Software Development and Information Management Consultant: Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems (1349)

Expertise

  • Enterprise Software: Software standards, information processing, knowledge management, business process management, enterprise application integration, and business-to-business integration.
  • Artificial Intelligence: Software, software standards, intelligent agents, multi-agent systems, probabilistic reasoning, planning, optimization, semantic web and expert systems.
  • Human-Computer Interaction: Advanced user interface technologies and computer-supported cooperative work.
  • Mobile computing: End-user devices and smart clients.
  • Network languages and applications: Web services, composeable applications, and related internet-protocols.
  • Application areas: Defense, homeland security, emergency management, information management, web search, transport telematics, travel and traffic management, work flow management. Telecommunications, supply chain management, distributed control, scheduling, groupware and office automation.
  • Software: Product and solution architecture design and development, especially using web services, Java, and agile programming.
  • Languages: Fluent in written and spoken German and English. Conversant in French and Spanish

Experience

Quantum Leap Innovations, Newark, De, CTO Vice President of ResearcH 2004-2007
Quantum Leap develops and applies innovative software technologies to solve complex dynamic problems for government (defense, homeland security) and industry (manufacturing, health sciences).
  • Created core technology vision and roadmap for QLI R&D and structured R&D Organization to execute roadmap.
  • Grew R&D staff from under 10 to over 25 directors, software engineers, scientists, and developers in 3 locations (DE, CA, HI).
  • Managed development of software technology products and solutions including AutoNet Express™ probabilistic reasoning toolkit and the MADE Multi-Agent Development Environment.
  • Proposed, acquired, and managed over $10 million in competitive and non-competitive government software contracts for emergency planning and decision making.
WebV2, Palo Alto, CA Co-Founder & Chief Scientist 2000-2003
WebV2 provides a lightweight loosely-coupled decentralized enterprise software solution for deploying business processes across applications and human users. WebV2 spun out of Siemens, where the underlying technology was developed under this leadership.
  • Acquired and completed pilot programs with three customers (Siemens, Intel, Colabranet).
  • Developed product specifications and roadmap with CTO and engineering.
  • Produced in-depth market/technical analysis of the leading EAI and BPM vendor solutions and Web Services startup solutions.
  • Wrote conceptual and technical white papers and four patent applications.
  • Managed customer pilot programs, from conception through delivery.
Siemens AG, Munich, Germany, Innovation Team Leader 1989-2000
  • Won internal Siemens competition to commercialize technology developed under this leadership, with the goal of spinning off a company (WebV2). Initially focused on solutions for distributed Web search, information management, and "total personalization without loss of privacy".
  • Developed initial WebV2 business plan and WebV2 product.
Project Manager at Siemens Corporate Technology
  • Siemens Corporate Technology provides advanced R&D for all of Siemens. Led the Intelligent Agent team within the Intelligent Autonomous Systems department.
  • Developed three generations of the software Multi-Agent Environment for Constructing Cooperative Applications (MECCA)
  • Developed numerous advanced R&D prototypes for Siemens Groups spanning a wide range of product ideas based on MECCA.
  • Developed core specifications of the Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents, an international standards initiative, based in part on the MECCA solution.
  • Wrote technical papers and competitive analysis in the area of agent technology and traffic telematics.
Research Scientist at Siemens Corporate Technology
  • Project Leader of cooperative projects with German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) in Kaiserslautern and Saarbrücken, Germany.
  • Technical Coordinator and Workpackage Leader of the European Union (EU) Esprit Project, IMAGINE, involving 7 organizations across Europe.
Microelectronics & Computer Technology Corp., Austin, TX Member of Technical Staff 1984-1989
  • MCC was the first US high-tech research consortium funded by private industry. Founding member of MCC's Artificial Intelligence Lab, integrating advanced reasoning techniques into a hybrid expert system toolkit called Proteus. This resulted in the first software deliverable from MCC to its member companies. Also one of the first members of Doug Lenat's CYC project.
  • Developed prototype applications on Proteus.
  • Developed the graphical user interface of Proteus.
  • Performed technology transfer of Proteus to member companies.
  • Co-Developed 10 year MCC vision for Advanced Computer Technology.

Honors & Publications

Patents
  • 5 applied for at Quantum Leap Innovations.
  • 2 applied for at WebV2.
  • 3 applied for at Siemens AG, 1 German patent granted (worldwide extensions in progress).
  • Many publications and scientific papers

Education

Iowa State University, Ames, IA
  • Ph.D. Pure Mathematics, elected to Sigma Xi honors society
  • M.S. Applied Mathematics
  • B.A. German, with distinction
  • B.S. Mathematics, elected to Phi Beta Kappa honors society