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Education

Degrees Awarded

Certificates Awarded

Publications/Papers

Experience

2007-Present

Technical Director

The Ocean Project of Providence, Rhode Island

• Project work at The Ocean Project where I provide Web-enablement services for an emerging socially-mediated series of Web sites, including the Watershed-Ocean Initiative site.

2008-Present

Continuing Education Faculty

Rhode Island School of Design

• Teach required and elective courses within the Web Design and Development Certificate and Young Artist programs to motivated students.

2006-2009

Research Scientist

University of Washington Regional Visualization and Analytics Center

• Developing a real-time global visualization platform for considering emergency response efforts - emphasis on visual planning and training tools for emergency response scenarios.
• Developed infrastructure and taught for a visual analytics research center at the University of Washington
• Architecting and developing a RimSim simulation environment for improving distributed cognition among first responders to major natural crises events around the Pacific Rim. Long-term platform for studying collaboration and role play in a game-like environment using computer-mediated visualizations and communications.

2001-2006

Consultant

University of Washington Center for Environmental Visualization

• Architected and developed an Earth Sciences visualization pipeline consisting of six components (data acquisition, metadata encoding, datastream transport, visualization pipeline, desktop exploration products, advanced classroom exploratory interfaces). XML database, XML application, dynanic Web server services, IRIS Explorer modularization, graphics engine, and advanced hardware.
• Applied 3-D visualization and interactivity skills to present and explore Ocean Science datasets (and Earth Science datasets).
• Enhanced a physical soil and vegetation hydrology model (DHSVM) to provide a Web interface that allows model set up and runs from any Internet-connected client. HTML forms to Java Server Pages to Postgres relational database and database to C to model run and output generation. Significant focus on output generation to visualization.

• Worked as a research scientist promoting the technologies of desktop cyberspace such as 3-D, interactive, social environments, interactive scientific visualizations and geographic collaboration tools. Helped establish sister lab in New Zealand. Specifically worked on:
1. Developing Virtual Endeavor World - an interactive 3-D virtual environment for education on undersea tectonic plate spreading center habitats.
2. Developed Virtual Big Beef Creek, an interactive 3-D virtual environment for education on geography, ground water issues, salmon habitat and land use.
3. Developed a Virtual Anatomy Lab, an interactive 3-D virtual environment for learning gross anatomy.
4. Enhanced a popular 4-D Mouse driver for connectivity to Java 3D-based virtual environments.
5. Developed Virtual Playground software, an architecture for scalable, rapidly produced, on-line, 3-D meeting spaces. Became the project manager for the second year of project.

• Worked with in-browser 3-D virtual world development for the Meet3D software platform. Participated in the OWorld virtual platform architecture development with occasional proof-of-concept implementations, including promotion of the Atmosphere product that incorporated the architecture. Webmaster of the www.oworld.org domain.

• Designed and implemented a virtual world for interactively manipulating abstract three-dimensional data for HRB of State College, PA.
  Technologies Used: VRML 2, HTML, Java, Photo Shop
• Designed and implemented a demonstration world for 3-D, interactive, consumer product prototyping on the internet for the Washington Technology Center.
  Technologies Used: VRML 2, Java, JDBC, 3D Studio Max
• Designed and implemented a multi-user, flexible, simulation world to test and report on the usability of the underlying technologies.
  Technologies Used: VRML 2, Java, Java Networking Classes, Java Server
• Translated existing HITL virtual worlds for presentation on the web and supervised model upgrades from VRML 1 to VRML 97.
  Technologies Used: HTML, Inventor, VRML 1, VRML 97, UNIX, Alias

• Design and teach community and technical college courses on VRML and 3D Studio Max virtual world design.
• Design and teach corporate and community college courses on HTML and web page design.
• Designed and taught corporate courses on Groupware, specifically Lotus Notes.
• Gained significant experience in teaching various office and home software productivity tools.

• Designed and directed a distributed database project connecting work load analysis in six field offices across the United States. Supervised three staff, coordinated six service field office managers, and interacted with six technology specialists (hardware, database management, LAN, etc.).
• Designed and coordinated a groupware project connecting lead underwriters in 24 commercial lines field offices across the United States.
• Company-wide product manager for Lotus Notes. Provided technical support, consultation, and training to a base of 1400 licensees across the United States. Worked with a team of five Lotus Notes specialists and 24 productivity software specialists.

• C and BASIC programmer producing financial illustrations tools for personal health, life, and annuity insurance products as part of a six person team. Emphasis on graphical and numerical outputs.
• COBOL and Job Control programmer - supported large, national billing systems for group health insurance products as part of an eleven person team.

• Public accountant, auditor, project accountant, budget coordinator, and financial analyst for four separate entities: Ernst & Young, Labatt's USA, Malm Luggage, and Marshall & Illsley Bank (MICARD Services).

• Passed the CPA exam in Boston, MA (1988)

Interests

• Attended Earth To Avatars Conference in San Francisco, CA and Virtual Communities Conference in Seattle, WA in order to network heavily with virtual communities proponents developers. Strong interest in creating successful virtual communities and improving existing communities. Relationships with attendees remain strong via a personal virtual community.

• Designed and implemented websites for two Seattle-based companies. One a technical recruiting company - the other a magazine subscriptions organization.

• Basic fluency in Spanish.
• 7.5 years of formal education in French.