It is official. I have now graduated from the Master of Science in Computer Information Systems program at Tarleton State University, Central Texas. It took 3 years, but with the help of my family and friends, I’ve persevered and completed the program.
The best part is that my GPA went up this time. I graduated with a 3.67 GPA.
When I started this thing, I did it to give myself some credentials to use to get some more work consulting for attorneys, either as an expert witness or to help with discovery issues related to Internet cases. I knew what I needed to know before, but now I have a degree that says that I’ve got some training in computer-related things. So, if you need a consultant, maybe I’m your man.
But, it also means that I’ve got a bit more time for things. Like the kids. For 3 years now they have been living in a one parent family for far too much of the time. It’s seemed like the only time that they’ve seen their dad was when they had been bad and I needed to discipline them. Now I’ll have more time for them. I’m really looking forward to that.
I will also have time for blogging and working on other projects that I’ve given some commitments to (I haven’t forgotten about you guys). And perhaps most importantly to the business stuff (and relating back to the comment about consulting work), I’m going to start doing some commentary on Spam Suite. If you’re surprised that I would do this from the standpoint of an anti-spammer then I’m not sure what you’re doing here at all.
Still. I just had to share!
About the Author
Mickey Chandler is a Consultant & Attorney with over 28 years of experience in Email Deliverability & Privacy Law. He has a strong background in email authentication infrastructure (SPF, DKIM, DMARC), ISP and mailbox provider relations, anti-spam policy and compliance, CAN-SPAM and state anti-spam law gained through overseeing the Abuse & Compliance team at Salesforce Marketing Cloud, originating the ISP relations role at Informz (now part of Higher Logic), and working in the fight against spam since 1997. He holds a B.A. in Government, a B.S. in Computer Information Systems, and a J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center. He is a certified CIPP/US professional and a certified CIPM professional.
