Hello all. My name is David Weverka.

I am currently working for Apollo Group Inc. as a Technical Support Specialist. I decided to return to school since I recognize the need to move onward in my career and be proactive to the industry that I have chosen.

I was born and raised in Hillsboro Oregon where I held a variety of blue collar jobs until I eventually attended the Computer Career Institute to learn about computer programming. I excelled in programming and ended up in a variety of contract positions enabling me to program in COBOL, BAL, and RPG4.

After moving to Arizona for personal reasons I worked for the Circle K Corporation and parlayed a temporary position into fraud investigations for their Risk Management Department. As companies go so did Circle K. They were acquired in turn by Tosco Marketing Company, Phillips 66, and finally Conoco. It was a long and bumpy ride which I’m quite glad to be finished with. I spent a couple of years doing miscellaneous jobs here and there from brick laying to technical support.

I now work in Internet Technical Support for the University of Phoenix and Axia College of University of Phoenix. It has been a very rewarding position which I enjoy very much. I work third shift from 6:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. Sunday through Wednesday so contacting me in the daytime isn’t likely. I’m mostly available on Thursday evenings through Sunday mornings. Of course I work all night and do check the classroom forums the rest of the week so I’ll likely know if you’ve posted a reply.

I have a wife (Maria). She’s legally blind but is working in Tech Support just like me and is one of my heroes! My kids are three boys’ ages of 21, 19, and 12, and 10 (our little girl). The older boys no longer live at home but I’m still a full time parent with the 10 and 12 year-olds. My kids are the driving force in my life.

My days mostly consist of getting home in the morning and starting everyone else’s day. I get the wife off to work and the kids off to school then I can finally crash for the day (about five hours) in time for the kids to get home and I can start my day along with their homework and dinner. It’s a busy life but I would never change it.

I skateboard as a hobby and enjoy a good movie or video game when I hold still long enough. A health issue this year has shown me what a wonderful family I have and I am so proud of all of them for the effort they put forth during that time.

This is my first online degree and I’m looking forward to learning singly and cooperatively with all of you.