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Gary Bivings
President and Founder
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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
Programmer
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Three Projects You’ve Worked On: National Association of State Foresters, American Cable Association, International Journalists' Network Languages Spoken (in addition to English): some Mandarin Chinese Education: BS in Management Information Systems from The University of Dayton Food: Cheeseburger Website: New Egg Blog: Reptilian nature Book: Ender’s Game Hobby: Vanguard Saga of Heroes, playing the drum set, listening to music Movie: Forest Gump TV Show: X-Files |
John Bafford
Senior Director of Programming Services
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Three Projects You've Worked On: ImpactWatch, HearingRoom/AnalystCall, and bits and pieces of pretty much every other programming project we’ve done Education: BS in Computer Science from University of Maryland at College Park. Food: Pizza Hobby: Dancing, especially Contra dance TV Shows: Babylon 5 and Battlestar Galactica |
Federico Castaneda
Prdocution Associate
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Three Projects You've Worked On: Pickens Plan, HPVA Languages Spoken (in addition to English): Spanish, some French Education: Rochester Institute of Technology, Electrical Engineering Food: Japanese Website: news.bbc.co.uk Blog: lifehacker.com, Slashdot.com Book: The Open Society and Its Enemies by Karl Popper Hobbies: Photography, Soccer Movies: Cool Hand Luke, Glengarry Glen Ross, Ikiru TV Show: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia |
J.W. Crump
Client Services Associate
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Three Project You’ve Worked On: ImpactWatch, The Bivings Report, and Humana Languages Spoken (in addition to English): Spanish Education: BA in Economics with concentration in Journalism from Wake Forest University Favorite Foods: Sushi, Burgers, and Hot Pockets Favorite Website: I am bored Favorite Blogs: The Spoony Experiment Favorite Books: To Kill a Mocking Bird and And Then There Were None Hobbies: Weightlifting and the DC Comedy School Favorite Movies: Eurotrip, A Goofy Movie, and any horror movie Favorite TV Shows: 24, Greek, Family Guy, Top Chef/Model/Project/Star/Whatever, and The Real World/Road Rules Challenge |
Hannah Del Porto
senior director, impact watch analytics
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Three Projects You've Worked On: ImpactWatch,Siemens, HP Other Jobs Held: Legal Assistant, Project Manager Education: BA in Interntional Business from American University Food: Spinach Website: eBay Book: 100 Years of Solitude Hobby: Scuba Diving Movie: Godfather, High Fidelity TV Show: Law & Order, Project Runway, Top Chef |
Hosam El-Aker
Client Services Associate
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Three Projects You've Worked On: WAWF, NASF, PIAC 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 Book: Fight Club, The Great Gatsby, The Oregon Trail, Green Eggs and Ham Hobby: Football, soccer, basketball, PlayStation, random research Movie: Anything funny TV Show: The Office, Saved by the Bell, Martin, In Living Color, The Cosby Show, and Step by Step |
Chuck Fitzpatrick
Director, ImpactWatch Client Services
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Three Projects You've Worked On: ImpactWatch 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: The Onion Book: The Junction Boys Hobby: Basketball Movie: Shawshank Redemption TV Show: The Office |
Mike Lockard
Web Associate
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Three Projects You've Worked On: Impactwatch, International Journalists Network, Friends of Fred Thompson Languages Spoken (in addition to English): Some Finnish Other Jobs Held: Web Producer, Military.com, Content Developer/Consultant Verity Inc. Education: BA in Anthropology Food: Thai, Vietnamese, and French Website: Google Blog: A List Apart , Web Designer Wall Hobby: Surfing Movies: Lone Wolf and Cub series TV Shows: Battlestar Galactica, Lost, and Heroes |
Tom McCormick
Senior Vice President of Creative and
Production Services
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Three Projects You’ve Worked On: ImpactWatch, International Journalist's Network, National Cherry Blossom Festival Other Jobs Held: Senior designer with several failed start-ups. Education: BFA from the University of Maryland Food: Pacific Rim Website: Celia Calle Blog: Site Point Design Blog Book: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Hobby: Wine Movie: JAWS TV Show: Rat Patrol |
Yukako Nishihara
Director, Asia Operations
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Three Projects You've Worked On: JCIA, ImpactWatch (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 Website: Cute Overload Blog: Gilbert Arenas’ Blog Book: Gone with the Wind Hobby: Dining Out, Travel, Sports, Music Movie: Driving Miss Daisy TV Show: American Idol and Dancing With the Stars |
Jei Park
Senior Graphic Designer
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Three Projects You've Worked On: Innocence Project, Fred08 Languages Spoken (in addition to English): Korean Education: BA in International Relations from the College of William and Mary Food: Korean, Thai, Indian Blog: Loobylu, Apartment Therapy Hobbies: Music, Art, Computer Movie: The Royal Tenenbaums, Indiana Jones Trilogy TV Show: Psych, Will & Grace, Divine Design |
Steve Petersen
Client Services Associate
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Three Projects You've Worked On: ImpactWatch, EEI Training, Rockies Energy Workforce Languages Spoken (in addition to English): A little Spanish Education: BA in International Relations from Brigham Young University (BYU) Food: Vietnamese Website: Facebook , news media websites Blogs: MediaBistro blogs, SEOmoz Book: The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck Hobbies: Running, traveling, and sometimes reading Movies: The Fugitive, Apollo 13, and Indiana Jones Trilogy TV Shows: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Alias, 30Rock, My Name is Earl, Mad Men, and The Office |
Anupam Shah
Senior Vice President of Technical and
Programming Services
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Languages Spoken (in addition to English): Gujarati, Hindi 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 Blog: The Bivings Report Hobbies: Listening to Indian Music and Watching TV Favorite Movie: Any Hindi movie TV Show: Everybody Loves Raymond |
Teddy Taylor
Graphic Designer
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Three Projects You’ve Worked On: Adventures in Energy, OnMessage, WAWF Education: BFA from the Department of Communication Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University Favorite Food: Italian Favorite Websites: Stones Throw, Warp Records Favorite Blogs: Boing Boing, Drawn!, The Serif Favorite Book: Where The Wild Things Are Hobbies: Art, Music, Gaming, Technology Favorite Movies: Cidade De Deus, La Planète Sauvage, Mononoke Hime Favorite TV Shows: Adult Swim, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, The Office |
Freddy Trejo
Graphic Designer
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Three Projects You've Worked On: Adventures in Energy, Oil Spill Prevention, OnMessage Languages Spoken (in addition to English): Spanish Education: BFA from Parsons School of Design Food: Vegan, Raw Website: LastFM Hobby: Exercise, Music, Art, Photography, Technology Movie: My Neighbor Totoro Book: The Fellowship of the Ring TV Show: Lost |
Todd Zeigler
Senior Vice President, Client Services
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Three Projects You've Worked On: ImpactWatch Product Development, BivingsReport blog , and the Friends of Fred Thompson web program 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, Netvibes, Twitter , ESPN Blogs: Techcrunch Web Video: Guy breaking his computer in his cube Books: Confederacy of Dunces and Lonesome Dove Hobbies: Golf, Watching Sports, Technology Favorite Movie: Spinal Tap, Dazed and Confused TV Show: Battlestar Galactica and The Wire |
Sabrina Ziaee
Associate
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Three Projects You've Worked On: HP, RealEstate Watch, Online Marketing Languages Spoken (in addition to English): Farsi Education: George Washington University Food: Sushi and Persian food Blog: Perez Hilton Book: Catcher in the Rye Hobbies: Relaxing and studying with my GRE book. Movie: King of California TV Show: Entourage |
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Eric Smith
Intern
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Education: Current Senior at Pennsylvania State University Favorite Foods: Sushi, French, Korean, Mexican, Buffalo Wings, Cereal Favorite Websites: Del.icio.us, PBF Comics Favorite Books: A Clockwork Orange, Brave New World, and American Psycho Hobbies: Screenwriting and Part-time DJ Favorite Movies: Tideland, Princess Bride, and The Fountain Favorite TV Shows: Arrested Development, Flight of the Conchords, Phillies/Flyers Games |













