RESUME

Education

 
Degrees Awarded
 

Certificates Awarded

Publications/Papers

Experience

2008-Present

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 with the aim of developing thoughtful contributors to the non-profit and environmental organizational realms.

2011-Present

Director

Watersheds Project

• Project work for The Ocean Foundation where I run their sponsored Watersheds Project, including the Watershed-Ocean Initiative site.

2007-2010

Technical Director

The Ocean Project

• Performed technical project work for The Ocean Foundation at The Ocean Project. Provided critical Web-enablement services for an emerging socially-mediated series of Web sites, including the initial Watershed-Ocean Initiative site that became the basis of the Watersheds Project.

2006-2009

Research Scientist

University of Washington Regional Visualization and Analytics Center

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

2001-2006

Technical Director

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. Built a Python wrapper for drag-and-drop model case study setup.

• 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 an emergent 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. Advanced from platform software coordinator to project manager on an eight-person development team.

• 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 and the Biota 3 conference it supported.

• 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, PhotoShop
• 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

• Designed and taught community and technical college courses on VRML and 3D Studio Max virtual world design.
• Designed and taught 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 for clients developing sophisticated solutions.

• 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 integrating 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

• Vice President of the Friends of the Moshassuck Watershed which provides opportunities for personal action to improve the quality of life for local watershed residents through watershed awareness and improvement opportunities.

• 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.