Computational research scientist with more than 26 years experience in Information Technology and Academic Research. Depth and breadth of IT experience from facilities and network infrastructure to application design and development, system architecture, security, project and people management, and contract management/negotiations. Demonstrated expertise in directory services, security, single sign on, federated identity, systems integration, software development, visualization, multi-tiered web systems, grid computing and networks. Successful research scientist who has produced notable results in high performance networks and middleware as PI or co-PI on 9 federally funded grants totaling over $19 million. Effective in communicating IT capabilities to domain experts and building transdisciplinary project teams. Experienced manager of highly skilled IT professionals. Effective team and consensus builder. An innovative technology leader; recognized strengths in leadership, innovation and communication; published author, accomplished speaker, and successful manager. Specialties video and voice over IP, directory services, federated authentication & authorization, security, collaboration tools, three dimensional graphics and visualization, Grid computing