Leadership

• President / Director, Imagine Beyond Foundation (non-profit)

• US President’s Life Time "Call To Service" Volunteer Service Award, 2013

• US President’s Volunteer Service Award, 2011, 2014

• CIO Dallas Summit Speaker, Panelist, 2015 

• CTO Telecom Summit Speaker, 2013

• CIO Big Data Summit Speaker, 2012

• CTO Telecom Summit Content Committee Member/ Speaker/Panelist, 2011

• IEEE Chairman's Leadership Award, 2011
• Board Member - GDIACC, Technology Start Up (2008 – 2011)
• Past President - MEANT, Chair/Vice Chair - IEEE CN

• IOUG Chris Wooldridge 2007 Volunteer Excellence Award

• Executive Editor - Oracle SELECT Journal published by IOUG
• ORACLE ACE nomination by Oracle Corporations’ Technology Network (2005).

• IEEE Outstanding Young Engineer of the Year, 2005

• Author of “Oracle Database 10g Insider Solutions” (SAMS), “Easy Oracle Automation” (Rampant TechPress), 2 Patents, 95 + publications in various journals, Frequent Speaker at trade conferences.

Professional Affiliations

Affiliation/Organization Name RepsonsibilitiesAffiliation Date

IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.) - Senior Member.

Director (2005-'07), Volunteer Director - VTC Fall 05,  Chairman (2004), Vice-Chairman (2003, 2011) of IEEE CN.

1992 - present
IOUG (Independent Oracle Users Group), IOUG SELECT Journal (http://www.ioug.org, http://www.selectonline.org/general.cfm)

Executive Editor (2005-'06), Associate Editor (2003-2005), Contributing Editor (2001 - '03), Chairman of Data Warehouse Books Review Committee (1999-2001)

1999 - present
IETE (The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers) (http://www.iete.org)Life Member1993 - present
Database Trends and Applications (The Journal of Information Integration and Management), Unisphere Media L.L.C.Columnist on Oracle Data Strategies2004 - 2008
MEANT - Engineer's AssociationPresident (2011), Communications Director (1998, 2003), Life Member1998 - present