About Me

Being in IT for the past 28 years I have seen software and hardware evolve from highly specialized technical tools to everyday common tools used by the masses.  These highly technical tools may be common place, but the advancements we see today are no less amazing.  I love technology, I love cool toys, I love living in the time that I live. 

I also love doing what I do.  My name is Jose Hernandez and I am the Director of Business Intelligence at Dunn Solutions Group.  I have been “playing with” computers since the mid 1980’s and have been with Dunn Solutions Group (then Dunn Systems, Inc.) since 1991.  I have decided to start writing about technology as it pertains to business intelligence and data warehousing.  That said, I will probably dabble in a few other tangential topics.

Early Technology Experiences

I was first introduced to computer programming in 1983 when I took my first Fortran class.  Honestly, until then my love of technology centered on home and car stereos.  I was one of those early adopters of killer car audio installations.  We didn’t have BestBuy to get it done back then, we did it ourselves.  This also describes the PC world back then.  It was the Wild West and we developed everything ourselves (because we wanted too)!  Back then you controlled the entire hardware stack and you could make it do as much as your coding skills and imagination allowed you to do.  Equipped with a assembly language or some 3rd generation language, some documentation (on paper), and a cool idea, you were off and running.  I devoted many all-nighters working on “my” cool ideas or typing in code from the back of computer rags, and I loved it.  Getting code to work was my drug of choice.  The thrill of watching a program come to life was all I needed to keep at it for just a few more hours.

Current Technology Excitement

Much of the thrill is still the same for me.  I still like playing with technical toys and solving problems with technology.  The big difference is the tools got smaller, faster and cooler.  Today, hardware is amazing and the software we use on that hardware is just as amazing.  This will be the underlying focus of my Blog, I will focus on new technologies specifically as they pertain to business intelligence, and on occasion, I may travel down memory lane to provide perspective on my thoughts.