About Me

About Me

Hello, I’m Paul Trejo, CEO of Trejo Academic Research. I believe that Internet software has the power for enormous good in today’s world. I perceive a great potential of eLearning for all children in America — and anywhere.

Here’s a quick word about myself. As a Latino born in Southern California in the 1950s, I have family on both sides of the tracks.  I was first among my many cousins before me to get a high-school diploma.  Yet — the only practical work experience I knew after graduation was manual labor.

I bounced from one menial job to another for about a decade. I also spent lots of time in the public library seeking clues — how do I get a better job?

Then I discovered beginner’s books on business management.

One book (I don’t recall the title) explained business operations with the five fingers of a hand, as follows: (1) finance; (2) production; (3) sales; (4) distribution; and (5) book-keeping. The hand itself played the role of the manager who coordinated the five fingers to operate as one. Though oversimplified, I saw the basic principle — I knew I could do this.

In 1979 I took a job training course in COBOL computer programming in Silicon Valley, California.  Immediately after that training, I got a job as a COBOL programming trainee at National Semiconductor Corporation — the highest-paying job of my life so far — just as Silicon Valley was taking off.

Also, because of my exposure to books on business management I tended to soar above my peers  I’ve traveled internationally as a database consultant.  From this experience I confirmed my generic, skeletal pattern of all businesses — local or multi-national — small or large.  They all had the same basic structure of eight departments, namely, ownership, HR, production, advertising, sales, accounting, distribution, and marketing.

Because this knowledge is so universal, it gave me instant insight into any company I served.  I’ve concluded that this knowledge was my main guarantee of employment and freedom from poverty.  I believe it can benefit others — perhaps millions of others.

CORPORATE Credentials

I have about 40 years of Information Technology (IT) experience leading teams in Relational Database technology in firms large and small. This includes Fortune 500 Corporations like National Semiconductor Corp., ROLM Corp., Bank of America Inc., Tandem Computers Inc., and SPRINT Corp.  Here’s a longhorn salute to the University of Texas at Austin.

I’ve also worked with diverse techie teams in exotic locations like Singapore, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Toronto, and Mexico City.

ACADEMIC Credentials

I got a B.A. degree from USNY (University of the State of New York) in 1987. I got a M.A. degree in the Humanities from Cal State University at Dominguez Hills in 1989.

Edwin Mellen University Press published my academic book (2002), and they address me as “Professor.”

Within the IT industry, I directly supported professors as well as IT developers at UT Austin regarding SQL coding and operations. I did this for more than a dozen years (2007-2019).

During that same period, I was a GPA 3.9 Liberal Arts student at the University of Texas at Austin, because that University allowed all staff the benefit of one free class every semester. I used that benefit to obtain another 60 units of advanced courses in the Liberal Arts.

SOCIAL MEDIA Credentials

  • I’ve written for online social groups since Usenet times in the 1990’s.
  • I’ve posted thousands of Internet posts in a wide variety of topics.
  • I’ve posted more than 13,500 answers on Quora.com alone, where I’ have over 6.5 million views and over 2,400 followers.
  • I’m also on LinkedIn.

CRITIQUE of MODERNITY

My criticism of our society is that the bottom 10% of people chronically suffer from two ancient problems:

  1. Massive Unemployment,
  2. Destitution Poverty.

Neither Liberals nor Conservatives have demonstrated the ability to solve those problems for everyone in our society.

Our proposal, however, might plausibly solve these two curses. Universal, elementary business management education would orient all children to the artificial Global Marketplace into which we will soon throw them.

Massive unemployment is a blot on the face of our affluent society. We need to do something about destitution poverty as soon as possible. And it is possible, we say. 

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Thank you

–Paul Trejo, M.A.