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Curriculum Vitae View CV as PDF |
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Education Publications Classes and Seminars 2008 PhD, Ecosystem Analysis, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington Dissertation: Climate, fire, and vegetation change in Yosemite National Park (more). 2005 MS, Ecosystem Analysis, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington: Thesis: The Contribution of Mortality to Early Coniferous Forest Development. (more). 1985 MS, Sloan School of Management, MIT 1985 MS, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT Combined BS/MS with industrial internship at Schlumberger Technologies. 1985 BS, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT 1980 High School: Friends School of Baltimore
Honors and Awards Xi Sigma Pi (Forestry), Eta Kappa Nu (Electrical Engineering), Sigma Xi (Science), NSF IGERT Fellowship (Multinational Collaborations on Challenges to the Environment), UW Top Scholar Award, ARCS Fellowship (Burdette and John McClelland Fellowship), Byron and Alice Lockwood Fellowship, National Merit 4 Year Scholarship
Work Experience 2008-Present. Research Associate 2003-2008. College of Forest Resources, University of Washington 2006-2007 Pre-Doctoral Instructor Graduate Forest Community Ecology (with Andrew J Larson). (Archived web site) 2006-2007 Teaching Assistant Ecosystem Management in the Sierra Nevada (Archived web site) Wildland Recreation and Amenity Management (Archived web site) Society and Sustainable Environments (Archived web site) 2007 Curriculum Development Assisted in the development of the College’s core introductory classes in the ecological and social aspects of Pacific Northwest Ecosystems. 2003-2008 Research Associate Analyzed ecological data. Performed field work at Bunchgrass Meadows (OR), H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest (OR), Mt. S. Helens National Monument (WA) and Cedar River Watershed (WA): surveying, vegetative sampling, increment coring. 2006 Crew Leader Managed all aspects of summer field season doing vegetative sampling (overstory and understory). Led 12 person crew comprised of paid staff, interns and volunteers. More Vegetative Sampling details. More Ecological Field Work details. HSBC Investment Bank, London: Managing Director and Global Head of Securities IT. Managed 289 person organization and supervised budget of 100 MM. Responsible for equity related systems world-wide (cash, derivatives, research, corporate finance, customer relationship management, revenue analysis, risk, middleware, global order routing and web delivery. Hidden Light Consulting, Bellevue, WA: Consulted Asian financial organizations on business process automation and trading analytics. HSBC Investment Bank, Tokyo: Head of Securities IT. Managed agency and proprietary trading technology. Implemented new system and developed almost-paperless business flow. Automated operations, developed arbitrage and VWAP analytics. Lehman Brothers, Tokyo: Vice President Trading Services. Responsible for Japanese index arbitrage technology. Managed analysis and simulation of failure modes and MTTR. Developed MOF required tracking, OSE futures system and baikai display. Developed and traded statistical arbitrage program. Digitized market data distribution system for Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore. Managed 10 MM market data budget. TIBCO, Tokyo. Client Technical Services Manager, Asia. Managed dealing room automation projects in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia. Micrognosis, San Jose, CA; Tokyo; New York. Manager of Trading Technology. Managed dealing room installation at Mitsubishi Bank including development of Japanese language versions of software. Consulted clients on dealing room automation and analytics Schlumberger Technologies, San Jose, CA. Engineered and tested high speed timing circuits. Developed graphical object-oriented software suite for automatic test programming. Skills Surveying (Nikon Total Station, Trimble GPS, Haglöf hypsometer), procedural and object oriented programming (many languages). FCC licenses: GROL/Radar, GMDSS, Ham (KD7GJN). |