User:Davejohanson

Dave Johanson, is a Network Security Engineer in the Santa Clara (Silicon) valley. He was born in upstate New York. His mother Margaret and father David Johanson moved the family to Fort Lauderdale, Florida 3 years after their son's birth. Several of his relatives also moved to south Florida soon after. While living in south Florida he learned about the diverse ecological balance of the Everglades while fishing with his Dad and two younger brothers Kevin and Scott. Roller skating with friends was one of his most loved activities. He was employed part-time as a car stereo technician and worked in sales until graduating high school. He developed a deep interest in the sciences, that has led to a lifelong pursuit to expand his knowledge of electronics, computer science, radio/digital communications, physics, natural science and psychology. The day after graduating from high school he drove from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to San Jose, California. He said the day he arrived "I have moved to paradise and cannot image a more wonderful place to live".

His first job in California was as an Electronics Technician to troubleshoot and repair the fabrication equipment used in the semiconductor industry. He was an Electronics Technician to troubleshoot and repair PC network adapters for 3Com when it was still a startup company in Mountain View. Through the years his knowledge of computer/network hardware, operating systems, software, servers and related technologies has developed into a career working at many of the great companies that have defined the early Silicon Valley.

He met his future wife Shelley James of Redwood City, CA in 1988 and they were married in Los Altos in 1991. Their son Wesley Johanson was born a few years later in 1994 and their daughter Kira Johanson was born two years after Wesley. The family all lived in Campbell, CA until Shelley decided that she wanted to live separately in 2000, which eventually led to their divorce and moving to Long Island, NY to marry her future husband.

Dave then met Lie (Maria) Wong, a resident of Indonesia who was working and living here. Lie and Dave had a daughter Megan Johanson in 2001. Lie, David, Wesley, Kira and Megan became a new expanded family living in Campbell. Lie then decided that she wanted to live on her own with Megan and would spend some of her time with her family.

In 2013 he met the girl of his dreams who migrated from the Philippines many years before they met and are still together today. Here view of the world has helped me to really see a different perspective that has expanded my world.