Who am I?
I have founded and facilitated professional groups for over 3,000 members for medical research, engineering, health technology, and medical laboratories.
Founder of: GlobalMedicalResearch.org and GulfofMexicoHealth.com
I am also a Senior Web producer and visual designer for Soflex Online.
I have created 67 Web projects in the past eight years ranging from online medical sites, numerous B2B applications, and consumer sites.
Consultant pro bono for Robert A.F. Thurman. The Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies in the Department of Religion at Columbia University, and co-founder and President of Tibet House US. He writes and lectures frequently on Buddhism, Asian history, and critical philosophy. Robert Thurman has been a personal friend of the Dalai Lama for over 40 years.
Education
M.S. in Computing Technology in Education
Nova Southeastern University – 2007
Summa Cum Laude
Multi-Media Studies Center
San Francisco State University – 1998
B.F.A. Computer Graphic Design
Millikin University – 1989
Summa Cum Laude
Research
Encouraging Critical Medical Breakthroughs Through Collaborative Communities
Gulf of Mexico Health
Online Learning Environments
Usability and Visual Design
The Semantic Web
Affiliations
Global Medical Research.org (Founder)
Gulf of Mexico Health.com (Founder)
ACM, SIGGRAPH, SIGCHI
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
International Society for Technology in Education
TED (Technology, Education & Design)
Awards
Addy Award: PPI Technologies Packaging Equipment Website
Addy Award: Teleflex Electrical Configurator
Upsilon Phi Epsilon: Honor Society for Computer Science
Scholastic All-American Collegiate Award: United States Achievement Academy
Outstanding Senior Artist and National Dean’s List
Full Honors Program Scholarship – Millikin University
