Dave Meyer

Background

About Dave Meyer

My parents got our first PC when I was 7 years old. It was an IBM PC with a cool “Turbo” button on the front that would jump the CPU clock speed from 8 MHz to a blistering 40 MHz. I instantly loved it and what seemed like the infinite possibilities this machine was capable of. A few years later, I discovered QBasic and basic computer programming on the same computer, and another world appeared before me. Using only the help files and LOTS of trial and error, I began to create simple games for myself and my younger brothers to play. I was hooked. Even as my education and experience has pulled back the curtain on the art of programming over the years, I am still in awe of the “magic” of it. I love the fact that a simple idea and a blank file are enough to begin the creation of something that can impact the world – or how we interact with it. This was no more apparent to me when I moved into the world of industrial control systems where I was able to combine ideas and blank files to cause real-world equipment to move! A simple click of a mouse on one side of the world can travel via light pulses, radio waves, and electrical signals to the other side of the world and can cause a light to turn on, a valve to close, or a pump to start – magic indeed. I am a technologist and programmer to the core. It’s my passion to dissect problems and apply technology to automate tasks and eliminate issues.