Professional Objective
A challenging research based position that allows me to use my unique skills to develop novel new methods to solve the world's hardest problems of coordination, collaboration, and communication.
Education
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Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy
and Computation, Organizations, and Society, May 2009
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. Dual degree between the Carnegie Institute of
Technology (college of engineering) and School of Computer
Science at Carnegie Mellon University. Ph.D. thesis title
"Vertical Interaction in Open Software Engineering Communities".
Thesis advisors Dr. James Herbsleb and
Dr. Kathleen Carley.
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MS in Computation, Organizations, and Society, May 2007
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
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MS in Computer Science, August 2003
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL. Member of the Scalable Computer Systems Laboratory
under the supervision of Dr. Xian-He Sun. Developed "Scarlet"
a framework of pervasive computing environments built on top
of web services frameworks and standards.
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BS in Computer Science, May 2002
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
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BS in Computer Engineering, May 2002
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
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BS in Electrical Engineering, May 2002
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
Work Experience
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow IBM TJ Watson Research Center, Hawthorne, NY August 2009-Present
Work as a member of the governance science research team. Research on understanding how
communication affects team performance at the planning, implementation, and maintenance stages of
software development. Evaluation of the state of collaborative tools and communities to better understand
how to develop tools to support communication and coordination. Model and develop how we can utilize
various data streams to provide portfolio wide ROI metrics while taking into account uncertainty.
Post-Doctoral Research Associate Software Industry Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA May 2009-July 2009
Research assistant working to understand the complex dependencies of non-routine intellectual
work such as novel engineering tasks and software development. Worked to develop methods to capture
these dependencies and understand their implications for team performance.
Graduate Research Assistant Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA August 2003-May 2009
Research to better understand the complex interactions
and motivations involved in Open Source software
development. This has required the development of methods to
understand software architecture evolution and design,
collaborative requirements management, software development
governance, and tracing artifacts across the software
development process.
Summer Research Intern IBM TJ Watson Research Center, Hawthorne, NY June 2007-August 2007
Member of the governance science research team.
Expanded the Socio-Technical Congruence metric for use in the
enterprise environment by allowing measurement at the
individual level. Worked with projects within IBM to
understand what attributes of projects led to successful Open
Source releases of software. Developed visualizations of
communication and congruence.
Teaching Assistant Computer Science Department, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL September 2000-August 2003
Designed homework assignments and tests,
graded work, oversaw student projects, managed labs, and
lectured when needed. From January 2003 to August 2003 I
managed a group of twelve undergraduate students on an
inter-professional project to understand the place of pervasive
and ubiquitous computing on a college
campus.
Summer Research Intern Math and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL April 2002-September 2002
Achievements:
- Developed the Grid Services Flow Language, an XML
dialect for specifying dependencies and information flow in
the GLOBUS Environment.
- Worked with the SciDAC Java CoG Kit Team and the
Collaboratory for Multiscale Chemistry to develop a grid
services based system for analysis of thermochemical
tables.
Senior Developer LEC, Ltd, Chicago, IL April 1999-September 2000
Achievements:
- Worked directly with designers and clients to sell and develop usable, novel, and cutting edge web experiences.
- Designed, ordered, installed, and managed a
commercial grade data center for advertising agency
clients.
- Architected and developed E-Stakes, a
multi-million user capable system for tying offline purchases
to online activities.
- Designed and managed the technical components of
the Chicago Transit Authority's "Take it and Win"
promotion.
Developer MyPoints, Schaumburg, IL April 1998-September 1998
One of the earliest employees of the company.
Designed and implemented a complete customer service system in
PL/SQL and Java to support multiple branded
campaigns.
Research/Technical Skills
Programming: Python, Unix Shell Scripting, C, R, JavaScript, C#, PHP, Java.
System Administration: Linux, OpenBSD, Apache, Tomcat, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Wireless Networks.
Data Mining: Harvesting and analyzing information from software repositories, online forums, weblogs, real-time chats, in-person meetings.
Research Methods: Social Network Analysis, Data Mining, Text and Content Analysis, Qualitative Data Analysis, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Uncertainty Modeling and Simulation, Multi-Attribute Utility Analysis.
Web Technologies: HTML (and most of the HTML5 goodness like canvas, audio, etc), CSS, XML, SVG, AJAX, XSLT.
Awards and Honors
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Best Paper: Academy of Management 2010 Annual Meeting, August 2010
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Sloan Industry Studies 2009 Dissertation Award (2nd Place), May 2010
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Best Paper: CSCW 2006, November 2006
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National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, May 2004-May 2007
Three year highly competitive fellowship based on research potential supporting
portions of tuition and stipend at Carnegie
Mellon University.
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Teaching Assistant of the Year, Department of Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology, December 2002
Given in recognition of work as teaching assistant for
senior level undergraduate courses in computer architecture
and operating systems.
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Energy Research Undergraduate Laboratory Fellowship, United States Department of Energy, May 2002-August 2002
Competitive fellowship for junior and senior level
undergraduates to pursue summer research at a United States
Department of Energy research lab. This allowed to research grid and distributed computing at Argonne National Lab.
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Styker Outstanding Student Leader Award, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1999-2001
Award given annually to the top 20-25 most
outstanding student leaders at Illinois Institute of Technology.
Three time recipient for my contributions to student government, Greek life, and service.
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Camras/NExT Scholarship, Illinois Institute of Technology, August 1997-May 2002
Recipient of a competitive five year full tuition merit based academic scholarship.
Professional Memberships
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IEEE, 2003-Present:
The Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers. The professional society for computer engineers, electrical engineers, and computer scientists.
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IEEE Computer Society, 2003-Present:
Special interest group within IEEE for computer professionals.
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ACM, 2003-Present:
The Association for Computing Machinery, the society for computer scientists and computer professionals.
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ACM SIGCHI, 2009-Present:
Special interest group in ACM on computer-human interaction.
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ACM SIGSoft, 2009-Present:
Special interest group on software engineering.
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INSNA, 2005-2008:
International Network for Social Network Analysis, the professional society for researchers and practitioners of social network analysis.
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Tau Beta Pi:
Honor society for engineers. Inducted into the Illinois Beta chapter in 2000.
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INFORMS, 2008-Present:
Institute for Operations Research and Management Science.
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Academy of Management, 2010-Present:
The Academy of Management is the premiere professional organization for scholars and practitioners that create and disseminate knowledge about management and organizations.
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