User:DavidAllyn68

My name is David Allyn - I love learning and then teaching - basically I need to breath knowledge. At home, I'm a pianist, a 3D artist, and anything else that piques my interest in the moment. At work, I am a Director of Reporting and Analytics at UCLA External Affairs in Advancement Services. I lead a team of analysts that perform evaluation of gift and engagement data for UCLA. I've worked as a programmer, corporate trainer, theatrical designer and carpenter, and the primary "fry-guy" at Hardee's in Mound, Minnesota (don't worry, it's gone now).

I "speak" art, tech, and business fluently, and love to transfer the knowledge and skills from one to the other. Hey... filling a position uses the same skills whether you call it "placement" or "casting" - you're trying to get the know the person and make sure they fit into your project. Making music and programming are basically the same thing. The "class" in programming is the same as the "key" or "mode" in music, and the song structure in music is really no different than the class implementation or architecture in software engineering. And those are really no different than a sales model in business. They are all over-arching structures that give organization to the development of the "thing".

Live this one life exuberant

Dancing toes caress the grass

Kiss the sun and rain

With lips and hands fully extended

And Love!

-- David Allyn