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Something about Me...

If you haven't already guessed, my name is Naveen P. Sampson. I was born in Ludhiana, a suburb of Punjab, India. I spent 14 years there before my family moved to Bahrain, where I finished my High School.
My parents are still in Bahrain working, whereas my brother, Nitin is in Manipal, India doing his Dentistry at Kasturba Medical College. He is in his 4th year. Here is our family picture when my parents were visiting me here in the US.
Here in Texas, my Uncle and Aunt are like my 2nd set of parents. Here is a picture of them during thanksgiving dinner. There is Ruchika, Eda Chachi, Nikhil and Thomas Chacha. Here's a group picture with my parents.
This is the only picture of me, I found that I've taken recently. This is at a restaurant. Behind me are Simon from London and Shehnaz.




Where is Bahrain, you may ask...

It's that small island (I mean very small) right next to Saudi Arabia. On a map it's as big as a dot. Survived the Gulf War there and then when it got peaceful, I left for US to do my Bachelor's.




Grey Matter...

At present, I have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Engineering from The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX. I was able to fool the univeristy in giving me a degree on August 16th, 1996 (Just kidding!! But I did get my degree). Here's a picture of me right after my graduation with my Aunt or "Chachi" as you will call in my native language "Hindi". If you look close enough you will see my Chacha's cut off on the right hand side of the picture. Some great picture taking, Ruchi!!! I am currently working on my Microsoft Certified Systems Enginner (MCSE) certification . I have received my Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in NT Server 4.0




Off to work I go...

I am currently working for CIBER (Consulting in Business/Enginnering/Research), who is my Consulting company. I work on different projects with various companies within the US.
1. My current project is with PageNet as a Application Support Analyst. We support conversion for all PageNet offices from Legacy to new EMS client server system. And updating DB and performing analysis on quote in PeopleSoft, Siebel, and Kenan Arbor.
2. I have worked with EDS (Electronic Data Systems) as a NT Deployment Specialist. We were incharge of going to all the Xerox office sites and upgrading all the users to Windows NT Workstation. We mostly worked on Laptops.
3. I have worked with GTE as a Deployment Specialist. That project was held in C.A., so that's where I was for about 4 months. We were basically in charge of troubleshooting network cards etc. while deploying and standardising all the desktops within GTE.
4. My project was also with Excel Communications. At Excel, I was the Production Control Administrator, which is like 2nd level support for different schedules that run on either Windows NT servers, UNIX or DOS.

Before starting at CIBER I was a Systems Administrator at PrimeCo Personal Communications, L.P.

During my University Years, I worked at MCI as a technical Co-Op. I worked in the Power and Protection Engineering group. This was my first job, you could say, out in the real world. Thanks to my great manager, Henry Diaz and co-workers, it was a really great experience. In the picture, he's the 3rd from the left. I learnt a lot from working there. They even gave me a cool Electronic Organiser before I left!!!

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My Interests... Passions... Hobbies... etc.

I have a daring side, I have and love to go Bungee jumping. Here are 2 picture of me taking the plunge. The first picture is of me flying through the air, and the second is of Tara Alger, after our jump. She is the first girl I met who wanted to Bunjee. I am also a certified Scuba diver, and have spent a week at Cozumel, scuba diving Loved it!!!. I love to take nature hikes, go rock climbing, and camping. I hope to Parachute some time in the future.


I am also an animal lover. My Chacha owns a Chow/Rottweiler dog, named Gunner . He is a beautiful dog, very loving and playful, but can also be very mean to strangers.

One of my favourite cartoon charaters are Garfield and Calvin & Hobbes .

London Trip !!!

"CRIMSON CLAY" A Great Group!!!