Extensive knowledge of Java with experience in writing distributed applications, high-performance servers, tools, and utility classes. Past experience building web based applications and utilities in Perl. (Wrote Class::MethodMaker module, available on CPAN). Currently authoring a book on Common Lisp. Also familiar with SQL, C/C++, Emacs, and UNIX environment.

Experience teaching Java programming and object oriented design to audience of professional and amateur programmers.

Experience in daily and weekly journalism. Published in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, New Haven Advocate, Yale Scientific and others.

BA in English with distinction in the major.

Writing Practical Common Lisp, for Apress Publishing.

Worked as Technical Director leading development of transactional message switch and participating in design of entire product line. Also responsible for Kenamea's software development process.

Work as Senior Software Engineer, on the WebLogic Java Application Server. Last role was leading five-person team developing next generation of EJB container in the WebLogic server. Previously involved in implementation of enterprise APIs such as JNDI and EJB as well as work on internal test framework and coding standards.

Teach Java: Discovering its Power, an introductory course on Java and object oriented design and A First Course in Java, a Java course for non-programmers.

Worked as Software Engineer, writing groupware tools in Perl and Java and Perl scripts for a variety of clients' web-sites, including writing the search engine for Nike's Atlanta 1996 Olympic site.

Interned, and later contracted, as computer programmer, sysadmin and web designer for The MoJo Wire, Mother Jones's web-site. Designed and wrote the original Live Wire web-discussion system.

Worked as reporting intern for city desk, features department, editorial page and copy desk.