- Photo
- 1967 - 1970 - Boy Scouts of America
- Troop 259, San Pedro
- Eagle Scout
- Sept 1968 - June 1971 - Grades 9-11
- Fermin Lasuen High School, San Pedro
- This school closed when I was in the 11-th grade.
- Rather than transfer to another school for 12-th grade, I graduated
and went to college.
- Sept 1971 - June 1972 - One year of community college in lieu of
12-th grade
- Sept 1972 - June 1976 - University
- Sept 1974 - June 1976 - Part time job
- June 1976 - Dec 1977 - Lived in Long Beach, Calif.
- June 1976 - Dec 1977 - Worked for Intermetrics,
Inc.
- Programmer; worked on the Space Shuttle project
- Jan 1978 - May 1986 - Lived in Santa Monica, Calif.
- Jan 1978 - Sept 1981 - Worked for Vidal
Sassoon, Inc.
- Manager of Systems and Programming
- Oct 1981 - Sept 1982 - Worked for Coopers
& Lybrand
- Management Consultant, specializing in systems consulting
- Oct 1982 - May 1986 - Worked for Touche
Ross & Co
- Senior Consultant, specializing in systems consulting
- Dec 1984 - Met Cindy Govea
- May 1986 - Married Cindy Govea
- May 1986 - May 1997 - Lived in Redondo Beach, Calif
- June 1986 - Aug 1999 - Worked for Brian J. Smith and Associates,
Inc.
- Aug 1986 - May 1996 - Los Angeles Paradox User Group ("LAPALS")
- Founder, first president, chapter leader, board member
- 1987 - 1995 - Wrote articles for Data Based Advisor magazine
- Monthly columnist, Contributing Editor
- 1989 - Co-author of a book:
- 1989 - Matthew was born
- 1992 - Adam was born
- 1996 - Primary author of a book:
- Foundations of PowerBuilder 5.0 Programming
- Currently out of print, but you can still find it in
some places
- May 1997 - Aug 1999 - Lived in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif
- June 1997 - June 1999 - Los Angeles PowerBuilder User Group
- Since Aug 1999 - I now live in Poway, Calif
- Since Sep 1999 - I now work for CSA
Travel Protection
- Chief Information Officer