Western Flyer is the boat that John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts took to the Sea of Cortez before Steinbeck wrote Log from the Sea of Cortez.The mission of the Western Flyer Foundation is to restore the Flyer and start an education program for small communities along the Pacific Coast.My personal focus is on creating the education program

Author of weeWX, the most popular open-source weather software. http://www.weewx.com

Committee member, Ocean and Climate Change Institute, and Business Development and Tech Transfer

Mentoring at Gaza Sky Geeks.Social Venture Fund advisory council.Worked on forming a social equity fund in Cairo, Egypt, as well as organizing a mentor exchange with Portland area entrepreneurs and investment angels.Previously, I worked with the Social Innovations group, looking for business opportunities within the Mercy Corps programs. Before that, I worked on evaluating the CO2 impact of the Mercy Corps Gifts-In-Kind program. Who knew flying a pallet of condoms to Kenya could generate so much CO2?Other work included a stint in Jakarta, Indonesia, helping to start a company (KeBal) to offer nutritious food for children.Still farther back, worked with the now defunct Phoenix Fund, seed funding business opportunities around the world in Mercy Corps host countries, including Mongolia, India, Sri Lanka.

Member of the "SeedSquad", focusing on fast-moving, early-stage deals.Member of the Investment Committee.Personally specialize in high-tech.

I stepped in to run this advocacy organization on a temporary basis between executive directors.

Dynamics of ocean currents.Paleoceanography, particularly during the Quaternary

Baroclinic stability of ocean currentsDynamics of the Gulf Stream during Quaternary glaciationsPotential vorticity of the world's oceansTracer dynamics