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This site is my bio, resume and blog though I don't update it very often. I've founded or worked in more than half a dozen software startups in Cambridge, MA since 1980. (Three were acquired, one went public, one folded in a big way, and my "dot-com" never really got much past launching at DEMO). Mathcad, which I wrote in 1985, is a leading desktop application for engineering and scientific calculation and documentation, and is now owned by PTC (www.ptc.com) through acquisition of Mathsoft in April of 2006. Mathcad has been used by millions of engineers, students and scientists worldwide. I am currently working on creating a new kind of software system for engineers and engineering departments. This will take the form of a new software company called Beehive Engineering Systems, LLC. We are working with customers and investors to take the concept forward into the marketplace. (updated 25.APR.08)
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| general interests | **The web was supposed to change everything, but the PC people use to access it hasn't changed at all. Xerox PARC's metaphor of desktop, files & folders remains a 1990's vision of the 1930's office, and is still with us. I think PC2 is already starting to happen, and I wonder what ways of working will become the mainstay of the near future. We are exploring the possibilities for radical change in office
information technology.
**Diabetes is serious, common, costly and too often devastating to patients and families. Surprisingly, diabetes is also controllable and even preventable. Unfortunately, the systems in place in our healthcare practices do not come close to providing the kind of care and outcomes that we know can be achieved with better application of what we already know about the disease. We are working with UMASS Medical School on research, development and deployment of practical, technology-based approaches that will radically improve care for millions of diabetics before the end of the decade. |
| technical interests | Engineering processes and information models, XML, Semantic Web & Semantic Desktop, Structured Blogging/Semblogs, programming languages and methodology, knowledge capture and representation, electronic healthcare, software product definition, design, and management, entrepreneurial development, math as rich media. messaging and voice on the web |
