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Gary Bivings
President and Founder

Gary Bivings

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Latest Blog Posts
by Gary Bivings

Taking the Blogosphere Seriously?

Web 2.0 Roundtable at Potomac ExecutiveBiz

Web 3.0?

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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

Mike Alaimo

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

John Bafford

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

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

J.W. Crump

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Latest Blog Posts
by J.W. Crump

Mark Zuckerberg: Man of the Year?

6th Summit on Measurement Overview

The Bivings Group Wins Platinum PR Award!

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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

Hannah Del Porto

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

Hosam El-Aker

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LinkedIn

Latest Blog Posts
by Hosam El-Aker

Election Day web tools

Fantasy Football Time!

Our Favorite Drupal Modules

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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

Chuck Fitzpatrick

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Latest Blog Posts
by Chuck Fitzpatrick


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Mitchell Report Tag Cloud

OLPC Giving, and Thanks during Thanksgiving

Blog Impact at the IPR Summit on Measurement

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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

Blog: Strobist, TrueHoop

Book: The Junction Boys

Hobby: Basketball

Movie: Shawshank Redemption

TV Show: The Office

Mike Lockard
Web Associate

Mike Lockard

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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

Tom McCormick

Latest Blog Posts
by Tom McCormick

5 Senate Campaign Websites That Could Use a Little Design Help

Top 5 Best Senate Campaign Website Designs

McCain Design Team Running Low on New Ideas

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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

Yukako Nishihara

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

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

Website: Answers, Google

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

Steve Peterson

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Latest Blog Posts
by Steve Petersen

Top Search Chef

Delta’s YouTube Fame

Tina Fey, twitter, and the Elections

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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

Anupam Shah

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

Teddy Taylor

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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

Freddy Trejo

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

Todd Zeigler

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Latest Blog Posts
by Todd Zeigler

Papa Johns Brings Couponing to Facebook

Time’s Person of the Year Poll Has Been Hacked

Chatting about the Internet and the 2008 Elections

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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

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

Eric Smith

Latest Blog Posts
by Eric Smith

Web 2.0 Summit 2008

Ubiquitous Usernames

Tactics

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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

 

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