Network Coordinator, No-Boundary Thinking Bioinformatics Education and Research Network

• Feb 2023 - Present

In collaboration with Cedars Sinai Medical Center, continuing my work previously funded by NSF in promoting "no-boundary thinking" by facilitating resource collaboration and the transfer of best practices from each institution in the areas of education and research experiences for students. No-boundary thinking goes beyond existing interdisciplinary approaches that use standard approaches to deal with difficult problems; no-boundary thinking seeks to redefine the way we do science by focusing attention on the underlying formulation of these problems.

Professor Emeritus of Information Science and Bioinformatics

• May 2014 - Present

Professor of Information Science and Bioinformatics

• 2007 - May 2014

Program Director, UALR/UAMS Graduate Program in Bioinformatics (through July 2012); Executive Director, MidSouth Bioinformatics Center at UALR (through July 2012); Ex-Offico Board Member, MidSouth Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Society (through July 2012); Bioinformatics Core Co-Director (through 2011)/Director (through July 2012), NIH Arkansas INBRE Program; Founding Chair and Member, Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities, Affiliates and Chapters Committee (through July 2012); Co-Founder, Network of IDeA Funded Core Laboratories (through July 2012); Chair, UALR Graduate Council and Member, UALR Chancellor's Leadership Group (2009-11); Member, UALR Chancellor's Policy Advisory Council (2009-2013).

Associate Professor of Information Science and Bioinformatics

• 2006 - 2007

Tenured in 2006

Associate Professor of Applied Science and Bioinformatics

• 2002 - 2006

Founder and Program Director, UALR/UAMS Graduate Program in Bioinformatics; Founder and Executive Director, MidSouth Bioinformatics Center at UALR; Founder and First President, MidSouth Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Society; Founder, UALR Bioinformatics Undergraduate Minor.

Consultant

• Jan 2022 - May 2022

Professional, Organizational, and Project Management Services supporting the Arkansas National Science Foundation Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (AR NSF EPSCoR) program. Professional, Organizational, and Project Management Services supporting the Arkansas National Science Foundation Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (AR NSF EPSCoR) program.

Network Coordinator, No-Boundary Thinking Bioinformatics Education and Research Network

• Aug 2014 - Dec 2019

National coordinator for National Science Foundation-funded program promoting "no-boundary thinking" by facilitating resource collaboration and the transfer of best practices from each institution in the areas of education and research experiences for students. No-boundary thinking goes beyond existing interdisciplinary approaches that use standard approaches to deal with difficult problems; no-boundary thinking seeks to redefine the way we do science by focusing attention on the underlying formulation of these problems.

Partner and Co-Founder

• 1999 - 2004

Developer of proprietary neural-network system for predicting stock-price movement under Windows NT and automated internet-based data acquisition and client-specific prediction generation; neural networking consultant. Developer of proprietary neural-network system for predicting stock-price movement under Windows NT and automated internet-based data acquisition and client-specific prediction generation; neural networking consultant.

Founder and CEO

• 2001 - 2002

Founded company to acquire technology and personnel of Maryland-based supercomputer company; Evaluated technology, recruited executive team, and developed business and organizational plans. Founded company to acquire technology and personnel of Maryland-based supercomputer company; Evaluated technology, recruited executive team, and developed business and organizational plans.

Vice President of Software Engineering

• 2000 - 2000

Architect and Tech Lead for embedded software in intelligent, programmable wireless modem incorporating GPS receiver; Architect for host-side Internet aggregation service for data collected from multiple wireless modems using multiple data delivery mechanisms. Architect and Tech Lead for embedded software in intelligent, programmable wireless modem incorporating GPS receiver; Architect for host-side Internet aggregation service for data collected from multiple wireless modems using multiple data delivery mechanisms.

Vice President of Engineering

• 1998 - 1999

As member of the Executive Team, responsible for charting the direction of the company, developing strategic plans, and monitoring operational performance within budget for internet financial services; Reorganized and significantly grew engineering department; managed and mentored team developing web-based personal financial calculators, professional services team, and systems operation team (internet services and internal computer systems); Responsible for product definition and development and translating marketing and client requirements into product features.

R&D Business Development Director

• 1997 - 1998

Strategically positioned this medical device company’s software efforts, developed a software business plan, enhanced internal capabilities (e.g., software recruiting, tools acquisition, technical infrastructure development, telecommuting initiation, intranet creation, internet strategy), targeted acquisitions, and enhanced customer and university relationships; Developed software collateral, capabilities presentations, and proposal templates; managed central region’s sales reps, developed client proposals, and negotiated contracts; achieved double personal sales quota; Facilitated Product Definition and Software Process Reengineering workshops for clients with VP of R&D; Developed and taught course at Colorado State University (Spring ’98) on high-quality software development with VP of R&D in part to recruit future employees.

Volunteer

• 1983 - 1998

Volunteer Member, Board of Directors (1984-1990, 1998) including President; Interim Executive Director (1996-1997); Volunteer Special Projects Director (1990-1997 including full-time 1993-1997); Focused on strategic planning, organizational development, fund-raising, program development (transitional housing), and capital acquisition/improvement. Volunteer Member, Board of Directors (1984-1990, 1998) including President; Interim Executive Director (1996-1997); Volunteer Special Projects Director (1990-1997 including full-time 1993-1997); Focused on strategic planning, organizational development, fund-raising, program development (transitional housing), and capital acquisition/improvement.

Project Manager and Consulting Member of Technical Staff

• 1986 - 1993

Also Austin, TX, and Phoenix, AZ; General Management (managed finance, MIS, HR, administrative, computer operations, and technical documentation staff); Technical and Technical Management (managed multiple simultaneous projects on UNIX OS ports/enhancements, networking, device drivers, and application development); Chief Architect on consulting projects for IBM, AmEx, US WEST, and Kodak; Taught courses on distributed computing environments; Kodak's Quality Leadership Facilitator for ISC; Continued as member of IEEE’s international POSIX P1003.1 [Unix] Standards Committee.

Senior Software Engineer, Distributed Systems Group

• 1983 - 1986

Architect, designer and implementer of key portions of the Burroughs Distributed Architecture; Sole implementer of message-based interprocess communications (IPC) mechanism within UNIX System V.2 kernel and of several UNIX device drivers; Charter member of (and Burroughs’, and later ISC’s representative to) POSIX P1003.1 Standards Committee defining the international standard for the UNIX operating system. Architect, designer and implementer of key portions of the Burroughs Distributed Architecture; Sole implementer of message-based interprocess communications (IPC) mechanism within UNIX System V.2 kernel and of several UNIX device drivers; Charter member of (and Burroughs’, and later ISC’s representative to) POSIX P1003.1 Standards Committee defining the international standard for the UNIX operating system.

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

• 1980 - 1983

Taught both graduate and undergraduate courses; Duties also included departmental administration as Vice Chair, curriculum development, and industry relations (raised $250,000 in the form of an equipment grant from Hewlett-Packard); Consulted for Hewlett-Packard on real-time industrial automation and kernel bootstrapping. Taught both graduate and undergraduate courses; Duties also included departmental administration as Vice Chair, curriculum development, and industry relations (raised $250,000 in the form of an equipment grant from Hewlett-Packard); Consulted for Hewlett-Packard on real-time industrial automation and kernel bootstrapping.