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Gary Bivings

Gary Bivings

Title: President and Founder

Three Projects You've Worked On: Starting the firm from scratch back in 1995, the development of the initial Impactwatch™ monitoring platform, all of our client work

Other Jobs You've Held: I've had a number of jobs over the years, but the ones worth mentioning include Peace Corp volunteer in Malaysia, various positions at the United Nations and USAID in Ethiopia, Somalia and Thailand, and as a communications counselor at The Sawyer/Miller Group in New York City

Education: BS degree in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Arizona, MPA from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government

Hobbies: Used to be golf, but with scores skyrocketing have taken up flying lessons; photography and gardening (showing my age)

Food: Cuban, of course, Tapas, Italian

Books: Lately reading books by Harold Bloom, Bart Ehrman, Jon Krakauer and Garry Wills

Movie: The Fifth Element

TV Show: Reruns of Seinfeld with my two teenagers and our dog, Webster

Michael Alaimo

 

Title: Programmer

Education: BS in Management Information Systems from The University of Dayton

Food: Cheeseburger

Pet: Cat

Hobby: Vanguard Saga of Heroes, playing the drum set, listening to music

TV Show: X-Files

John Bafford

John Bafford

Title: Senior Director of Programming Services

Three Projects You've Worked On: Design and implementation of the ImpactWatch™ code and database, HearingRoom.com and AnalystCall.com

Education: BS in Computer Science from University of Maryland at College Park.

Alex Clover

Alex Clover

Title: Senior Associate

Three Projects You've Worked On: The conception and development of the initial ImpactWatch™ monitoring platform, and more recently ImpactWatch™ for Advanced Micro Devices and web development work for Skadden, Arps Site opens in new window

Languages Spoken (in addition to English): Spanish, French

Other Jobs Held: Marketing Consultant for Europtic Express, Spain; Senior Vice President of the Leading Property Agents of Spain; Director of Marketing and Administration at Panorama Properties, Spain; Web Consultant for Boxer Learning, Inc.

Education: BA in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia

Food: Swordfish, Kettle Chips

Website: my.yahoo.com Site opens in new window, youtube.com Site opens in new window

Blogs: Huffington Post Site opens in new window, Consumerist Site opens in new window, Gizmodo Site opens in new window, Techcrunch Site opens in new window

Book: Where the Wild Things Are

Hobby: Hi-tech gadgets and gizmos, music

Movie: Heat, Alien, Unforgiven

TV Show: 24, Conan O'Brien, Late Late Show w/ Craig Ferguson

Damien Del Porto

Title: Consultant

Three Projects You've Worked On: Siemens, Monsanto Spain Site opens in new window, AMD

Languages Spoken (in addition to English): French, Spanish, Italian, learning Mandarin

Other Jobs Held: CFO of an Import-Export company

Education: BA in Foreign Service from Georgetown University

Food: Chicken Parm

Website: Marca.es Site opens in new window

Blog: http://techbizchina.delporto.org Site opens in new window

Book: Altered Carbon

Hobby: Technology

Movie: Rounders

TV Show: Battlestar Galactica Site opens in new window

Hosam El-Aker

Hosam

Title: Client Services Associate

Three Projects You've Worked On: WAWF, NASF, PPA

Languages Spoken (in addition to English): Arabic, some Spanish

Education: BS in Journalism from West Virginia University

Food: Italian, American, Chinese, Egyptian, Lebanese, Persian, Indian

Website: Google

Hobby: Football, soccer, basketball, PlayStation, random research

Movie: Anything funny

TV Show: The Office, NFL Total Access

Chuck Fitzpatrick

Chuck Fitzpatrick

Title: Director, ImpactWatch Client Services

Three Projects You've Worked On: ImpactWatchâ„¢ for Hewlett-Packard, RIM, Humana

Languages Spoken (in addition to English): Decent amount of Spanish

Other Jobs Held:Director of Technical Operations at a regional ISP, Federal Systems Engineer

Education: Psychology at Texas A&M University, CISSP

Food: Enchiladas

Website: Google Site opens in new window

Blog: Strobist, Site opens in new window TrueHoop Site opens in new window

Book: The Junction Boys

Hobby: Basketball

Movie: Shawshank Redemption

TV Show: The Office Site opens in new window

Mike Lockard

 

Title: Web Associate

Three Projects You've Worked On: ImpactWatchâ„¢, louisianatransition.com, fred08.com

Languages Spoken (in addition to English): Some Finnish

Other Jobs Held:DWeb Producer, Military.com, Content Developer/Consultant Verity Inc.

Education: Anthropology at West Virginia University

Food: Anything with pork

Website: A List Apart Site opens in new window

Blog: Web Designer Wall

Hobby: Surfing

Movie: Idiocracy

TV Show: Battlestar Galactica

Tom McCormick

Tom McCormick

Title: Senior Vice President of Creative and Production Services

Three Projects You’ve Worked On: ImpactWatch™, International Journalist's Network Site opens in new window, National Cherry Blossom Festival Site opens in new window

Other Jobs Held: Senior designer with several failed start-ups.

Education: BFA from the University of Maryland

Food: Pacific Rim

Website: celiacalle.com Site opens in new window

Blog: http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/category/design/ Site opens in new window

Hobby: Table Tennis

Movie: JAWS

TV Show: Rat Patrol

Yukako Nishihara

Yukako Nishihara

Title: Director, Asia Operations

Three Projects You've Worked On: GIX, JCIA Site opens in new window, IW (Japanese)

Languages Spoken (in addition to English): Japanese

Education: BS in Computer Information Systems, MA and BA in Psychology

Food: Buffalo Wings, Crab, Sushi, Spicy food

Hobby: Dining Out, Travel, Sports, Music

TV Show: American Idol, Pimp My Ride

Jei Park

Jei Park

Title: Senior Graphic Designer

Three Projects You've Worked On: Innocence Project, Libertad, Graphhopper Site opens in new window

Languages Spoken (in addition to English): Korean

Education: BA in International Relations from the College of William and Mary

Food: Thai Fried Rice

Website: answers.com Site opens in new window

Blog: loobylu.com Site opens in new window

Web Video: Hamster on a wheel Site opens in new window

Hobby: Music, Art, Computer

Quote: The unexamined life is not worth living. - Socrates
And the examined life is not so hot, either. - Kurt Baier

Movie: The Royal Tenenbaums

TV Show: Monk, Simpsons

Steve Petersen

Title: Client Services Associate

Three Projects You've Worked On: Impact Watch, EEI, The Bivings Report

Languages Spoken (in addition to English): A little Spanish

Education: BA in International Relations from Brigham Young University (BYU)

Food: Vietnamese

Website: facebook.com Site opens in new window, news media websites

Web Video: Star Trek Cribs - The Director's Cut Site opens in new window

Hobby: Running, traveling, and sometimes reading

Quote: "I pride myself in my humility."

Movie: The Fugitive, Apollo 13

Anupam Shah

Anupam Shah

Title: Senior Vice President of Technical and Programming Services

Education: BS in Chemistry from the University of Bombay; MS in Organic Chemistry from the University of Bombay

Food: Indian

Website: Our internal server management website :)

Hobby: Listening to Indian Music and Watching TV

TV Show: Everybody Loves Raymond

Hannah Shapira

Title: Consultant

Three Projects You've Worked On: Siemens, Monsanto UK Site opens in new window, HP

Other Jobs Held: Legal Assistant, Project Manager

Education: BA in Interntional Business from American University

Food: Spinach

Website: eBay Site opens in new window

Book: 100 Years of Solitude

Hobby: Scuba Diving

Movie: Godfather, High Fidelity

TV Show: Law & Order, Project Runway, Top Chef

Freddy Trejo

Freddy Trejo

Title: Graphic Designer

Three Projects You've Worked On: OnMessageFacts On FuelSmartmedia

Languages Spoken (in addition to English): Spanish

Education: BFA from Parsons School of Design

Food: Vegan, Raw

Website: last.fm

Hobby: Exercise, Music, Art, Photography, Technology

Movie: My Neighbor Totoro

Book: The Fellowship of the Ring

TV Show: LOST

Todd Zeigler

Todd Zeigler

Title: Senior Vice President, Client Services

Three Projects You've Worked On: ImpactWatch™ Product Development, BivingsReport blog Site opens in new window, NRSC Web Program Site opens in new window

Other Jobs Held: Account Coordinator at Ogilvy Public Relations and intern in the press office of Senator Fred Thompson

Education: BA in International Studies from Rhodes College

Food: Any Tex-Mex

Websites: Digg Site opens in new window, Netvibes Site opens in new window

Blogs: Techcrunch Site opens in new window

Web Video: Guy breaking his computer in his cube Site opens in new window

Hobbies: Golf, Watching Sports, Technology

Favorite Movie: Spinal Tap, Dazed and Confused

TV Show: Battlestar Galactica Site opens in new window

Sabrina Ziaee

 

Title: Associate

Three Projects You've Worked On: HP, RealEstate Watch, Houston

Languages Spoken (in addition to English): Farsi

Education: George Washington University

Food: Sushi and Persian food

Favorite Movie: Blood Diamonds

 

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