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Almeida obtained a Bachelor's degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from the San Diego State University and his Master of Science in Computer Science from Stanford. He served in the United States Marine Corps, attaining the rank of First Lieutenant and attended the 3rd Marine Division's Scout-Sniper School as well as the 1st Marine Division's Surveillance and Target Acquisition Platoon School. He is a certified instructor of the Krav Maga self defense system. Just before joining CTU, he worked for the Transmeta Corporation as a Systems Validation Analyst.

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