I've been a technical professional in the Web industry since 1994 when Netscape Navigator changed our lives forever. Over that time I've worked closely with countless cross-sector enterprise organizations to strategically align business goals with the right cloud web technologies and approaches to accelerate digital transformation and deliver complete experiences that engage, convert, and drive results.

I hold several industry standard technical certifications on leading platforms. I am a long-time Schreyers Honors College and award-winning faculty member in the College of Information Sciences and Technology and the College of Arts and Architecture at the Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University, the University of Denver, and the University of Maryland. I give seminars, hybrid teach, and author courses on Web technology topics such as: application development, human-centered design, security and risk analysis, and cloud computing in order to give back and to help empower the next generation of critical thinkers and web professionals.

Additionally, I am proud to have served on the faculty at Thomas Jefferson University and St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, as well as one of my favorite places, Hof University of Applied Sciences in Bavaria, Germany.

When I'm not at the computer working, I'm usually at a hockey rink or soccer pitch with my kids, and/or running long distances, reading, fishing, supporting the Philadelphia Phillies, and hanging out on the New Jersey shore with my brilliant partner and the Hat Trick (our 3 sporty, brainy kids).

I love to travel, help people learn, and build powerful, useable, and valuable digital projects in the cloud.

Details

My professional work focuses on enterprise-level technical and creative development and strategy using open source technologies and critical approaches to media studies as a process for building quality digital experiences. As a Sr. Technical Product Marketing Manager, Sr. Web Developer, Cloud Architect, Professor, Technical Account Manager, and Author, I have been working on the web for the past 30 years helping to build sustainable web ecosystems for a globally diverse range of organizations, users, businesses, and higher education institutions. The digital web experiences I have helped build are used by millions of people every day ^{1 2 3} .

I studied at Harvard University (Computer Science); Bradley University (B.Sc.); The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Post-Bacc.); University of Denver (M.A.); and the European Graduate School (Ph.D.) in Saas-fee, Switzerland for my doctoral research. I defended my doctoral dissertation on extracting meaning from mediated messages with Professor Dr. Hubertus von Amelunxen, Ph.D. in Berlin, Germany. The book was published the same year.

Projects & Logos

I have enjoyed working with and traveling to many leading organizations and institutions around the world such as Penn State University; McGill University in Quebec, Canada; Ochanomizu University in Tokyo, Japan; Drupalcon in Dublin, Ireland; Hof University in Bavaria, Germany; Yale University Press; Kotka Photographic Center in Kotka, Finland; Rhonda Schaller Gallery in New York City; Chicago Public Library; Oprah Winfrey & Harpo Studios; University of California at Berkeley; University of Chicago; Frontline on PBS; Cellbytes in Australia; Temple University; Philadelphia Cultural Alliance; Brazilian Scientific Mobility Program at the Federal University of Paraná, Brazil; Instituto de Educação Superior in Brazil; Harvard University; National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, National Endowment for the Arts; Montana Arts Council; Los Angeles Center for Digital Art; University of Applied Sciences Hof, Bavaria, Germany; The British Journal of Educational Technology; Acquia; IEEE Computer Society; Springer Briefs in Computer Science; Enterprise Learning Solutions/NIIT in India; The National Library of Poetry; Fannie Mae and the Association of American Medical Colleges in Washington DC; and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston.

Accolades

• Awarded Employee of the Month at Acquia for January 2023
• Sumologic^™ Professional Certification
• Promoted to Senior Technical Account Manager at Acquia as a trusted cloud enterprise technical advisor to Harvard University, Nestle, Roche, Charles Schwab, and other elite organizations
• Penn State Innovative Teaching Grant Award for Gaming Technology
• University of Denver Career Champion Faculty Award - honoring faculty who have gone above and beyond in helping University of Denver undergraduate and graduate students meet their career and professional development goals
• Acquia DNA Award for my work with the Tokyo Summer Olympics with NBC Universal
• Acquia Engage 2021 Award winner for my customer Fannie Mae
• AWS^™ Certified Cloud Practitioner
• Cloudflare^™ Accredited Configuration Engineer
• Penn State University, Schreyer Honors College Faculty
• Invited Fulbright Scholar Award; STEAM Promoting Trans- and Interdisciplinary Research; College of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Social Sciences; University College Cork, Ireland
• Invited Reviewer by Yale University Press for Web Style Guide, 4th Edition
• Invited Speaker, Drupal NYC Camp at Open Camps, United Nations Building, New York City, New York
• Awarded Acquia Certified Open Source Developer, Acquia Drupal Site Builder Certification
• Invited Web Software Engineer, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
• Penn State College of IST Junior Faculty Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award (Nominee)
• Awarded contract to build next-generation interactive water quality research data portal for Nature Abounds PA Senior Environment Corps. (Funded by Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Growing Greener Grant)
• Invited Research Web Engineer, LunarLion at Penn State. The first university-lead mission to the moon in history.
• Invited Research Web Engineer, Cancer Research, PSU Hershey Medical Center
• Invited Research Web Engineer, Center for Collaborative Research in Intelligent Natural Gas Supply Systems at Penn State. (Funded by a $10 million grant from General Electric)
• Invited Research Web & Data Engineer, Methane Project, Penn State EESI & Trout Unlimited (TU), PA water quality monitoring research (Funded by the National Science Foundation)
• Invited Host Lecturer for the Brazilian Scientific Mobility Program, Penn State, and the Federal University of Paraná, Brazil
• Invited Research Web Engineer for National Science Foundation-funded EarthKin Environmental Kinetics Database, a collaboration with the School of Earth and Climate Sciences University of Maine and Penn State's Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
• Invited Host Lecturer in exchange program between Penn State and Instituto de Educação Superior de Brasília
• Invited Faculty Usability Expert for innovative elearning environment, EDMC
• Invited Classroom Technology Consultant, Acrobatiq Powered by Carnegie Mellon University
• Invited Reviewer, Sustainable Web Design, Focal Press Taylor & Francis Group
• Invited Web Technology Consultant, Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment
• Invited SME, The Power of Drupal in Higher Education, Princeton University
• Magna Cum Laude honors for Doctoral Dissertation/Defense (Berlin, Germany), European Graduate School, Saas-fee, Switzerland
• Doctoral Dissertation book publication contract, Atropos Press, Think Media Series (New York and Dresden, Germany)
• Invited Visiting Lecturer, Center for Research & Development of Education, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan
• Invited Keynote Address, Plone Education Symposium, Messai University, Tokyo, Japan (Invitation from Plone Users Group Japan)
• Sustainable Web Ecosystem Design book published by Springer (Springer Briefs in Computer Science Series)
• Invited Research Web Engineer for Scientific Collaboration, Critical Zone Exploration Network, Earth & Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State
• Invited Research Web Engineer for Scientific Collaboration, Shale Network, Earth & Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State
• Invited UI/UX Expert to Citeseerx National Science Foundation Funded Research Project by Dr. Lee Giles at the College of Information Sciences and Technology, The Pennsylvania State University
• Artwork inducted into Grateful Dead Museum Archive, University of California Santa Cruz McHenry Library
• Teaching Excellence Award, The Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Online Division
• Webby Award, Honorary Mention
• Kotka Photographic Center, Finland, NanoArt, (Most Viewed)
• Top Five Award, International Memefest
• Colorado Book Award (co-author)
• Valparaiso University Poetry Review, Recommended Books List
• Denver Westword, City of Denver Literary Collective (with Twain, Whitman, Cassady, Kerouac, Ginsberg, H.S. Thompson)
• Graduate Deans Academic Scholarship, University of Denver, Digital Media Studies
• Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Denver, Digital Media Studies
• Montana Arts Council Opportunity Grant
• National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Opportunity Grant
• Best News Photograph, Montana Newspaper Association
• Bare Walls Scholarship Endowment, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago