About Me

I'm originally from Chicago. Actually, I'm from the northern suburb of Evanston, home of Northwestern University and a beautiful new library. After graduating from Evanston Township High School in 1986, I went to Cornell University as an English major, but never graduated. My parents were living in the Netherlands, so I headed over there. I ended up spending seven years in Holland, working for, among others, Akzo Nobel, Vertis, and the Dutch phone company, PTT Telecom, now KPN.

I came back to America on January 1st, 1998 to finish my undergraduate degree at Columbia University's School of General Studies. With some effort (64 credits in three semesters and a summer), I got my Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and graduated Magna cum Laude in May 1999.

I completed my masters degree, also at Columbia, in May 2001. Now I'm in the PhD program with Prof. Gail Kaiser as my advisor.