OBJECTIVES:

To engage in media and information technology strategic planning for an international firm or non-profit either as a consultant or member of the management team.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

Proven track record as an innovator and entrepreneur in electronic publishing, information technology & education.

Over 30 successful years creating and then adminstering new organizations focused on these fields. Each position has required starting-up a new organization. Throughout a career with formal positions mostly in education, have consulted continuously to industry, government, and the non-profit sector. Good communications skills, speak several languages, learn languages easily. Widely published and frequent speaker at conferences. EDUCATION: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, DLS, information science
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, MBA, international business and organizational behavior
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, BS, civil engineering
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, Certificate in Advanced Librarianship,
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, Certificate, Program in Radio and Television, television production

MANAGEMENT SKILLS:

Strategic planning and entrepreneurship: Created both academic units (science, math, communications, community networking) and support units (library, multimedia, computing, and telecommunications) for a new university at Monterey Bay. In less than 6 months had installed over 40 miles of fiber optic, computer labs, a library, a multimedia center, science labs, etc. using $6 million of private borrowed money and support from the federal government and the state. Created an integrated information resource organization at Chico. First university in country to begin, by itself, satellite delivery of courses to corporations. Co-founded an electronic publishing company. Secured venture capital and then negotiated sale to Macmillan Publishing. Consulted on strategic planning for information resources for Pima Community College District in Arizona and other organizations. Consultant to the Bush Foundation on technology projects for Native Americans.

Administration of personnnel and budgets: Throughout entire career, beginning with the administration of 23 Northern Irish civilians as a 23 year-old naval officer, have been an administrator in both the private and public sectors. In my prior position at Chico administered an organization of 200 with a $10 million budget. At current location created initial strategic plan and startup budget and recruited entire organization. As past Chapter President of the California Faculty Association for the university, dealt with faculty work-load, promotion, tenure, retention, and other professional and work-related issues. Treasurer of the California Faculty Association, the official union representing over 20,000 professors, lecturers, coaches, librarians, and counselors statewide). Was Treasurer and Vice President of Pandex, Inc.

International and multicultural experience: Most of my professional papers and publications in recent years have been outside the United States, including several at the European Computer Simulation Multiconferences. In 1998 Oxford University Press published a book entitled Digit al Democracyfor which I wrote the final chapter, "Technology in Support of Indigenous Peoples". As the only non-European served on the International Program Committee with academicians of the Russian Academy of Sciences for two International Distributed Data Processing Conferences at Akademgorodok in Siberia. For the 1998 Conference I was invited to submit a Plenary Lecture. Worked in Northern Ireland and Japan and travelled in over thirty countries. Consulted in Guatemala for Centro de Investigaciones Regionales de MezoamÈrica on their library and information systems. Speak Spanish, German, Cherokee, Esperanto, and, to a limited extent, other languages such as Russian and Japanese. Winner of the Ely S. Parker Award for the Year 2000, the highest award given by the American Indian Science and Engineering Society.

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS:

Telecommunications and information technology planning: Community Technology Coordinator for the Smithsonian's National Museum of American Indians. Vice Chair and former Co-Chair, Board of Directors, Native American Public Telecommunications (NAPT) which provides Native American radio via satellite and the internet plus public television and film production. Reviewed for the National Telecommunications and Information AdministrationÌs (NTIA) Telecommunication s and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program (TIIAP). Staff member for the National Information Infrastructure Advisory Council. On the 25th anniversary of the Stanford University American Indian Alumni Association was granted the first award the association had ever given for service to Native Americans in technology. Developed the Satellite Library Information Network (SALINET) project proposal and obtained NASA designation as a user of the Communications Technology Satellite. Commissioned by the National Congress of American Indians in 1991 to do a white paper on Joining the Information Age as a prelude to a White House Conference on Library and Information Services. Since then have been consulted for advice by a U.S. Senate committee, and many organizations. The latest, in July 1998, was a meeting with the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commisssion to discuss solutions to lack of telephone and telecommunications penetration in American Indian communities. As a member of the Information and Technology Committee of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American Indians' Board of Trustees, work on planning for the final museum on the Mall in Washington, DC.

Document database programming and systems design: Wrote C program for McClatchy Newspapers for consumer access to newspaper archives. Consulted with California Coastal Commission on establishing an information center & system. Project Director for Geysers Environmental Data Base funded by California Energy Commission (1980-81). Designed and programmed with IBM Assembler database systems for all publications of Pandex (wrote over 1/4 million lines of code of active programs) and the Legal Resources Index and Current Law Index for Information Access Corp.

Multimedia and Internet: For several years taught classes on community networking, internet design and use, and technology tools.As Visiting Scholar at Stanford UniversityÌs Center for the Study of Language and Information and consultant to Apple Computer for calendar year 1993 explored use of multimedia for culture and language preservation. Have been active with radio and television throughout career, from business manager for Harvard Business School's radio station to managing 19 broadcast licenses for distance education to current work with Native American radio and television as Co-Chair of the Board of Directors of NAPT.

Education and information resources planning: Presidential Delegate (appointed by President Bush) to the first White House Conference on Indian Education (1992). Have taught and lectured widely on topics related to the internet, networking, multimedia, and other aspects of information technology. Created new models of education and information resources management. Reviewed proposals and evaluated projects for the U.S. Dept. of Education, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Science Foundation, the Native American Public Broadcasting Consortium (now NAPT), the American Library Association, and others.

POSITIONS HELD:

FIRST RECRUITED PROFESSOR AND FOUNDING DEAN OF INSTRUCTION, California State University Monterey Bay. 10 years.

Created and named both the Center for Science, Technology, and Information Resources and the following institutes at the new university: Earth Systems Science and Policy (marine sciences, ecological systems, & resources management and policy), Communication Science and Technology (telecommunications, multimedia, & applied computing), Mathematical Sciences and Applications, and Community Networking. Also, planned and supervised the development of the library, multmedia complex, geographic information systems lab, campus telecommunications, and all computing. Was very first recruited dean and faculty member at this first and largest military conversion (Ft. Ord). Campus dedicated by President Clinton in fall of 1995. As president of the university's official faculty union deal with work-load, salaries, grievances, promotion, retention, and tenure.

(8/93-9/94 planner; 9/94-7/96 Dean of Science, Technology, and Information Resources; from 7/96 Assistant to the President for Technology and External Affairs, Special Consultant to the President, and tenured Professor of Communication Science and Technology). Chapter President, California Faculty Association at Monterey Bay (elected 1998). Treasurer, California Faculty Association (representing over 20,000 faculty statewide) (elected 1999)

COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY COORDINATOR, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of the American Indian. 2 1/3 years.

Provided community technological outreach. One role was to bridge the electronic gap between communities in the Western Hemisphere and the Museum for the purpose of cooperative sharing of information and support for education utilizing the resources of the Smithsonian. Another lies in the development of a virtual museum. Other roles were in assisting technology planning at existing museum facilities in New York and Maryland plus the major mall site of the National Museum of the American Indian which opened in the fall of 2004 near the U.S. Capitol.

DEAN, ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT, and VICE PROVOST FOR INFORMATION RESOURCES and PROFESSOR (tenured in Computer Science), California State University, Chico. 11 1/2 years.

First overall director of Computing Services, Telecommunications, Library, Instructional Media Center (AV, TV production, distance education network operation), and Institutional Research. Information Resources (IR) at CSU, Chico was widely regarded as a leader in information technology innovation in California. Library was first in California with a complete computerized online catalog to a university collection. It was the primary development site for the CLSI online catalog system. The Media Center was the largest in the state university system, with multiple satellite-uplinks, an extensive microwave network, and quality TV production facilities. Information Resources at Chico became a national model for integration of information services.

ASSOCIATE LIBRARY DIRECTOR (ACTING LIBRARY DIRECTOR for 2 years), Sonoma State University. 8 1/2 years.

First Associate Library Director and then Acting Director, after just one year, when founding director retired. While Acting Director, an addition to the library doubled its size. Began automation of the library.

DIRECTOR, Center for Communication and Information Research, University of Denver, and ASST. PROFESSOR of Librarianship. 2 years.

Developed projects for the Graduate School of Librarianship and taught library administration and research. Created the Satellite Library Information Network (SALINET) project involving Federation of Rocky Mountain States and obtained initial support and designation as user of the Communications Technology Satellite by NASA.

VICE PRESIDENT, TREASURER, DIRECTOR, and CO-FOUNDER, Pandex, Inc. (a subs. of Macmillan Publishing Co.). 5 years.

Created the first commercial online bibliographic database in the country. Also created the first Educational Resources In Education (ERIC) products for the US Office of Education and started the Bibliography of Agriculture for the National Agriculture Library, among others.

ECONOMIC ENGINEER, Gilbert Associates, Inc. 3 years.

Projected economic growth and utilties needs for US and foreign utilities companies including Kansai Electric Power Company in Osaka Japan. Worked on studies for the Philippines and Iran.

Public Works Officer/Resident Officer in Charge of Construction, (U.S. Navy Officer), (Las Vegas and Northern Ireland). 3 years.

Junior Civil Engineer (9 mos.) and Engineering Aide (4 summers of college), California Division of Highways, Bridge Dept.