I started work here at the University of Washington back in December of 1984 as a programmer analyst for what was then Academic Computing Services. I had previously been employed for three years as a programmer and systems manager for Linn-Benton Community College. The Linn-Benton position was my first real computing job after graduating from the University of Oregon. My role as programmer analyst for the ACC involved orchestrating the installation of an IBM 4381 mainframe which would eventually provide VM/CMS, UNIX (IX/370) and Bitnet services to the academic community. This effort was based on an IBM ASIS grant to the UW and was known as Project Olympus.

The years rolled by. Acronyms for central computing changed with the seasons. During much of this time I spent working in joint projects between the UW and IBM related to UNIX operating system development and clustering. This work spawned a couple of books on the IBM AIX operating system and one on Samba administration ala McGraw-Hill as well as 5 years of weekly columns for SunExpert (previously RS/Magazine) that bear my name.

My next incarnation was Assistant Director for University Computing Services within the UW Technology organization. My group, Advanced Systems Technologies, is responsible for architecting and maintaining the central academic systems in support of faculty, student and staff computing.

Currently I'm Director, C&C Streaming, Video and TV Techology UWTV and ResearchChannel.  My Streaming Media Technolgy team explores high quality/high bitrate streaming audio and video technologies such as High Definition Television over IP.  We also support and collaborate with KEXP radio (UW collaboration with Paul Allen's Experience Music Project), Internet2 Video Middleware Working Group, and the Pacific Lighthouse Project (collaboration between Washington and California Internet2 K12 organizations to deliver high quality audio and video to school districts).