User:Khiggins92

My name is Kenneth J. Higgins Jr. I am 63 years old and graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology with Highest Honors in 1971. At the time, Stevens only offered a general engineering degree. My emphasis area was in electronic engineering and computer technology.

During my four years at Stevens, I learned commercial programming by working at the computer center. Mr. Arthur Janeger was a programmer who worked for the business office and he took me under his wing teaching me how to program efficiently with the new IBM 360/40 that we had at the institute. By the time I graduated, my skills were sufficient to hold down a computer programming position even though I had taken no other courses in the the classroom other than Fortran IV. I lost contact with Art, but I will always thank him for a skill that I retained and honed over the years enabling me to earn extra money by developing systems for my clients.

Since graduating Stevens, I entered into the Telecommunications Industry holding various management positions working for New York Telephone, Rapidata, AT&T, MCI, and finally Republic Telcom Systems. After Republic Telcom, I applied for an international private line resale license with the FCC and that resulted in the formation of Corporate Networks International (CNI), Inc. I was subsequently joined by two other partners. After almost 7 years, starting from zero, we were fortunate to sell our company to our largest competitor and that changed our lives.

I have many other interests as well such as music performance, recording, and arranging; medicine; science; language; archeology; and exobiology. Learning something new is always a welcomed and interesting experience.

Currently, I am challenged with Pancreatic cancer. I am fortunate since it was discovered very early and have very good prospects for a cure. Still, the experience of facing my own mortality has had a profound effect on my life both physically and spiritually. Lastly, that spiritual broadening has given me great respect for all religions especially my own Catholicism and the power of prayer.

Peace Kenneth Higgins Jr

PS: I don't understand this system fully and so this page may not be appropriate for the purpose that I am seeking. Regardless, it was nice to introduce myself to you.