CZ:Nomination page/Management Council/Dan Nessett

Greg Mullane, CZ's technical lead, has decided not to run for the Management Council. If he had decided to do so, I would have declined. However, I think we need senior technical staff representation on the Management Council to advise it on technical matters. This includes how we might decrease our costs for the servers that run CZ software.

The Management Council has the responsibility for the technical, financial and legal aspects of Citizendium. My qualifications in each of these areas are:

Technical: For 20 years I was a researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. This gave me experience in evaluating and creating new technology. I then spent the last 10 years of my career working in industry. I worked in software development for Sun Microsystems for 2 years and then as an architect, inventor and internal consultant in the Technology Development Center of 3Com Corporation (acquired in April of this year by HP). At the latter firm I was appointed a consulting engineer. From Aug. 1997 - Aug. 1999 I was a DARPA principal investigator examining active networking technologies. I am co-inventor on 22 patents, one of which is the basis for the IEEE 802.1x standard. Another provided the foundation for a 3Com product family.

Financial: I served as Director of Technology Strategy at 3Com. In that position I worked with 3Com's comptroller office and an external consultant to develop a rational approach to technology investment. This gave me beneficial experience in how organizations manage their finances.

Legal: My legal experience is limited. However, I was the president of QuietBird Consulting from 2002-2004. This provided opportunities to work with an attorney in crafting consulting contracts.