For the impatient: scientist, rationalist, skeptic, leader, technologist, businessman, radical.

For the rest of you, I am an atypically avid reader with a passion for science and a proponent of the greater understanding and application of science, philosophy, and critical thinking within the public sphere. In addition to various physical and social sciences texts, I regularly read the journals Science and BioScience and the periodicals Scientific American and Archaeology.

I firmly believe in using an evidence-based approach to most aspects of our private and public lives, such as in policy, in medicine, and in business. In addition to applying these principals internally, we should also apply them externally when examining the claims of others. As the late Carl Sagan said, "extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof".

I also believe in measuring both our successes and our failures and using the knowledge gained from each to improve ourselves and our society, as well as introducing (and reinforcing) accountability in our communities.

I am a California native who works throughout the state, but is currently in Northern California as Managing Partner of Gestalt Data Services, LLC.

Lastly, reflecting my interests in science and public policy, I am a professional member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), and the Academy of Political Science (APS).

Simply speaking, I run technology projects for business executives. More specifically, I manage the full project lifecycle of complex initiatives impacting enterprise-wide information technology, sales and marketing programs, and business intelligence initiatives in the web, biomed, and education verticals.

I am described by my colleagues as a strong analyzer, strategic planner, and decisive leader and I have a strong track record for developing emerging concepts into high-performance realities that reduce costs, boost profits, and build corporate value.

My first personal computer was a 1980s Apple II that had no internal hard drive and ran off 3.5" floppies. Today, my desktop has a terabyte of storage space - nearly 6 orders of magnitude larger than the Apple. I have strong enthusiasm for applying this exponential technology curve to solve business problems, from simple business process management such as replacing manual spreadsheet processes with an integrated technology stack, to creating business intelligence through the establishment of an enterprise data warehouse.

In keeping with this enthusiasm, I am an avid supporter of open-source technology and open standards. As such, a common theme of my career has been spearheading the adoption of open-standards and agile development methodologies to produce products of higher quality than, with the same level of professional support as its proprietary-standards equivalent -- but with a total cost of ownership 60-80% less. Some examples include migration of IT infrastructure to commercially-supported Linux, the adoption of open-source data integration tools (such as Pentaho and Talend), and the extensive use of open development systems (such as PHP and Java).

If you'd like to discuss a project or just proverbially pick my brain, feel free to get in touch.