Location:	Arlington, Virginia, USA
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I am currently a software consultant and developing a physics based MMO called Neptune Live. My expertise is in Computer Graphics, Distributed (p2p) Systems, Java, Python/Django, Javascript/jQuery, and Andorid apps.

I was a Research Support Staff member at the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems in the Distributed Systems group. I worked on FreePastry and ePost in the Systems Group under Peter Druschel.

Short History:

• 1985-1990: BASICA Games Programmer beginnning at Age 6 on a Compaq portable computer like this.
• 1994-1997: Involved in the early years of the South Burlington Imaging Lab.
• 1994-1997: Worked at RETN, twice directed a 2 day live television broadcast of the school's Model UN.
• 1996: Worked for Polhemus Inc. and presented a project at SIGGRAPH '96 in New Orleans.
• 1997-2001: Worked on several computer graphics projects with Joe Warren.
• 1999: Won the Individual Grand Prize for the 1999 ACM/IBM Quest for Java.
• 2001: B.A. in Computer Science from Rice University.
• 2000-2003: Co-founded Advanced Reality with Derek Ruths. Founder, Chief Architect, and Board Member.
• 2003-2005: Staff Programmer for Systems Group in the Rice University Computer Science Department. -- Worked on FreePastry and ePost with Peter Druschel.
• 2005-2009: Joined the new Max Plank Institute for Software Systems.
• 2009-2012: Software Consultant and developing a Massively Multiplayer Spaceship Game called Neptune Live.

Hobbies:

• Sailing -- racing dinghy's through large sloops, volunteer on tall ships including The Elissa
• Autocross -- 2001 Trans-Am
• Snowboarding
• Hiking
• Mountain Biking
• Various Musical Instruments -- Trombone, Guitar, Piano
• EMT certification and volunteered for 2 years with Rice EMS and various Harris County emergency services.