November, 2006
University of Michigan Law School J.D. expected May, 2007.
Indiana University-Bloomington. Ph.D., Computer Science, December, 1996. A short description of the thesis, including its abstract, is available here. The full dissertation is also available as IUCS Technical Report 471. Advisor: Dr. Randall Bramley, Associate Professor, Computer Science Dept., Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
North Carolina State University. MS, Computer Studies, August, 1987.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln. BS, Computer Science and Math, May, 1986.
Summer Clerk McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff, Chicago IL.
Prepared patent and trademark office actions and applications, wrote memoranda based on legal research, drafted claim charts, and reviewed documents.Summer Intern Washtenaw County Public Defender's Office, Ann Arbor, MI.
Conferred with and represented indigent clients in courtroom appearances for preliminary examinations.Member of Technical Staff, Lucent Technologies, Naperville, IL.
2/97 - 12/97: System Engineer: wrote NNS ISUP signaling requirements and submitted results periodically to customer.
1/98 - 12/99: Expatriate assignment, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Lead technical member ofteam that received System Qualification Testing (SQT) approval for the 5ESS from Saudi Telecom (STC). Ran tests in STC's 5ESS test facility, coordinated, prepared, and wrote formal responses with Saudi and Netherlands teams, and discussed results as needed with customer. Eventually, scope included all 5ESS SQT/TAT approval testing activities in Saudi Arabia, including technical negotiation, test coordination, and coordinating/executing customer demonstrations in the US, UK, and Saudi Arabia.
1/00 - : AT&T market system engineer for 7R/E. Write requirements for OA&M on the 7R/E, prepare descriptions of customer features, participate in technical customer meetings for OA&M and ISUP/BICC switching, and coordinate and write compliance results to AT&T's specifications.
Member of Technical Staff. International 5ESS Generic Retrofit Group, AT&T Bell Telephone Laboratories, Naperville, IL. Developed two retrofits from start to finish - lead engineer for second. Both projects were end-to-end from requirements, through design, coding, and testing, to field deployment and support. Note: On OYOC (One Year on Campus) from August, 1986 to June, 1987 and on leave of absence from August, 1991 to August, 1993.