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Location United States
Current Role(s): 
Managing Director
Appropriate Technology Group

Professional Info

Companies Worked For
Morgan Stanley, Chiquita Brands Intl, VoiceStream, Boulder Institute of MicroFinance, Solar Washington, American Solar Energy Society
Industries Worked In: 
Finance, Agriculture, Telecommunications, Construction, Energy, Politics, Economics

Personal Info

Other languages: 
Chinese, Simplified
English
French
Portuguese, Brazil
Spanish

On Drupal.org for 13 years 11 months

Bio: 

I am the Founder and Managing Director of the Appropriate Technology Group, a Seattle-based consultancy focused on sustainable approaches to using technology for economic development and environmental protection. I'm also a US Soccer Federation Referee. I've lived and worked across the Americas and Europe for a wide range of businesses and non-profits over the last 30 years. In Washington State, I have founded or served on the boards of Sustainable West Seattle, the Green Party of Washington State, Washington Alpine Club, Seattle Astronomical Society, The Backbone Campaign, The Washington Alliance of Technology Workers, Seattle Independent Media Center, Northwest Ecobuilding Guild, Green Party of Seattle, and the Puget Sound Beekeepers Association, among others. I currently serve on the Boards of the American Solar Energy Society and Sustainable Seattle. I earned a BA in Political Science & International Relations from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Certificat d’Études Politiques from the Institute d’Études Politiques in Aix-en-Provence, France, and an MA in Economics & Latin American Studies from The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, DC. I'm a Wisconsin native living in West Seattle in a Homestead Community Land Trust home, which he is renovating into a model of green building techniques and energy self-sufficiency.

Drupal Contributions: 

Working to build the Seattle DUG, and want to help with Portland 2013, including the DrupcalConBus

Drupal events: 
DrupalCon Chicago 2011
DrupalCon Denver 2012
I help in the Drupal support forums
I provide Drupal-related services
I help mentor new contributors