About Me

I’m Ed Menard and BackAmp Research is the focal point for stuff I do on the interwebs.  At various points in my life I’ve been a burger flipper at Burger Chef, a pizza guy, an electrical engineer (actually have credentials for this), an IT architect (more credentials), a board member of Black Star Co-op, an account manager at another three initial company and now find myself back at my first T.I.C. as an IT Specialist or Client Technical Specialist, depending on who you ask.

I also hold a couple of patents, like to ride my bicycles (slowly), play tennis (poorly), and take photos.

By the way, when I was seven years old I coined the term “Nothing Sandwich”. I’ve noticed that there are other references to nothing sandwiches on the web, but I assure you that I originated the term in the ’60s. (On a related note, my father once told me that he coined the term “AOK”. He’s a retired rocket scientist. A web search suggested that some journalist first used it in the early sixties, but Dad is quite adamant that he started it in the late ’50s.)

I’m a Gator who lives in Austin, TX.

And my pirate name is Dirty Tom Rackham.

“You can pretend to be serious; you can’t pretend to be witty.” — Sacha Guitry