MarathonCoder.com

Hi, I'm Charles Walter. I'm a 40 year old software engineer from Phoenix living in Silicon Valley. I've chosen this domain to reflect my career as a software developer and new passion as a distance runner. The latter is quixotic since at 6'7" 230 lbs I'm not built for speed. I've completed 3 marathons and 4 half marathons. You can view all my results here.

I recently started work as a Senior Software Engineer in Air Traffic Management at UARC, which is a collaboration between NASA Ames and UCSC. Here's my resume, along with some samples of code used in my dissertation work and personal projects over the years. I also played a big role in Objectivity for Java in the last decade.

I attended the University of Arizona, where I was a sometimes proud member (first two years) of the Pride of Arizona from 1987-1992. I travelled to exotic places like Tempe, Pasadena, and Long Beach in the never-ending quest to play my trumpet "loud and edgy" while avoiding passage through Mezzoland. This was the beginning of my pursuit of a doctorate in astronomy.

I go to a Conservative synagogue in Palo Alto.

If you want to know how I waste my time, I'm getting ready to start my fourteeth season of managing a team in a keeper Strat-O-Matic basketball league, where I'm a member of the executive committee. We're in year 4 of a rebuilding phase after losing in the Finals 2 of the 3 previous seasons *sigh*. I'm also a big fan of the Phoenix Suns and 2001 World Series Champion Arizona Diamondbacks.

If you want to bug me asychronously, I'm typically available through

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