University of Colorado, Boulder:
Sept 1992-Aug 1997
B.S. Applied Mathematics
B.S. Computer Science
Minor: Electrical Engineering
Computer Skills
Research WorkExtensive proficiency with installation, configuration and maintenance of Linux, HP-UX, Windows NT, Windows 9X, Macintosh Operating systems Experienced in infrastructure architecture of heterogeneous computer systems. Strong in C, C++, Scheme, Perl, Java, Matlab, IDL Programming Languages. Knowlegable in building database-backed web sites.
Year 2000 Problem:
Jun 1998-present
Y2K Project Manager, MIT AI Lab and MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
Assumed primary responsibility for guiding MIT Research Labs through Y2K
Awareness, Assessment, Repair
and Testing strategies.
Nov 1997-present
Chief Research Scientist, Proprium Enterprises
Formulated a spreadsheet for quantifying an industry’s Y2K vunerabilty
based on original research and early
Y2K assessments.
Designed an AI program to filter, classify, and prioritize real-time newsfeed
data according to Y2K-related
significance.
Complex Systems Theory:
Nov 1997-present
Research Staff, MIT Project MAC
Built a toolkit for reverse-engineering solutions to multivariate
polynomial reaction-diffusion equations.
Cryptography:
Sept 1996-Oct 1997
Research Assistant, University of Colorado Department
of Applied Mathematics
Cryptanalyzed a novel algorithm based on nonlinear feedback
shift registers.
Time Series Prediction:
April 1995-Dec 1996
Geophysical Statistician, NOAA Aeronomy Lab
Performed a statistical analysis on 30 years of satellite data to isolate
the effect of volcanic aerosols on
stratospheric ozone.
Jan 1994-Dec 1994
Undergraduate Researcher, University of Colorado Optoelectronics
Center
Trained a time-delay embedded neural network to predict the phase transition
behavior of low-dimensional
chaotic systems.
Industry Experience
Systems Administration:
Nov 1997-present
Systems Administrator, MIT Project MAC
Architected major infrastructure overhaul of heterogeneous
cluster of Windows NT, HP-UX,
and Linux machines.
Performed systems support, trouble-shooting, and network security for MIT
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
and MIT Laboratory for Computer Science.
Software Engineering:
Sept 1996-May 1997
Software Engineer, Rhodes Press.
Part of a 4-person team to design and build the Schematic
Spreadsheet CAD program to enable on-chip
design of FPGA logic circuits