User:Jumpcoach

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Who Am I
Hello,

I'm a real fan of sharing knowledge, and am excited to contribute to Wikipedia where I can. Some my interests and areas of which I am an avid student are:


 * Triple Jump and Long Jump -- consulting track coach, former competitor at high school, university level
 * Digital and 35mm film photography (collector and user of all-manual SLRs, Nikon dSLRs)
 * Martial arts -- Shotokan, Aikido
 * Cutlery -- avid follower of the knife industry, including Chris Reeve Knives, Kershaw, Benchmade, Spyderco, Victorinox, and several custom makers
 * Electronics and integrated circuit design -- BSEE, MSEE, with emphasis on circuit design
 * Project management process -- over 14 years experience as an R&D project and program manager
 * Color science-- Former color science program manager in a laser printer R&D lab, 3 digital imaging patents awarded
 * Product reliability -- lots of experience breaking things, and studying how things break.
 * Japanese-American history
 * Percussion, including rudimental snare drumming, jazz/funk, and Taiko (Japanese drumming) -- former private drum instructor, player at high school and college level, founder of Taiko group

I hope I can be a strong contributor to Wikpedia. Best regards,

Jumpcoach