I was born in NYC and raised in New England. I attended
college in Boston and started my early career in aerospace
and networking there. I'm old enough to pre-date computers
and networks - but one of my first jobs was working on the
"Big Ear" (which really dates me, for those who remember
this first attempt by AT&T/WECO to "listen to the universe
and bounce signals from satellites".
I have participated in the computer-networking arena for
over 30 years. I started my career working on the original
basis of the current Internet - the DARPA project in
the early 1970's. My extensive experience in designing and
implementing very large corporate computer networks has
brought me assignments from Fortune 500 corporations all
over the world.
I'm a vetran sailor (my first sail boat was a sunfish when
I was 7). I have sailed both the Atlantic and Pacific.
As far north as Greenland and as far south as 'round the
horn! (and through the canal from time to time).
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
I know that we will find others in our universe to be with,
but not in my life-time. I shamelessly believe in the
positive aspects of intelligence which means we will find
friends and not enemies. And mystery. Our profound
ignorance will confound us at first, but we will succeed
....some day.
I think a beacon is a side issue - not important to the
main goal. We have been and still are spreading our
electronic pollution into space for decades and anyone
interested in finding us will undoutedly use that to be
their compass.
I run SETI@Home because in a very small way I help to
contribute to further man's endeavours at the exploration
of space. We must leave this cradle earth soon and we will
need all of the friends we can find to help us.
SETI@home and Astropulse are funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and donations from SETI@home volunteers. AstroPulse is funded in part by the NSF through grant AST-0307956.
