- I presented Visual Basic 5 when it was released at the Developer's Days conference in Kansas City
- I presented Visual Basic 6 when it was released at the Developer's Days conference in Kansas City
- I led the Visual Basic Special Interest Group in the Kansas City Metro for two years
- I served on the board of the Heartland User's Group for over a year
- I have made many presentations at Visual Basic User Group meetings
- I have made many presentations at SQL Server User Group meetings
- I have taught a class on the Software Development Life Cycle at DeVry Institute of Technology.
- I am a fairly regular member of the .Net User Group.
- I am a fairly regular member of the Agile User Group.
- I am a fairly regular member of the SQL Server User Group.
- I manage the www.KansasCityUserGroups.com site.
- I spoke at SQL Saturday #53 in 2010.