Occupation: AI Biotech Researcher and Author
Company: AI and Synthetic Biology Tech Conferences
Born: Chicago, Illinois
Education:
Doctorate Degree in Computer Science AI/Machine Learning, Mixture of Big Data Analytics, Enterprise Information Systems, and Security Systems, Colorado Technical University (2018)
MBA, California State University-East Bay (2011)
Master’s Thesis in Computational Neuroscience, Stanford University (2008)
MS in Computational Molecular Biology (Bioinformatics), California State University-East Bay (2008)
BA in Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley (1984)
Coursework in Neuroscience, Russian, Philosophy, Chemistry, Grinnell College (1976-1979)
Diploma, Homewood Flossmoor High School (1976)
Career:
AI Biotech Researcher, AI and Synthetic Biology Tech Conferences (2018-Present);
With, Stem Cell Action (1995-2005)
Product Marketing Manager, Oracle (1991-1993)
Manager of Distributed Ingres Product Marketing, Ingres/Actian (1988-1991)
Product Manager, Excelan (1987-1988)
Systems Engineer, Informix Software (1986-1987)
Product Marketing Engineer, Kontron Electronics (1984-1986)
Civic:
Donor, Bay Area Rescue Mission; Donor, No Kid Hungry; Donor, Habitat for Humanity; Donor, The Salvation Army; Donor, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital; Donor, ASPCA; Donor, Doctors Without Borders; Donor, World Food Kitchen; Donor, Alameda County Food Bank; Donor, Open Hand; Donor, San Francisco AIDS Foundation; Donor, UN World Food Program; Donor, World WildLife Fund; Donor, Boy Scouts of America; Donor, Glide Church; Donor, Department of Philosophy, U.C Berkeley; Donor, Child Fund; Donor, Church of the Transfiguration; Donor, UN Crisis Relief; Donor, Davis Street Food Pantry; Donor, World BEYOND War; Donor, Coalition of Concerned Scientists
Creative Works:
Author, “Exploring Improvements in Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, and Next Generation Sequencer Algorithms to Analyze Big Genomic Data Sets,” Colorado Technical University (2018); Author, “Wave Service Solutions-Business Plan,” California State University East Bay (2011); Author, “A Computational Platform to Analyze the C. Elegans Nervous System,” California State University (2008); Author, “Co-existence Strategies,” Oracle Corporation (1992); Co-author, “The Big Picture,” UNIX Review (1989); Author, “Software Industry Trend to Incorporate Systems Applications into the Operating System,” Computer Technology Review (1988); Author, “Distributing Data: Distributed Applications are the Next Step in LAN Connectivity,” LAN Magazine (1988); Author, “Heterogeneous Distributed Applications,” UNIX World (1988); Author, “Universal Distributed File Systems Bring Workgroups Together,” Computer Technology Review Newspaper (1988); Co-author, “Informix Programming Tools for the System 1000 Series,” Texas Instruments Magazine (1987); Author, “A Chemoinformatics Analysis of Four Fibrates”; Author, “Markov Chains in Biological Sequence Analysis; Protein Binding in Hirschsprung’s Disease”; Author, “Transcription Binding Utilizing the Yeast One Hybrid System”; Author, “Critical Analysis of the BACE1 UTR Translational Repression”; Author, “Synthetic Genetic Array Analysis of Haploid Mutant Cells in Yeast”; Author, “Critical Analysis of Differential Gene Expression in Ripening Strawberries”; Author, “Functional Neuroanatomy: The Sensory Motor System”; Author, “Differential Chromatin Scanning of Histone Proteins Performing Acetylation and Deacetylation of DNA Fragments”
Achievements:
Traveled the World to 87 Countries and Received Three Advanced Degrees (2005-2018); Published numerous articles on heterogeneous (multi-vendor) distributed computing and numerous scientific/academic papers on molecular biology, neuroscience, and biotechnology; Constant donor to causes supporting poverty alleviation, climate change, and biosphere preservation, including the preservation of elephants; Wrote an article in UNIX Review magazine called “The Big Picture” which revolutionized the computer industry by indicating the five technical problems to solve to get multivendor databases to interoperate (generic errors, common data types, common system catalogs, a single query language called OpenSQL, and a common client-server database protocol)
Awards:
Recipient, Best Thesis Award, CSUH/Stanford University; Inductee, Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society for Top 1% of MBA Students; Inductee, Golden Key Society for Top 1% of Students; Inductee, Quill and Scroll Society for Outstanding Poets and Writers
Memberships:
Member, IEEE; Member, Stanford Biomodeling Club; Member, UC Berkeley Cognitive Science Society; Member, Silicon Valley Polyglots; Member, Philosophy Club; Member, French Club
Family:
Married
Hobbies:
Speaking and learning foreign languages; Traveling the world with his wife; Poetry; Learning, performing, and composing on the piano, keyboard, and synthesizer; Philosophical discussions
Biography Sources:
Marquis Who’s Who in America