A well-rounded technology communicator, information visualizer, software innovator, and geospatial researcher; an experienced and attentive professional who collaborates effectively, solves problems creatively, attends to details, meets deadlines and consistently delivers on-time, high-quality results

Computer Systems

Languages	XML (DocBook), HTML, MediaWiki and TiddlyWiki, MATLAB, C, Fortran, some Javascript and SQL
Applications	Arbortext Editor; FrameMaker; MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook; MATLAB; Wordpress, Adobe Acrobat, Illustrator, Photoshop; Freehand; Canvas; SharePoint; SnagIt; PDF-XChange
Operating Systems	Windows XP & 7; Mac OS 1-10; Unix/Linux; VAX/DCL

Writing and Editorial

• Edited and prepared for printing PDFs of technical reports for phases of power generation construction projects
• Edited, wrote and formatted marketing brochures describing the scope of capabilities a power engineering firm provides to its customers
  
• Authored user documentation and coded examples for MATLAB and other MathWorks products, describing features and techniques in user guides, release notes, tutorials, examples, and bug reports, in-product and online
• Collaborated with engineers, scientists, marketers, project managers, analysts, clients and users to prepare project proposals and software specifications
• Researched and wrote weekly HTML IT trends e-newsletter covering a wide range of technology developments and market trends, reaching 50,000 subscribers, and drove up circulation 1,000% in one year
• Edited and wrote technical reports, software manuals, and online guides for applications on PC, Mac, Unix Linux and other platforms.
• Edited technical reports, academic journal articles, symposia papers, ad copy, and collaborated to prepare government reports and write textbook chapters
• Published scientific articles on geographic information science, digital cartography, urban planning and spatial analysis in academic journals. (see publications)
• Contributed articles to print and online newsletters, and trade magazines about technology trends, digital cartography, computer graphics, and geospatial data analysis and management

• Produced the first animated holographic map, exhibited at the Pompidou Center in Paris, The Computer Museum in Boston and on public television, depicting settlement and population growth of the US from 1790 to 1970 as a moving virtual surface
  
• Developed software for four-color analytic hillshading of digital terrain data on a frame buffer display
  
• Created a guide to geospatial resources on the Web to accompany my documentation for the MATLAB-based Mapping Toolbox.
  
• Created a novel animated comic strip on the Web, explaining geospatial concepts and research results and explained technique in a web paper and webzine
  
• Developed web site spatial-effects.com for own professional services practice (no longer maintained)
  
• Composed digital thematic maps published in Life, Time, New York Times, Boston Globe, Scientific American, and National Geographic magazines
  
• Developed program for four-color analytic hillshading of digital terrain data on an early frame buffer display
  
• Specified, designed and executed graphic exhibits, demos, and videos describing computer graphics devices and techniques at the former Computer Museum of Boston
  
• Coordinated and designed four trade show exhibits for the former Harvard Computer Graphics Lab, including slide and frame buffer shows, posters, logos, and interactive demos
  

Research and Development

• Developed algorithms and coded C application for cartographic generalization based on hierarchical coordinate representation, University of Zurich
• Implemented DECwindow and command line interfaces for business graphics package in DCL and C on VAX/VMS, and debugged charting algorithms, Access Technology
• Helped organize and clean a national Major Land Resource Areas geospatial database categorizing farmlands across the U.S. in Oracle - National Center for Resource Innovations
• Specified functionality of O-O polygon overlay module for Unix-based GIS, Prime Computer
• Developed temporal-spatial database and reporting software for lightning events in C on DOS 386 PCs, Dynamics Research
• Specified, designed and coded in C/Unix an interactive 3D terrain visualization workstation for planning tactical Air Force missions, Dynamics Research
• Designed and coded software to present audiovisual material to severely disabled children using HyperCard and SuperCard, Children’s Hospital, Boston

Project Supervision

• Managed peer network of PCs, server and peripherals at CityDesign Collaborative and handled all cartographic production
• Technical lead and project manager for GIS studies and software/data quality assurance for FEMA, EPA, FHWA and local government clients at HDM
• Technical lead of four-company team for successful Enhanced Terrain Perspective Viewer DOD design competition, Dynamics Research
• Supervised vendors and volunteers constructing computer graphics gallery exhibits at The Computer Museum
• Coordinated chapter of USDA-sponsored study of multipurpose land data systems
• Directed application software distribution and supervised design, construction and logistics for travelling exhibits at Harvard Computer Graphics Lab
• Directed production of computer maps for clients of Harvard Computer Graphics Lab
• Principal investigator for NSF grant for macrogeographic analysis of social and economic systems

Work History

Doctor of Philosophy in Geography, University of Zürich, Switzerland

Master in City and Regional Planning, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge MA

Bachelor of Arts in Government, Columbia University, New York NY