Bio

In summer 2022, I completed the Data Analytics and Computational Social Science (DACSS) Masters program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. My present position is Senior Systems and Analytics Engineer at the Gandara Center in West Springfield, MA.

This site contains my academic blog with ruminations on computational social science, my own learning processes and discoveries, and related technical topics and snippets.

Education

MS, Data Analytics and Computational Social Science | 2022

University of Massachusetts, Amherst | Amherst, MA

BA, Social Science | 1992

Hampshire College | Amherst, MA

Experience

Gandara Center, West Springfield, MA | Senior Systems and Analytics Engineer / CIO / IT Director | 2005 - Present

Silicon Goblin Technologies, Amherst, MA | Owner / Programmer | 1999 - 2015

Rojo Networks, San Francisco, CA | Systems Administrator and Customer Service Lead | 2006-2008

National Center on Adult Literacy, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, Philadelphia, PA | Systems Programmer and Lead Web Developer | 1997-1999

Holyoke Public Schools, Holyoke, MA | Literacy and GED Instructor | 1994-1997

Unicom, Inc., Providence, RI | Systems Programmer and Technical Writer | 1983-1997

Interests

• Data analytics, statistics, machine learning
• Software engineering
• Politics, culture and the state of the world
• Drawing, painting, guitar, motorcycles, baking, gaming