Experience

Virginia Tech Transportation Institute

• United States
• Research
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Division Director of Technology Development and Deployment

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  The Division Director of Technology Development and Deployment oversees the Division of Technology Development and Deployment (DTDD). The DTDD includes the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute’s (VTTI’s) Mechanical Systems and Facilities Operations, Electronic Systems and Technology Innovation, Computing Support, Research Computing, and Systems Architecture/Design groups. This position provides vision, leadership, coordination and specialized expertise for the development and implementation… Show more The Division Director of Technology Development and Deployment oversees the Division of Technology Development and Deployment (DTDD). The DTDD includes the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute’s (VTTI’s) Mechanical Systems and Facilities Operations, Electronic Systems and Technology Innovation, Computing Support, Research Computing, and Systems Architecture/Design groups. This position provides vision, leadership, coordination and specialized expertise for the development and implementation of innovative transportation technologies, research support services, and data management systems in support of VTTI’s mission.

• Senior Research Associate

  • Apr 2011 - Oct 2020

  Provide IT leadership for the VTTI organization focusing on quality service delivery that optimizes research data utilization. Manage the software development and database administration groups at VTTI with the goal of designing, integrating, and implementing hardware, network and software systems in a scalable HPC/HA loosely coupled system architecture to support transportation research. Provide senior level architectural support for systems and applications.



Virginia Tech - Pamplin College of Business

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • Aug 2017 - Present

  Blacksburg, Virginia



Radford University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, IT Infrastructure

  • Apr 2010 - Apr 2011

  Oversee systems administration, operations and network services and is responsible for managing and maintaining data centers, servers, storage systems, backup systems, VoIP telephone systems, and networks (wired and wireless) for the university. Manages overall operations of the functional unit through managers, including ensuring continuous improvement in customer support quality and maintenance of systems uptime targets



Virginia Tech

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Director, Core Computational Facility, VBI

  • Apr 2008 - Apr 2010

  Manage VBI’s diverse IT group comprised of helpdesk, system and database administration staffs in mixed server and desktop environment. I lead and manage a diverse IT group consisting of systems administrators, helpdesk staff, database administrators, and developers. What I really hope I did at VBI was to become a more complete and effective manager/director/leader bridging the gap between business and information technology.

• Senior Jumbotron operator

  • Aug 2001 - Aug 2009

  Instant Replay specialist for HokieVision

• Systems Administrator, VBI

  • May 2007 - Apr 2008

  Provide system administration for Linux, Solaris, and Windows servers to support the research and operations efforts across the institute. This includes application configuration and administration of a wide range of applications needed by our researchers. Additionally we provide a SAN infrastructure backed by a few different storage providers (Pillar, Rackable, ESS). I also try to bridge the gap between our development group and our sys admin group and will perform development duties as needed… Show more Provide system administration for Linux, Solaris, and Windows servers to support the research and operations efforts across the institute. This includes application configuration and administration of a wide range of applications needed by our researchers. Additionally we provide a SAN infrastructure backed by a few different storage providers (Pillar, Rackable, ESS). I also try to bridge the gap between our development group and our sys admin group and will perform development duties as needed (primarily Java and Perl).

• Systems Architect

  • Apr 2002 - May 2007

  Serve as an architect for LDAP-based directories used to support networked or network-aware desktop operating systems including Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. Design and implement solutions for populating, updating, managing, and replicating data between Active Directory and other directory services, including the university's enterprise directory. Support the Active Directory systems hardware and software. Provide system administration for the Virginia Tech Active Directory and its child… Show more Serve as an architect for LDAP-based directories used to support networked or network-aware desktop operating systems including Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. Design and implement solutions for populating, updating, managing, and replicating data between Active Directory and other directory services, including the university's enterprise directory. Support the Active Directory systems hardware and software. Provide system administration for the Virginia Tech Active Directory and its child domains. Serve as a development lead to develop and maintain tools to support the security, stability, and scalability of these systems.

• Athletic Ticket Office Worker

  • Oct 1999 - Mar 2002

  Grunt worker for the athletic ticket office. Did typical office and front window duties but also got to work on the first-iteration of the online ticket sales.