In the beginning...

If you couldn’t guess from the title of the blog, my name is Dave. I currently reside in Sherwood, OR (a suburb of Portland). I enjoy living an area where I am close to the amenities of a respectable metropolitan area, and close to various outdoor recreational areas like the Pacific Coast, the Cascades, and the Columbia River Gorge. I am an avid hiker, and have recently spent more time mountaineering. I have mostly climbed locally in the Cascades, but hope to do more climbs outside of Oregon and Washington once I am through this program. In between courses this past year I have climbed Mt. Hood, Middle Sister, Matterhorn (Oregon), Mount Sacajawea, South Sister, and as of this past weekend Mt. St. Helens.

I am a graduate of Brigham Young University where I received a B.S. in Geography and minored in Business Management. I have worked in the insurance industry for the past nine years and currently work as a commercial insurance underwriter. In July of 2007, I completed the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation. I am looking forward to completing the MSIM program this December.

Upon graduation I am looking forward to continuing my education. I plan on working on the Certified Insurance Counselors (CIC) designation and taking the Basic Climbing Education Program (BCEP) offered by The Mazamas.

As the creation of this blog is a result of a class assignment for Boston University’s MET TM 648 Introduction to E-Commerce course, I like to say “Hello” to my classmates who will be reviewing this blog. Additionally, I plan on continuing to post on this blog after this initial assignment. I expect my blog posts to consist of my outdoor adventures, outings with friends, and various thoughts I have about my life and what is going on around me.
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