education 1988-1992	COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY	NEW YORK, NY
	BA in Physics, Columbia College, May 1992.
experience 5/96-present	Associate NPS Associates	NEW YORK, NY
	Provided Windows support for both new and exisiting products. Worked within a variety of development environments and platforms including Visual C++ and Netscape.
8/95-4/96	Director of Technical Services SGP INTERNATIONAL, INC.	NEW YORK, NY
	Designed and programmed custom multi-user database applications in VB and Access VBA for Windows 3.11/Windows95 on Microsoft and Novell networks. Designed and implemented upcoming ZOL online service in Harare, Zimbabwe using WorldGroup software. Responsible for LAN administration and upgrades. Programmed and maintained company website.
9/92-6/95	Guitarist and Treasurer TOO SKINNEE J'S, INC.	NEW YORK, NY
	Kept financial/corporate records and allocated funds. Maintained Macintosh computer system for mailing list and accounting. Responsible for housing and transportation, automotive repairs and musical composition. Designed and produced merchandise. Over 300 shows in 12 states.
10/92-10/93	Lab Assistant COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PHYSICS DEPARTMENT	NEW YORK, NY
	Worked on the Stellar X-Ray Polarimeter, to be launched in 1997 on the Russian Spectrum-X-Gamma satellite. Calibrated and tested engineering model detectors. Programmed data acquisition and analysis routines in C/C++ for DOS PC, operated imaging x-ray proportional counters and x-ray sources, and built high vacuum/high purity gas transfer systems.
summers 90-92	Lab Assistant COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ASTROPHYSICS LABORATORY	NEW YORK, NY
	Produced a simulation of the performance of microchannel plates as x-ray focusing devices. Investigated the focusing properties of silicon and lead glass plates. Experience with programming and data analysis, x-ray detectors, vacuum systems, computer-controlled actuators, and silicon etching.
5/91	Intern OUTOKUMPU ELECTRONICS	ESPOO, FINLAND
	Assisted with mechanical tests of beryllium windows for x-ray detectors and fabrication of silicon wafers to be used as frames for polyimide infrared windows.
other experience 1/91-12/92	Head Manager COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MARCHING BAND	NEW YORK, NY
	Organized all band events, kept financial records, arranged transportation, led on-campus recruitment and fundraising drives, represented Band for off-campus publicity, co-wrote scripts and acted as liaison to university administration. Increased income and membership while media coverage included the New York Times, the Village Voice, the Wall Street Journal, MTV and ESPN.
10/92-10/93	Columnist COLUMBIA DAILY SPECTATOR	NEW YORK, NY
	Produced weekly satire of gossip columns of NY dailies.
computer languages	VB/VBA, C/C++, Borland C++, HTML, Clipper, DBase, limited Assembler
tools	PC: Access, VB, VC++, Borland C/Pascal/Assembler, FoxPro, Clipper, Corel, Word, WorldGroup, Exchange, Netware, AXUM, MatLab. MAC: Word, Excel, FoxPro, MYOB. Limited Pagemaker, Quark, Illustrator, Photoshop, etc.
research interests	Accretion disks in active galgactic nuclei, black holes, etc.. History and philosophy of science. Finnish language, culture and history.
other interests	Editor and project consultant for online humor magazine.