About: I became involved in JA-SIG while part of the myRutgers team, and currently serve on the JA-SIG Board of Directors. In the past I've also served as committer, development coordinator, conference committee chair, newsletter editor, and general busy-body You can generally find me hanging out on ##uportal. One of the reason's I'm still gladly involved is that the experiences I gained through participation in JA-SIG and especially uPortal largely shaped me into the professional I am today.

I am also actively involved in the Sakai Project, collaborating with developers from many institutions and affiliates to develop an open source Collaboration and Learning Environment (CLE). One of my keen areas of interest is Portal-LMS integration, and emerging practices in bridging between, and sharing within the 2 environments.

Other interests include: Social Networking, Read/Write Web & User Generated Conduct, Agile Methodologies, Software Engineering, User Experience & Interaction Design, and Dynamic languages.