About Me
Hello. I'm Evan. Welcome to my virtual life.
I was born and raised in northern California but
I moved to Los Angeles to attend the University of Southern California. I enrolled in 1992 and graduated
with a Business (Management Information Systems) degree in 1996. After that, I lived up north
for a 6 month training program with Oracle and then I moved to Troy, Michigan for a year. I came back
to LA in 1998 and then moved to South Orange County in 1999. I'm finally settled in
a small city (Aliso Viejo) and I'm very happy here.
I enjoy what I do for a living and I'd probably do something similar if I didn't have to work.
I like to make things and it doesn't matter if it's websites, software, wood working, or even food.
I also enjoy tinkering around with things too, especially electronics. Maybe it's just the Japanese
blood in me that likes all things electronics and wants everything to be perfect.
About the Site
This site is really just a place where I can put my loose collection of virtual things. I've
started and worked on a few sites but I'm trying to consolidate as many of them as possible.
And, it also gives me a great place to work on new projects since this web host supports .Net
for my new projects while still supporting PHP for my old projects.
As for the site look, I'm not a graphic designer but I know what I like. I'll be the first
to admit that I "borrowed" elements from a lot of other sites. I apologize in advance to the designers
out there. I really respect their work and creativity and wish I was able to do that sort of work.
I just have enough coding and Photoshop proficiency to reverse engineer sites I like and rearrange them
for my needs.
My Professional Life
I work as an applications developer for Quest Software where I work on a custom made HR application.
I've found an unusual niche with .Net on Oracle development and I took a roundabout way to
get where I am today.
I started my career as a sales consultant for Oracle. I was extremely fortunate to be chosen
for a new program where they hired people right out of college and put us through a six month
training program. I spent the next three years traveling around the country and giving presentations
and showing product demonstrations to hundreds of people.
I left Oracle to take a chance with an internet company in 1999. I was the 6th person hired and the
first outside of their initial circle. It was a great experience since I was very involved with everything related
to the hardware, software, and business.
When the internet company ran out of funding, I took a job with Pacific Life Insurance. This was my first
work experience outside of a tech company and I was on the consumer side of things for the first time. It was a very
different experience for me but I learned about a different side of life there. Mostly, I learned to appreciate
what I had before and after.
I'm now at Quest Software and I'm very fortunate to be here. I've used TOAD before it was even a Quest product and
I remember seeing Quest's booths at Oracle's OpenWorld and Microsoft's TechEd. I remember thinking
that of all the tech companies there, I'd pick Quest as the one I'd want to work for. I somehow
got a call for an interview and ended up buying a place less than a mile away by chance, so things
really worked out for me.