About
So you know whose page you are reading, here is a short biography:
Like most of us, I was born at a very early age. I was born in Brooklyn, New York in July, 1955. We lived in Crown Heights, a section of Brooklyn that is today the headquarters of the Lubuvicher movement of Chasidic Orthodox Jews. At about 10, we moved to Long Island, and I spent the rest of my youth and young adulthood in suburbia.
I came to computers at Nassau Community College. Later, I attended SUNY Oswego. When I was looking for work in 1979, I found my first computer job with the Long Island Computer General Store (now long defunct) selling and supporting Commodore Pets, Apple II’s and small CP/M systems such as Northstar Horizons. Later I worked programming in 8080 assembler for Applied Digital Data Systems (now a division of NCR.)
In 1982, I sent a resume to MicroPro International Corp. and landed a position as a programmer. MicroPro moved me and my belongings to San Rafael, California. There I met my wife, Roseann, and we were married
in July 1983.
At MicroPro, I founded the MicroPro Forum on CompuServe, in partnership with Morris Jones, and was sysop of that forum for several years.
1986 saw a new involvement in motorcycles. When Morris Jones parked his used motorcycle in my driveway for a few day, I had to look at it every day and so decided to learn to ride. I bought his old bike, then a series of Yamaha Venture Royale touring bikes, and finally a Goldwing.
In 1988, I moved to San Jose, California, and took employment with 3Com Corporation. 3Com was looking for somebody with CompuServe experience to build the Ask3Com Forum. I was sysop of that forum for several years, until I took a position with MIS, where I work on Internet and network stuff today. In December 1994, I was assigned to bring up a web server at 3Com, which got me interested in having a web page of my own, which you are now reading. In 1996, I moved to the Internet Marketing Services Group in the 3Com Corporate Marketing department. There I acted as the technical lead for the 3Com web site, www.3com.com. Working for 3Com has many enjoyable benefits including that of the sabbatical.In 1992, and again in 1996, I took long motorcycle trips on by 3Com sabbaticals.
In 1997, 3Com acquired U. S. Robotics, and with it, the Palm Computing Division. In late 1999, 3Com announced that it was spinning Palm off as a separate company. After 12 years with 3Com, I chose to take a position with the newly forming company, Palm, Inc. In February, 2000, I became Manager, Web Applications Development, for Palm’s new IT department.
In 1999, we also sold the Goldwing motorcycle and started traveling with a truck and trailer. We spend my year 2001 sabbatical in the trailer. We hope soon to travel full time.
In 2003, while still at Palm, I decided to try my hand at business. I started a small webhosting business, which can today be found at edgreenberg.com. In 2005, I left Palm, and started consulting in Voice Over IP.
In 1993, I became a Freemason. As a member of Mount Moriah Lodge No. 292, I have met many wonderful people, have learned quite a lot, and hopefully have made myself a bit of a better person. I served as Master of my Lodge in 1999.
After starting to travel by RV, I became an Elk. I’m a member of San Jose Lodge No. 522.
I’m also a member of Escapees, the club for full time RVers.