ShawnM

Lets see a little about me. Almost 40, Married, 1 child, Software Engineer, DJ, and former Chairman of the largest SciFi convention in Washington state.I'm a third generation native of Washington state.Got into computers in the late 70s when I was still a youngster. Ran a SciFi related BBS in the early 80s. Started using the internet in 1987 and I'm still addicted.Went to Roosevelt HS, which is were I got involved with the major hobby in my life: fandom.Fandom has shaped my life since then. It was because of a Vikingcon I decided to go to WWU instead of the UW. I met most of my current friends through the different conventions I have attended over the years. I even meet my Wife through a mutual friend in fandom.To pay the bills, I work as an unix software engineer. Started out at DEC, which got bought by Compaq, and then bought by HP. So have worked for three companies and have never had to change buildings. Currently working on a Virtual Machine product.To pass the time away I help organize sci-fi conventions. I sit on the board of directors for SWOC which has sponsers multiple conventions in the Northwest including 3 past westercons and the 2005 NASFiC. If that wasn't enough I was Chairman of Norwescon for three years, which is a 3,000 person convention held every Easter weekend.Other hobbies include DJing dances, collecting comics and playing computer games (City of Villains is my current addiction).