Born and raised in Toronto and now a resident of Guelph, Ontario, Jordan graduated from Radio College of Canada's Electronic Engineering Technology program in 1983, only to discover that he had a passion for computer programming. Spending his days working as a service technician, Jordan invested many sleepless nights teaching himself Assembly Language. He published his first program in 1985 and started learning higher-level languages such as C and C++. Jordan co-founded The Computer Software Specialists, now known as Interactivity Unlimited, and eventually left the computer hardware indu