John Cybulski:
CLASS OF 1985
Eleanor Roosevelt High SchoolClass of 1985
Greenbelt, MD
University of Maryland University CollegeClass of 2002
College park, MD
John's Story
Life
I bought a new house last July. It needs work, but it is on a third of an acre inside the Washington Beltway and a heck of a lot bigger than my townhouse in Laurel.
I travel a fair amount to relax. I generally make it a point to go to New York City once or twice a year to catch a Broadway show, Rehoboth Beach once or twice to relax and a major trip across country or over seas to see new things. My last trip was to NYC last Fall to see "Wicked". Before that, I went to Bar Harbor, Maine.
I just ended a 13-year relationship with a man last December, which was the major fall-out from my ex ending the two-year three-way relationship we had until last October (...you should have stayed awake in Mrs. Agreen's class if you wanted to follow the math on that one!).
The activities that I make time for week-to-week are hiking, home improvement, yard work, local theater, bowling, dining out, golfing and shopping.
If you want to know more, email me at john[dot]cybulski[at]cox[dot]net
College
Interested in my college history?
Well, I took a detour through the sciences after Roosevelt. I guess many of us "Techies" thought that it was the thing to do. Fortunately, I found my niche--business management--before I wasted too much time and money.
The convoluted path is as follows:
* Current - U. of Maryland: Studying for an MBA
* 2002 - U. of Maryland: MS in MIS Management
* 1989 - U. of Maryland: BS in Business Management
* 1988 - Prince George's CC: AA in Business Administration
* 1986 - George Washington U.: Studied Nuclear Engineering
* 1985 - Prince George's CC: Studied Naval Science
Workplace
You're interested in my work too? Masochist!
Well, who can fault you? I guess we're all kind of work-obsessed here in Washington. Personally, I make sure that I leave time for the important people in my life. The dinner will never get cold waiting for me!
On the other hand, if nothing is planned for the evening, I may very well choose to stay at the office an extra hour or two and figure out the latest problem or plan the next adventure for my team.
Here is the dirt on my work. A breakout of the last five years of consulting gigs appears first. Previous companies are listed next.
2001 - Present: Robbins-Gioia, LLC
* Michael Baker Engineering, Inc. - Capital Planning Program Manager
* Department of Veteran's Affairs - Management Consultant
* U.S. Forest Service - Capital Planning Management Consultant
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Food and Drug Administration - Senior Manager responsible for implementing an enterprise program management office
* U. S. Customs and Border Protection Bureau's Customs Modernization Office - Process Improvement & Quality Assurance Team Lead
* U.S. Mint's Office of Information Technology - IT Support Branch Chief
* Small Business Administration - Software Acquisition Capability Maturity Model Assessment Team Member
* U.S. Mint - IT Review Board Consultant
* National Archives Records Administration - Senior Project Analyst
1999 - 2000: Phillips International, Inc. - Corporate Program Manager
1997 - 1998: American Diabetes Association - Planning Manager
1992 - 1997: URS Corporation (Dames & Moore) - Senior Quality Assurance Analyst
1991: Temps & Company - Senior Technical Temporary
1988 - 1990: U.S. Department of Justice - Civil Division Procurement Specialist
Military
This really is the bonus question with me. If you know that I was in the military, then you go WAY back. If you know the details, well, you are one of a very few indeed!
O.K., I joined the Navy in 1985 because I wanted to make my dad proud. He was Air Force, but I thought the Navy uniforms looked sexy.
If this were a movie, this is where the ominous music would start. "Don't ask, don't tell" hadn't come around yet, but you could probably guess anyway that things wouldn't go well for me if I joined a particular branch because the uniform turned me on!
And things didn't go well. On or about year two, The Navy tried to make me sign a contract that I wasn't gay. Of course I wouldn't, and that began a four-year battle of the wills and wits. Of course all of you who knew me also know that the Navy had their hands full, and they did.
I avoided arrest at least twice and ultimately outlived both of my naval investigators before the Navy threw in the towel and gave me an honorable discharge.
True story: At the end of a four-year legal battle, I called them after receiving my discharge to complain that I had not received my U.S. Navy stickers that were supposed to be in my discharge package.
There was a stunned silence on the other end of the line at Naval District Washington... "After all you've been through to get this discharge, you're complaining that you didn't get your stickers?"
My reply? "You didn't pay me for the last two years. The least you can do is give me the f*&^%%& stickers!"
I received the stickers in the mail a week later.
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