Computer Science, California Polytechnic State University) with over 30 years of industry experience. His hobbies include woodworking (Arts & Crafts furniture design and construction), Lutherie, and CNC programming. He built his first guitar 17 years ago and currently builds one guitar per year to be used as a fundraiser for the local high school marching band. He has recently built and learned to operate his own CNC machine for the purpose of automating and increasing the accuracy of many aspects of his guitar building.