Experienced electrical and computer engineering PhD. Background in applied research in the areas of distributed computing and computer networking, with extensive development experience gained in a startup environment. My technical interests are mainly in the area of distributed computing and related problems. More important to me is to be part of a team of very smart, motivated engineers, in an environment that mixes creativity, analytical problem solving, and developing cool, innovative technology. Current projects include the GData protocol and open APIs for data exchange. Specialties: Distributed computer systems, fault-tolerant computing systems, scalable computer systems, computer networking, software engineering, object-oriented programming.