I am a Technical Account Manager working for EVtechnologies. In this role, I advise my customers on how they should leverage and deploy business intelligence solutions for the purpose of improving business operations. I also function as a Product Manager where I guide various software solutions from inception to delivery. While previously working for SAP, I was one of the Product Owners for SAP Crystal Reports and its associated products (viewers, designers, servers, and APIs).
I work from a home office based out of South Carolina, am married, have one daugher, and one dog. My wife has just completed her DMA in Flute Performance at the University of Georgia. My daughter will hopefully be starting in the montessori program at Newberry Elementary in a few months.
With all of that out of way, my current interests are in anything related to information discovery, design, and visualization. As such, I’m interested in the following people and organizations:
- Edward Tufte
- Stephen Few
- William S. Cleveland
- Dr Rolf Hichert
- Jacques Bertin
- Nigel Holmes
- AIGA
- Adobe
- SAP
- Apple
In addition, I’m also currently interested in agile development. The following are the people and organizations that I follow most often:
Another interesting subject for me, which is related to information design, is effective communication. Some books that I have read on the subject right:
Finally, I have a significant personal interest in all things Pixar. I suggest reading The Pixar Touch.