Work Experience
Education Program Manager
'Our mission is to empower people across the globe to create apps that improve their lives and uplift their communities.' Held position of Education Program Manager.
Curriculum Developer
- Adapted and developed Python+Data curriculum as part of Innovation Pathways for Data Careers (IPDC) data science curricula for Education Development Center (EDC), Waltham MA.
Educator
Summer Journeyer
One of five Summer Journeyer educators. 'Much like a fellowship program, Journeyers [are] members of MIT's newly established Playful Journey Lab, working on a combination of current lab projects and their own independent explorations… to create a community of practice where we build, play, experiment, and innovate in assessment and learning.'
Developed language-modeling software for language-learning website. Held position of Senior Software Engineer.
Teacher
Coordinator
- Held position of Technology / Engineering Coordinator. Had budgetary responsibility and leadership responsibility for five staff. (5 years)
- Held position of STEM Coordinator for Winchester public schools. Promoted STEM teaching and learning K-12 (5 years).
Coach / Mentor
- Coached Winchester Robotics Team, including BotsIQ (5 years), NRL (3 years), Botball (7 years), and USFirst Tech Challenge (1 year). Winchester Robotics Team was 2015 Botball global champions.
- Mentored students in engineering (Real World Design Challenge, 5 years). Winchester RWDC team Flight 01890 was 2014 & 2018 MA state champions.
- Mentored students in entrepreneurship (Technovation Challenge, 4 years, yCITIES mini-hacks, 5 years, and Winchester Entrepreneurship Club, 2 years). Winchester Technovation teams were 2014 & 2015 global finalists (as chronicled in the CODEGIRL documentary film).
- Co-mentored Winchester Computer Science Club (3 years), including ACSL, USACO, and WPI High School Programming competitions.
- Advised students in Winchester Advisory Group program (4 years).
- Maintained website of resources, assignments, and grades.
Teacher
- Taught grade 8 mathematics using Connected Mathematics Program; pioneered lesson design and teaching with interactive white board.
- Conducted grade 7 homeroom; taught weekly grade 7 math study skills class; served as advisor to grade 7 students; facilitated weekly buddy groups; was active member of middle-school cluster.
- Developed middle-school parent communication database; maintained website of assignments and grades.
- Assisted middle-school science teacher with grade 7 & 8 science classes (3 semesters).
Taught grade 8 Connected Mathematics Program. Assisted middle-school science teacher with grade 7 & 8 science classes (3 semesters).
Co-founded consulting company developing embedded software, websites, and mobile apps. Held position of Managing Director.
Held position of Director of Development, AudioMining™. Directed development of ScanSoft’s AudioMining™ product line, including successful semi-annual releases of Dragon MediaIndexer™ and AudioMining Development System. Was instrumental in transfer of L&H AudioMining assets to ScanSoft. Supervised work of ten developers and co-directed product delivery team.
Held position of Manager, Telephony Development. Managed Dragon’s efforts in over-the-telephone speech recognition — applying Dragon’s dictation engine to short-message-service dictation. Supervised work of four engineers.
Held position of Senior Telephony Engineer in Dragon’s Portable Products Group. Developed distributed, embedded dictation system. Computer languages used: Python, Java, C++, UML.
Volunteer
- Volunteered for in-class projects in grades K–8, John M. Tobin School (11 years), including solar car design challenge (4 years), which became part of the citywide grade 6 science curriculum, and electric circuits (5 years), including working with grade 4 to create Tobin’s electronic map.
- Volunteered for after-school 7–8 algebra enrichment and support (2 semesters).
- Co-taught Tobin Tech Team after-school computer club (1 semester).
- Member and co-chair of Tobin PTO Science & Technology Committee (11 years); instituted science programs, wrote grants (e.g. $20,000 Toyota TAPESTRY), and supported teachers and specialists.
- Parent participant in Tobin restructuring process (2 years).
- Member of citywide Cambridge Public Schools Science Advisory Group (1 year).
Held position of Senior Software Designer. Co-developed company’s line of physician-answering-service systems, including integration with Nortel Meridian and Rolm switches. Company has since become the “nation’s largest… medical-only physician answering service,” NotifyMD. Computer languages used: C, SDL, Perl.
Independent Consultant
Cambridge MA
1989–1991
- Developed and distributed software upgrade for trunk-side autodialer to accommodate major changes in North American Numbering Plan for Cambridge Software Project, Inc., Cambridge MA.
- Redesigned and maintained answer detection system for Homisco, Inc., Melrose MA.
- Designed and implemented digital electronics and software for Siemens videotex decoder infrared keyboard for digiTel, Inc., Cambridge MA.
- Developed dual cable broadband network tester in conjunction with ASAtech, Inc., Pelham NH.
- Adapted trunk-side autodialer software for combination telephone and cable television service for Twixtel Technologies, Inc., Framingham MA and GEM Electronics, Inc., Chicago IL.
digiTel, Inc.
Cambridge MA
1986–1988
Helped found product development company. Held position of Director of Engineering. Oversaw development of TEX family of videotex decoders, including customized versions for the Norwegian and Swedish PTTs. Effected manufacturing liaison of authentication tokens for AITRC. Wrote product and design specifications, designed product software and electronics, managed all project phases, and effected manufacturing liaison with North American and Asian companies. Supervised work of eight consultants.
Telelogic, Inc.†
Cambridge MA
1980–1985
Helped found telecommunications manufacturing company. Co-designed company’s major product line, trunk-side autodialers, of which there were 400,000 in use. During my employment, Telelogic grew from five employees to over 350 and was valued at $50 million. Held positions of Senior Software Designer, Dialer Engineering Manager, Computer Systems and Tools Manager, and Associate Director of Research and Development. Worked extensively with Forth development environment for product design and tool design. Designed and oversaw development of cross-compilers and assemblers for various microprocessors and minicomputers. Developed software documentation and control system. Developed VAX/VMS based company-wide computing facility. Worked with manufacturing engineers on product manufacturability and test fixture design. Worked with customers on product acceptance. Was hiring manager, supervising a group of ten engineers and staff.
Independent Consultant
Cambridge MA
1979–1980
- Designed numerical control format translator for Grumman Aerospace, Bethpage NY.
- Specified commercial computer graphics system for aging facial images.
Additional Work Experience
Cambridge MA
1980–1988
During and after undergraduate work at MIT, was a founder of two telecommunications industry start-ups — Telelogic and digiTel. Designed, implemented, and oversaw software for over 400,000 Telelogic trunk-side autodialers delivered to MCI, Sprint, and the other top interexchange carriers. For digiTel, and as an independent consultant, worked on telecommunications products for the Norwegian and Swedish PTTs, Siemens, AITRC, and the manufacturer of the Telelogic dialer. Varied roles included directing engineering, providing architecture and product design, managing consultants, and effecting liaison with offshore manufacturing companies in Asia.
Previous Work Experience
Cambridge MA
1980–1996
- During and after undergraduate work at MIT, was a founder of two telecommunications industry start-ups — Telelogic and digiTel.
- Designed, implemented, and oversaw software for over 400,000 Telelogic trunk-side autodialers delivered to MCI, Sprint, and the other top interexchange carriers. Varied roles included directing engineering, providing architecture and product design, developing embedded software.
- For digiTel, and as an independent consultant, worked on telecommunications products for the Norwegian and Swedish PTTs, Siemens, AITRC, and the manufacturer of the Telelogic dialer. Varied roles included directing engineering, managing consultants, and effecting liaison with offshore manufacturing companies in Asia.
- For Ring Medical (which has since become the “nation’s largest… medical-only physician answering service,” NotifyMD) co-developed company’s line of physician-answering-service systems.
- As an independent consultant: developed and distributed software upgrade for trunk-side autodialer for Cambridge Software Project, Inc., Cambridge MA; redesigned and maintained answer detection system for Homisco, Inc., Melrose MA; designed and implemented digital electronics and software for Siemens videotex decoder infrared keyboard for digiTel, Inc., Cambridge MA; developed dual cable broadband network tester in conjunction with ASAtech, Inc., Pelham NH; adapted trunk-side autodialer software for combination telephone and cable television service for Twixtel Technologies, Inc., Framingham MA and GEM Electronics, Inc., Chicago IL.