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Prior to coming to MCI in mid-1994, he was [[INFOODS]] Project Coordinator for the United Nations University and, before that, was at MIT for nearly 30 years, holding Principal Research Scientist appointments in several departments including Architecture, the Center for International Studies, and the Laboratory of Architecture and Planning.

Prior to coming to MCI in mid-1994, he was [[INFOODS]] Project Coordinator for the United Nations University and, before that, was at MIT for nearly 30 years, holding Principal Research Scientist appointments in several departments including Architecture, the Center for International Studies, and the Laboratory of Architecture and Planning.

For most of those 30 years, he was a technical participant in programming language standardization efforts. He has also participated in, and sometimes led, industry consortia, scientific, and quasi-governmental efforts that resulted in de facto standards. For example, he was a member of the Advisory Council and of the first [adhoc committees on procedures of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

For most of his tenure at MIT he worked towards programming language standardization efforts. He has also participated in, and led, industry consortia, scientific, and quasi-governmental efforts that resulted in accepted industry standards. For example, he was a member of the Advisory Council and of the first [adhoc committees on procedures of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

Despite this background in standards development and procedures, his primary work has focused on technical and design efforts, both as research and in product development and support. For example, industrially, he was the lead designer for several user-visible aspects of [[internetMCI]], designed database and data analysis systems used by several large international corporations and governmental units (including the Office of the Secretary of Defense in the US and the Department of Social Justice in The Netherlands) in the 1970s and 1980s.

Despite this background in standards development and procedures, his primary work has focused on technical and design efforts; and he has tackled the issue from a research, product development, and support angle. For example, industrially, he was the lead designer for several user-visible aspects of [[internetMCI]], designed database and data analysis systems used by several large international corporations and governmental units (including the Office of the Secretary of Defense in the US and the Department of Social Justice in The Netherlands) in the 1970s and 1980s.

These major contributions went to manage inventories, planning, and human resource models for two of the world's largest automobile manufacturers and one oil company and for several activities of the US Department of Defense including fuel supply availability planning during the oil crisis of the mid-1970s and the development and management of the DOD budget itself.

These major contributions went to manage inventories, planning, and human resource models for two of the world's largest automobile manufacturers and one oil company and for several activities of the US Department of Defense including fuel supply availability planning during the oil crisis of the mid-1970s and the development and management of the DOD budget itself.