Education:

• B.A., Computer Science, University of California, San Diego. (4.0 out of 4.0 in major) (1976-1980)
• Co-instigator of UCSD's first nMOS VLSI design graduate seminar, immediately upon release of Conway and Mead's seminal VLSI design book. (1980)
• Teaching assistant for digital hardware design course. (1979)
• Participant in early meetings planning the creation of CARL - the Computer Audio Research Laboratory at the Center for Music Experiment, University of California, San Diego. Occasional informal projects thru 1990.

Professional Affiliations:

• Association for Computing Machinery (since 1978)
• Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers, IEEE Computer Society (since 1979)
• USENIX (Unix technical society) (since 1981)
• Audio Engineering Society (since 1980)
• Internet Professionals Network (since 1999)
• Venice Interactive Community (since 1999)
• Space Dermatology Foundation (1990-1995)