I was born in Queens, New York on June 30, 1969, just a few weeks before the Apollo 11 astronauts stepped out of their spacecraft and into the grey dust of a new world. My parents pointed my face at the TV so that I could see it.
I am an IS researcher focused on human-computer interaction, social learning and information visualization and am studying to complete my Ph.D. at Claremont Graduate University. I am also an IT professional with a decade and a half of experience in UNIX systems administration and applications programming. I am currently the manager of Enterprise UNIX Solutions at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California, where my team and I run the central UNIX services for the campus, such as e-mail and authentication.
I currently live in Altadena, California within an easy walk of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where scientists laid the groundwork for the Apollo landings with their Ranger and Surveyor landers.
An IS&T researcher interested in human-computer interaction, social learning and information visualization.
Altadena
Manager of IT; UNIX Systems Administrator; UNIX Programmer
California Institute of Technology
Manager of Enterprise Unix Solutions
Project and technical manager of a four person team of systems administrators and programmers responsible for in-house software development and the design, deployment, and maintenance of centralized UNIX services and systems including main campus e-mail systems and www.caltech.edu. Responsibilities include hiring technical staff, systems administration of key central services and promoting knowledge management practices. UNIX technical lead for Division of Humanities and Social Sciences until that position is filled.
Master's Degree
Clover Hill High School, Midlothian, VA
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Masters of Engineering
