Professional Background

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Summary

Throughout my diverse career in wildlife biology, software development, management information, aviation, and aeronautical engineering I have applied analytical, quantitative, and computer based techniques to solving practical management and system design problems. I have consistently demonstrated my dedication to excellence in academic, consulting, and manufacturing organizations.

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Research and career interests

My research involves the application of quantitative techniques to practical wildlife and endangered species problems. I am particularly interested in problems involving the active management of populations, for conservation, restoration, or recreation. Consequently, my interests include population dynamics, population viability analysis, Monte Carlo simulation, stochastic optimization, experimental design, statistics, and estimation. I also expect to continue to produce software applications that aid others in exploring similar topics. My career goal is to contribute to a research organization at a state or federal level that values the application of quantitative techniques to practical management problems.

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Education

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY , FORT COLLINS, CO.

PhD

• Department of Fishery and Wildlife Biology and
• Colorado Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

Academic advisors

• Dr. Gary C. White
• Dr. David R. Anderson

Dissertation--Modeling winter feeding of Colorado mule deer with optimal dynamic management strategies. See abstract.

Course work--Biology, statistics, mathematical statistics, dynamic programming, population estimation. GPA = 4.0/4.0 See course list.

UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT , BURLINGTON, VT.

60 credits, biology, wildlife management, mathematics. GPA = 4.0/4.0.

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CAMBRIDGE, MA.

Master of Science, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering. GPA = 5.0/5.0.

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CAMBRIDGE, MA.

Bachelor of Science, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering. GPA = 4.85/5.0.

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Work experience

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY , FORT COLLINS, CO. (5 years)

Post Doctoral Fellow. Enhancing my SDP software (see Software and Publications) to enable application to adaptive management problems under a contract from the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.

Graduate Research Assistant. Five year grant from the Colorado Division of Wildlife. See dissertation abstract.

Teaching experience

1. Big game management. Senior level course. Lectured on population dynamics, harvest management, and modeling. Developed, taught, and graded quantitative laboratory exercises and exams.
2. Sampling and Analysis of Vertebrate Populations. Advanced graduate course on quantitative methods for estimating animal population parameters. Included mark-recapture methods for closed and open populations as well as transect methods. Conducted recitation/review section, wrote and graded quizzes and exams, assisted students with computer laboratory exercises, and contributed to course planning and conduct.

DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION, MAYNARD, MA. (6 years)

Accomplishments

1. Developed strategic plans, project plans and cost/benefit analyses for information systems support of key manufacturing and engineering functions. Applied formal project life cycle and project management techniques to $2 Million, Cross-organizational project.
2. Supervised Group of 3-7 Programmer/Analysts. Responsible for all aspects of personnel management, including: performance and salary reviews, employee development, career planning, providing technical leadership, goal setting.
3. Designed and implemented software to provide critical product sales information to senior management in a timely and controlled manner.
4. Played major role in developing business requirements and achieving consensus among diverse interest groups on critical system design issues.

Positions

• Information Management Consultant.
• Project Manager and chief software designer.
• Manager, Headquarters Decision Support Systems.
• Principal Systems Analyst/Programmer, Decision Support Systems Group.

FLIGHT TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATES, CAMBRIDGE, MA. (3 years)

Project Engineer, aviation and general management consulting firm. Primary technical responsibility for a wide range of projects in computer simulation development, airline network analysis, aeronautical engineering, aircraft navigation, business and computer systems analysis and design, aviation management, cost/benefit analysis, decision support systems, and interactive systems. Involved in wide variety of firm's activities including: marketing, writing proposals for government contracts, managing computer and aircraft resources. Sole or principle author of several company publications.

NORTHROP CORPORATION, AIRCRAFT GROUP, HAWTHORNE, CA. (1 year)

Undergraduate cooperative work/study program: Propulsion systems engineer, Advanced Design Department. Projects included thermodynamic analysis of turbojet engines, and modeling of jet-exhaust/water-surface interactions.

OTHER

• Commercial Pilot's license, single engine airplane, with instrument rating. Over 350 flight hours.

• Part time field technician for black bear research project Stratton Mountain, Vermont.
• Short-term field technician
• Mule deer, Colorado
• Spotted owls, California
• Small mammals, New Mexico
• Wilderness travel. Organized, planned and led numerous wilderness hiking and canoe trips. Lived in remote, primitive log cabin in Alaska during winter.

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Software Experience

Operating systems: Windows 95, UNIX (Sun Solaris), DOS, VAX/VMS, TOPS20, CMS/TSO, MULTICS.

Languages: C, FORTRAN, PL/1, SAS, 1022 (DEC), RDB (DEC).

Major PC Applications: Wordperfect, Quatro Pro, Presentations, MathCAD, Excel, Word, SAS, Internet Explorer, Netscape, and numerous other PC applications.

Biological PC Applications: SDP, MARK, SURVIV, RELEASE, CAPTURE, DISTANCE, and others.