• I presented Visual Basic 5 when it was released at the Developer's Days conference in Kansas City
• I presented Visual Basic 6 when it was released at the Developer's Days conference in Kansas City
• I led the Visual Basic Special Interest Group in the Kansas City Metro for two years
• I served on the board of the Heartland User's Group for over a year
• I have made many presentations at Visual Basic User Group meetings
• I have made many presentations at SQL Server User Group meetings
• I have taught a class on the Software Development Life Cycle at DeVry Institute of Technology.