I am a 1985 graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University with a degree in
Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Public Policy. My double major provided me a rather
extensive background in economics, cost-benefit analysis, statistics, computers, and the
business and social aspects of technology in our society. I was also one of the initial
participants in the CMU Robotics Institute’s Autonomous Vehicle Program. I was
responsible for the design and construction of the first robotic auto-leveling stereo
vision camera mounting mechanism for use by autonomous vehicles, thus providing me an
extensive computer programming background.
Selected for the Navy's Nuclear Power program, I completed their
intensive post-graduate Nuclear Engineering program and served 4 years active duty onboard
Nuclear Attack Submarines as division officer and Nuclear Quality Assurance officer.
I chose to leave active duty in 1990 to take the position of Island
Manager of a resort island construction project on Spanish Cay, Bahamas. I served as the
owner's direct representative on the island responsible all operational, engineering, and
management decisions on the island.
In 1992, I moved back to West Palm Beach and took the position of R
& D Engineer at RGF Environmental Systems Inc., a small, entrepreneurial company
founded here in 1985. I served as the Director of Engineering from 1994 to 1997 and was
promoted to Vice President of Engineering / Research and Development in 1997.
I was accepted into the Nova Southeastern University School of Business
and Entrepreneurship Executive MBA program in September of 1997 and will graduate in April
of 1999.
In 1998 I left RGF to pursue consulting opportunities that had
presented themselves and have been consulting in the area of engineering design,
manufacturing and information systems management.
I have served 2 years as president of Northboro Park Historic Neighbor
Association, in downtown West Palm Beach. The association has been very active and
instrumental in the City's renovation efforts of the previously rundown Historic
Neighborhoods.
As an active reservist in the Naval Reserve, I am presently serving as
Assistant Administration officer of CINCLANTFLEET 108 in Miami, FL. My main area of
responsibility is Information Systems management.
I served as Director of Communication, Computer and Information Systems
for Exercise Fuentes Defensas-99 in Norfolk VA. This Joint Warfare Exercise encompassed
over 30,000 active duty military personnel from all four Armed Services that relied
heavily on Web-based information flow. As director I was responsible for all areas
information management including, network hardware, bandwidth allocation, TCP/IP server ,
WAN, MAN , and LAN routing, network performance, security, and user education and
troubleshooting.
Previously, I have served as Executive Officer for 3 years of NAVAL
EMBARKED ADVISORY TEAM 108 West Palm Beach, FL., and Staff Planning officer for the
Commander Military Sealift Command, Southwest Asia, at Mac Dill AFB Tampa, FL.
