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Objectives -- To apply my deep and broad experience in technology to transform organizations and the world.
Background -- I discovered computing in my late teens in the era before the ubiquitous PCs and Macs, when personal computing was for enthusiasts who were willing to build a computer from kits and write programs byte by byte directly in the machine's binary language. When the first commertial PCs arrived I had taken my first salaried position partway through my BS from MIT. I started my job at Victor Business Products the same month the first IBM PCs were shipping where we were introducing a competitive product, the Victor 9000. Thirty years later and my technical chops have only become deeper and broader. I may not be as quick as I was in my twenties, but in thirty years I've either made or witnessed most any mistake you can make and I'm big on avoiding falling into the same hole twice.
In the specific, my background tends strongly towards open systems and open source software, and I can find my way around Mac OS and Windows well enough when necessary for integration work. I use Windows for work and I use Macs as workstations, but I don't go out of my way to learn anything that invests in the proprietary technology. It does not serve any of my client's interests to be locked into a particular vendor's technology. When it is necessary because of a project constraint whether internal or external, I am happy to learn what is necessary for the success of the projects I work on. My background in Dot Net technology or ClearCase is like that, and my ClearCase background is pretty deep and broad even as it gets less current. The reason is simple, it pays off for both me and my clients. It is the proprietary technologies that have not lasted and the open ones that only broaden and grow with time, they are valuable in their time but it never pays off to invest in what someone else owns.
Background -- I discovered computing in my late teens in the era before the ubiquitous PCs and Macs, when personal computing was for enthusiasts who were willing to build a computer from kits and write programs byte by byte directly in the machine's binary language. When the first commertial PCs arrived I had taken my first salaried position partway through my BS from MIT. I started my job at Victor Business Products the same month the first IBM PCs were shipping where we were introducing a competitive product, the Victor 9000. Thirty years later and my technical chops have only become deeper and broader. I may not be as quick as I was in my twenties, but in thirty years I've either made or witnessed most any mistake you can make and I'm big on avoiding falling into the same hole twice.
In the specific, my background tends strongly towards open systems and open source software, and I can find my way around Mac OS and Windows well enough when necessary for integration work. I use Windows for work and I use Macs as workstations, but I don't go out of my way to learn anything that invests in the proprietary technology. It does not serve any of my client's interests to be locked into a particular vendor's technology. When it is necessary because of a project constraint whether internal or external, I am happy to learn what is necessary for the success of the projects I work on. My background in Dot Net technology or ClearCase is like that, and my ClearCase background is pretty deep and broad even as it gets less current. The reason is simple, it pays off for both me and my clients. It is the proprietary technologies that have not lasted and the open ones that only broaden and grow with time, they are valuable in their time but it never pays off to invest in what someone else owns.