I am a software engineer and Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Alcatel-Lucent, currently providing CATTgen and DCPL programming support and Catapult vendor management for the Design Integration Testing of the Alcatel-Lucent WCDMA Radio Network Controller (RNC). Among my current/recent work interests are test automation with the Catapult DCT2000, the use of fuzzy logic in uncertainty assessment, test automation via perl and WinRunner, and usable web design.

From 1995 through 1997, I was a Senior Engineer at Aon Risk Technologies/ Impact Forecasting. This company's focus was on the use of engineering risk and reliability methods to estimate insurance loss due to potential natural hazards.

Graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Ph.D. in civil engineering. My research over the years has focused upon software test automation, uncertainty analysis, fuzzy logic, structural reliability, structural control, and engineering mechanics.

I am a Municipal Liaison for the Illinois::Naperville region of National Novel Writing Month. My hobbies include: web design, Perl, Linux, sf and fantasy, writing, cartooning and illustration, volleyball, tennis, cooking, and ballroom dance.