Rick Melick

South San Francisco, CA
rick@rickmelick.org

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About Me

I have a degree in Computer Science (2000) from Indiana University. It succeeds my other interests, philosophy and belief systems, which materialized itself as a degree in Religious Studies from the same institution in 1992. Outside interests include music, for which I have a deep appreciation for the piano and saxophone. I was born in Brazil Indiana and grew up in Indianapolis. I graduated from Southport High School in 1985 where I was in a variety of bands and participated in countless competitions.

I am excited and proud to be an Engineering Manager with Walmart Stores, Inc. I manage the ISD Enterprise Systems Management team responsible for the tools and infrastructure used by the Site Operations and Engineering departments, for the day-to-day operation of the Walmart global e-commerce platform.

I have worked on the campus of Indiana University for eleven years as a manager in their residence hall system prior to coming to California in February, 2001. I have worked for five years as a Lead Systems Engineer in IT at Gap Inc., an iconic specialty retailer and great place to work. I then worked for IBM Global Services for a time.
I am the proud father of six terrific kids, five of whom were adopted internationally from Haiti. They currently reside in Georgia.

Genealogy

This web site and these pages are not a full-blown, genealogy, in the traditional sense. Rather, they are my attempt to know and understand my direct lineage, a, tree traversal, if you will. It spans over five hundred years and nearly sixteen generations. In the process of doing this, information is presented on other surnames as well: Van Horn, Overstreet, Eytcheson, Deever, Wilkin and Plank. Perhaps in the future I will have an opportunity to research more of the women who have married in to the Melick and Deever lines leading up to me.

Computing History

No introduction to me would be complete without talking about the Commodore VIC-20. This little machine has been part of my life since 1982. I mention it because it helped me define where my interests are in life (at a very early age) and paved the way towards a rewarding career that is not only my job, but a fun hobby too. I've had the opportunity to meet a lot of fascinating people surrounding that computer. Special greetings go out to Ward Shake, Marko Makela (Veni vidi Vic!), Earl at RetroBits for your podcast, and the entire Commodore community.

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South San Francisco, CA
rick@rickmelick.org; 267-378-8529 (fax)