David Stoddard attended Moorpark City College, taking night classes for mechanical/architectural drawing.  Having married in 1986, he graduated from the Union Carpentry program in 1987 as a Journeyman Carpenter.

While working full time and raising two sons, David then attended ITT Technical College, graduating in 2001 with an Associate degree in Computer Tech.

David currently works as a supervisor in the fire restoration industry in the daytime, and works nights and weekends building e-commerce sites, managing much of the internet commerce development of SALA-GROUP.