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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Computer Scientist and President at Knocout Technologies

  • Education

    • The International Center for Nonviolent Communication, Albuquerque, NM

      2013 - 2019
      Candidate for Certified Trainer Nonviolent (or Compassionate) Communication (NVC)

      Assessor: Sylvia HaskvitzFocus: Promote a consciousness, create human connections, embrace communication and practice leadership that fosters awareneess of self, others and the interdependence of our well being; compassionate giving and receiving; increased creativity when we see things through the eyes of others as well as our own; and using power with others to work together to meet the needs of all concerned.600+ in-person / 200+ online training hours including:CALF… Show more Assessor: Sylvia HaskvitzFocus: Promote a consciousness, create human connections, embrace communication and practice leadership that fosters awareneess of self, others and the interdependence of our well being; compassionate giving and receiving; increased creativity when we see things through the eyes of others as well as our own; and using power with others to work together to meet the needs of all concerned.600+ in-person / 200+ online training hours including:CALF Intensive for Candidates, Italy, 2019, Shipmann, VA, 2018New York Intensive, New Lebanon, NY, 2019, 2018CNVC International Intensive Training, Brazil, 2019John Kinyan Mediate Your Life, Boston, MA, 2017-2018Miki Kashtan Responding to the Call of Our Times, NVC Academy, 2017Robert Gonzales Life Program, Denver, CO, 2014-2015, Carefree, AZ, 2016, 2015Activities:Candidates Active Learning Forum Team, 2014-presentInvited Panelist, How Privilege/Lack of Privilege Affects People of Color, 2017See cnvc.org . Show less

    • Leadership That Works, New York, NY

      2014 - 2015
      Certified Professional Coach Coaching for Transformation

      Instructors and Accessors:Madhu MaronRichard MichaelsMartha LasleySteven Filante Focus: Coach to transform people's lives, their careers and the world around them, taking a holistic approach to coaching, going beyond theories and models, working with clients on a deeper level, coaching the whole person: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.International Coach Federation (ICF) accredited training program:140 class hours10 mentor hours100 practice… Show more Instructors and Accessors:Madhu MaronRichard MichaelsMartha LasleySteven Filante Focus: Coach to transform people's lives, their careers and the world around them, taking a holistic approach to coaching, going beyond theories and models, working with clients on a deeper level, coaching the whole person: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.International Coach Federation (ICF) accredited training program:140 class hours10 mentor hours100 practice coaching hours6 hours of coaching by a Coaching for Transformation coachSee http://www.leadershipthatworks.com/Public/CoachTraining/index.cfm . Show less

    • National Conference for Community and Justice, Windsor, CT

      2015 - 2015
      Anti-Racism Training

      Focus: Take action, moving towards equalilty, examing bias, discrimination, oppression and privilege in the United States. See http://nccj.org .

    • Everyday Democracy, Hartford, CT

      2014 - 2014
      Dialog to Change Program on Race Equality

      Focus: Create positive community change that includes everyone through organizing, dialogue and actionSee https://www.everyday-democracy.org/dialogue-to-change .

    • Landmark Worldwide, New York, NY

      2014 - 2014
      Communications Curriculum

      The Advanced Communication Course: Power to CreateFocus: Identify and replace old patterns with new practices of listening and speaking—practices that leave you reliable and masterful in generating new possibilities in every aspect of your life.The Communication Course: Access to PowerFocus: Bring communication—the most basic phenomenon of our lives—from the background to the foreground, giving one access to the most powerful and useful tool available in the business of… Show more The Advanced Communication Course: Power to CreateFocus: Identify and replace old patterns with new practices of listening and speaking—practices that leave you reliable and masterful in generating new possibilities in every aspect of your life.The Communication Course: Access to PowerFocus: Bring communication—the most basic phenomenon of our lives—from the background to the foreground, giving one access to the most powerful and useful tool available in the business of living.See https://www.landmarkworldwide.com/advanced-programs/communication-programs . Show less

    • Landmark Worldwide, New York, NY

      1997 - 1997
      Curriculum for Living

      The Landmark Self Expression and Leadership ProgramFocus: Express yourself fully, Make a difference, Be a leader.See http://www.landmarkworldwide.com/advanced-programs/self-expression-and-leadership-program .The Landmark Advanced CourseFocus: Create a future of your own design, not limited by the past. Move the notion of possibility from an abstract idea to a day-to-day living reality.See… Show more The Landmark Self Expression and Leadership ProgramFocus: Express yourself fully, Make a difference, Be a leader.See http://www.landmarkworldwide.com/advanced-programs/self-expression-and-leadership-program .The Landmark Advanced CourseFocus: Create a future of your own design, not limited by the past. Move the notion of possibility from an abstract idea to a day-to-day living reality.See http://www.landmarkworldwide.com/advanced-programs/the-landmark-advanced-course .The Landmark ForumFocus: Bring about positive, permanent shifts in the quality of your life. Create power, freedom, full self-expression, and peace of mind for your future.See http://www.landmarkworldwide.com/the-landmark-forum . Show less

    • Insight Seminars Worldwide, Boston, MA

      1996 - 1996
      Path to Insight

      Insight I: The Awakening HeartFocus: Awakeni your heart and discover what will support you in creating a life you love. See http://www.insightseminars.org/insight-i.html .

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

      1984 - 1992
      Doctorate of Philosophy Computer Science

      Research Associate supervised by Professor Gurindar Sohi and funded by the University of Wisconsin-MadisonDoctorate Thesis: A Characterization of Prolog Execution: Considerations in the Design of RISC Architectures to Achieve High Performance Prolog Execution.Research Topic: Expert Database Systems: Bermuda - An Architectural Perspective on Interfacing Prolog to a Database MachineResearch Topic: Test Set Generation using DIB - A Distributed Implementation of Backtracking… Show more Research Associate supervised by Professor Gurindar Sohi and funded by the University of Wisconsin-MadisonDoctorate Thesis: A Characterization of Prolog Execution: Considerations in the Design of RISC Architectures to Achieve High Performance Prolog Execution.Research Topic: Expert Database Systems: Bermuda - An Architectural Perspective on Interfacing Prolog to a Database MachineResearch Topic: Test Set Generation using DIB - A Distributed Implementation of Backtracking on a MulticomputerConcentrations: Computer Architecture, Operating Systems, Artificial IntelligenceMinor: Computer EngineeringInstructor: Introduction to ProgrammingTeaching Assistant: Analysis of AlgorithmsActivities:Student Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (President, Social Activities Chair)See https://www.cs.wisc.edu . Show less

    • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

      1983 - 1984
      Masters of Engineering Computer and Systems Engineering

      Research Associate supervised by Professor John F. McDonald and funded by General Electric CorporationMaster's Thesis: Efficient Placement Algorithms for Use in Electrical Design Automation and Computer Aided Design Systems for VLSI and WSI TechnologiesActivities:Sigma Phi Epsilon FraternitySee https://ecse.rpi.edu .

    • Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

      1981 - 1983
      Masters of Science Computer and Information Science

      See http://eng-cs.syr.edu .

    • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

      1977 - 1981
      Bachelor of Science Computer and Systems Engineering

      Senior Thesis: Automated Generation of Programmable Logic Arrays for Electrical CAD SystemsJunior Thesis: Boolean Logic SimulationActivities:Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity: Secretary, Pledge Educator, Rush ChairmanSee https://ecse.rpi.edu .

  • Experience

    • Nostrand News

      Jan 1973 - Jan 1977
      Employee

      A bit of everything on occasional Saturdays.

    • Sbarro, LLC

      Jan 1978 - Jan 1979
      Employee

      A bit of everything during school vacations.

    • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

      Jan 1980 - Jan 1980
      Research Associate

      Conducted research in the area of electrical design automation and computer aided design.

    • International Business Machines Corporation

      Jan 1981 - Jan 1987

      Researched the design of computer architectures to achieve high performance execution of logic programming languages such as Prolog and Concurrent Prolog. Designed, implemented and cost-justified several new computer hardware development methodologies utilizing electrical design automation and computer-aided design tools and technologies.

      • Research Scientist

        Jan 1987 - Jan 1987

      • Computer Engineer

        Jan 1981 - Jan 1987

    • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

      Jan 1982 - Jan 1983
      Research Associate

      Conducted research in the area of electrical design automation and computer aided design.

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison

      Jan 1984 - Jan 1990

      Conducted research in the area of computer architecture, instruction set and memory design. Taught introductory computer science courses. Supervised a team of lab consultants and managed a computer laboratory.

      • Research Associate

        Jan 1989 - Jan 1990

      • Instructor and Computer Lab Supervisor

        Jan 1984 - Jan 1989

    • Hewlett-Packard Corporation

      Jan 1989 - Jan 1989
      Research Scientist

      Researched and presented instruction set enhancements to achieve high performance floating-point arithmetic for the HPPA RISC computer architecture.

    • Trinity College

      Jan 1990 - Jan 1995
      Assistant Professor

      Assisted in the development of a liberal arts oriented computer science curriculum for the newly formed Computer Science program. Taught all but one course in the undergraduate curriculum. Conducted research in the areas of computer architecture, programming languages and distributed systems.

    • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Hartford

      Jan 1992 - Jan 1992
      Adjunct Professor

      Taught a graduate level course in design and analysis of algorithms.

    • Digital Equipment Corporation

      Jan 1995 - Jan 1996
      Computer Scientist (Consultant)

      Contributed as a team member to the design and implementation of a multiplatform (Windows NT, VMS, Digital Unix, PC, microcomputer) system library package to achieve high-performance sorting of very large data sets.

    • The Richard Roman Institute

      Jan 1996 - Jan 2000
      President

      Consulted, trained and developed distributed and Internet applications and technologies to clients such as General Electric Corporation, BEA Technologies, TV Guide and Hewlett-Packard Development Company.

    • Pace University

      Jan 1999 - Jan 1999
      Adjunct Professor

      Taught a course in Internet technologies and web application development.

    • MokoNet, Inc.

      Jan 2000 - Jan 2001
      Chief Technology Officer

      Supervised the company technology team, led analysis and development as well as internal and client training of J2EE and other Internet application technology, software engineering, UML and requirements analysis with software development tools and wireless applications.

    • Central Connecticut State University

      Jan 2002 - Jan 2005
      Assistant Professor

      Conducted research and taught courses in areas including software engineering, object-oriented design, distributed systems and computer game architectures at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

    • The Richard Roman Institute

      Jan 2005 - now
      Computer Scientist, Educator, Communication/Leadership Coach and President

      Dr. Mark A. Friedman serves as the president of the Richard Roman Institute, a consultancy specializing in performance improvement and career advancement of computer scientists and software development teams using object-oriented, distributed and Internet technologies and software processes. Dr. Friedman takes particular interest in mentoring young professionals - bridging the gap between foundations built in formal education and technologies and intrapersonal/interpersonal skills needed for success in industry. His dual experience in academia and industry makes him well suited for this role. See http://www.richardroman.com/. Show less

    • Knocout Technologies

      Jan 2005 - now
      Computer Scientist and President

    • Nonviolent Communication Candidates Active Learning Forum

      Jan 2015 - now
      Organizer and Liason

      Serve as the event organizer for international in-person trainings in Nonviolent Communication, and as the liaison between the team of certified trainers and groups of program attendees for the Nonviolent Communication (NVC) Candidates Active Learning Forum (CALF) program for candidates for certification by the Center for Nonviolent Communication and other individuals interested in knowing, sharing and living NVC.See http://nvccalf.org .

    • Compassionate Communication Practice Group at the Unitarian Church in Westport

      Jan 2016 - Jan 2017
      Facilitator

      Facilitated Compassionate Communication Practice Group at the Unitarian Church in Westport, a Nonviolent Communication (NVC) practice group, guiding its vision, direction and structure; creating content such as topics or exercises; and managing the weekly meeting process.

    • New York Nonviolent Communication Intensive

      Jan 2018 - now
      Host Trainer and Organizer

      Serve as the event organizer and host trainer for the New York Nonviolent Communication Intensive responsible for the overall organization of the event including securing a venue, promoting the event and registering participants, coordinating accommodations, fundraising, recruiting a team of certified trainers to create and lead the program, and recruiting a team of assistants to support the team of trainers and group of participants.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Hypnotherapy Certification Training

      The National Board for Certified Clinical Hypnotherapists
      Jan 1994

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Coach / Head Coach

      Issued by Self Expression and Leadership Program, Landmark Worldwide, New York, NY (several programs) on Jan 2014
      Self Expression and Leadership Program, Landmark Worldwide, New York, NY (several programs)Associated with Mark Friedman

    • Facilitator

      Issued by Authentic Connection and Communication Practice Group, Hartford, CT on Jan 2014
      Authentic Connection and Communication Practice Group, Hartford, CTAssociated with Mark Friedman

    • Conference Committee Chair / Conference Chair

      Issued by Twelve-Step Recovery Conferences (12+ conferences in Connecticut and New York) on Jan 1993
      Twelve-Step Recovery Conferences (12+ conferences in Connecticut and New York)Associated with Mark Friedman

    • Member of Assisting Team

      Issued by New York Nonviolent Communication Intensive, New Lebanon, NY on Jan 2018
      New York Nonviolent Communication Intensive, New Lebanon, NYAssociated with Mark Friedman

    • Facilitator and Co-Founder

      Issued by Compassionate Communication of Waterbury, CT, Waterbury, CT on Jan 2014
      Compassionate Communication of Waterbury, CT, Waterbury, CTAssociated with Mark Friedman

    • Participant - Trainer Liason

      Issued by Nonviolent Communication Candidates Active Learning Forum on Jan 2014
      Nonviolent Communication Candidates Active Learning ForumAssociated with Mark Friedman

    • Organizer and Co-Founder

      Issued by Drupal Camp Connecticut, Yale University, New Haven, CT on Jan 2010
      Drupal Camp Connecticut, Yale University, New Haven, CTAssociated with Mark Friedman

    • Organizer and Founder

      Issued by The Greater Hartford Python Meetup Group, Greater Hartford, CT on Jan 2012
      The Greater Hartford Python Meetup Group, Greater Hartford, CTAssociated with Mark Friedman

    • Instructor

      Issued by Beat of the Street Center for Creative Learning, Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CT on Jan 2011
      Beat of the Street Center for Creative Learning, Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CTAssociated with Mark Friedman

    • Organizer and Founder

      Issued by Central Connecticut Drupal Meetup Group, Greater Hartford, CT on Jan 2010
      Central Connecticut Drupal Meetup Group, Greater Hartford, CTAssociated with Mark Friedman

    • Technical Program Chair

      Issued by Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computer Science Conference 2005, Albuquerque, NM on Jan 2004
      Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computer Science Conference 2005, Albuquerque, NMAssociated with Mark Friedman

    • President

      Issued by Association for Computing Machinery, Hartford, CT Chapter, Hartford, CT on Jan 2002
      Association for Computing Machinery, Hartford, CT Chapter, Hartford, CTAssociated with Mark Friedman

    • Vice President, Board Of Directors

      Issued by Project 100 / Greater Hartford Gay and Lesbian Community Center, Hartford, CT on Jan 1993
      Project 100 / Greater Hartford Gay and Lesbian Community Center, Hartford, CTAssociated with Mark Friedman

    • Phone Line Counselor

      Issued by HelpLine, Wheeler Clinic, Plainville, CT on Jan 1990
      HelpLine, Wheeler Clinic, Plainville, CTAssociated with Mark Friedman

    • Crisis Intervention Counselor

      Issued by Briarpatch Teen and Family Crisis Intervention Center, Madison, WI on Jan 1984
      Briarpatch Teen and Family Crisis Intervention Center, Madison, WIAssociated with Mark Friedman

    • Volunteer Placement Interviewer

      Issued by Voluntary Action Center, United Way of Dane County, Madison, WI on Jan 1988
      Voluntary Action Center, United Way of Dane County, Madison, WIAssociated with Mark Friedman

    • Social Activities Chair / Chapter Chair

      Issued by Student Association for Computing Machinery, University of Madision-Wisconsin Chapter, Madison, WI on Jan 1986
      Student Association for Computing Machinery, University of Madision-Wisconsin Chapter, Madison, WIAssociated with Mark Friedman

    • Chapter Counselor

      Issued by Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, New York Delta Chapter, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY on Jan 1981
      Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, New York Delta Chapter, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NYAssociated with Mark Friedman