Raspberry Pi and Visual Basic: Programming Windows 10 IoT

Carl Shackelford currently lives in Pensacola, Florida on Perdido Key with his wife Carole and their dog Todd. He has been involved in technology most of his career. He started his career learning electronics and computers at Dyersburg State Community College where he had a dual major with an Associate of Science in Industrial Electronics and an Associate of Science in Computer Technology. Carl worked as an Electronics and Computer Technician for several years early in his career. He continued in college and earned a BS/MS from Middle Tennessee State University in Industrial Studies (EE Tech now) Minoring in Computer Science. Some of his graduate courses were in Technical education, robotics, data structures, and circuit design. He has worked in programming and engineering with well-known companies like Nissan, Cummins, TRW, NFIB, Deloitte & Touché, Rehau, and Alto. During this time, he completed Microsoft's MCP, MCSD, MCSP, and MCT-Microsoft Certified Trainer, and was certified in the Microsoft Train the Trainer program. The last few years he has been the Founder/CEO of two companies: PSI/A1 Barcode Systems and A1 Entities, Inc. He is currently working for Bar Code Integrators, Inc. in several roles. For fun, he loves to fish and golf. At the time of this writing, he is serving as the Area 55 Director of Toastmasters in Florida. Carl has always had a love for technology and has always been interested in sharing technology with others.