Instructors

Bateman, Leanne M

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Expertise: Project, program and portfolio management, PMO management. Certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Certified Scrum Master (CSM).

Brink, Derek E.

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Expertise: Identities and Access – including authentication, provisioning, password management, privileged user management, authorization, single sign-on, identity federation, remote access, and aspects of workflow, integration, delegation, separation of duties, self-service, monitoring and reporting Data Protection – including email security, web security, data loss prevention, encryption, key management, tokenization, rights management, secure file transfer IT Infrastructure – including endpoint security, mobile endpoints (e.g., smart ...

Brooks, Charles Lockhart

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Expertise: Software development, specifically in data network communications. Broad background in information security, including network security, VPN technologies, PKI, and developing secure software systems. Mr. Brooks has an MS in Computer Information Systems from Boston University, and holds multiple industry certifications including the CISSP and the C|EH. He also holds the EMC Technology Architect specialist certification in Information Storage Security Design ...

Brown, Jeffrey L.

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Buko, Alex

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Caffrey, Daniel

Program Chair for the Bioinformatics Program and Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies

Expertise: Daniel Caffrey, Ph.D. specializes in genome and protein evolution.

Carter, Thomas

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Expertise: Project and Program management best practices, PMO startup and Portfolio management. He is a member of the ASAPM, Project Management Institute and is a certified PMP.

Cheng, Alan

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Expertise: Computer-aided drug design.

Chin, Gary Y.

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Expertise: Designs and develops solutions using Microsoft technologies: Silverlight, C#, ASP.NET, SQL Server Integration Services, SQL Server Reporting Services, XML/XSLT, and SharePoint.

Coleman, Cheryl

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Cramer, Keith

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Expertise: Software Engineering. Over fifteen years of professional software development experience and work with client/server, Internet, and object-oriented technologies. Extensive experience with Java, C++, Unix and Microsoft operating systems and software.

Davidow, Ari

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Expertise: Software/web development, project management, content management and online community development, cloud computing. Earlier career in multilingual typography.

Devlin, Dennis M.

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Expertise: Information Security and Privacy, Program Management

Drewry, Jennifer

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Farutin, Victor

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Flockhart, Ian T.

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Expertise: Python, Perl, CGI Programming, Database Programming, Database Management

Freedman, Steven

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Expertise: PowerBuilder 6.0/8.0/10.0, Sybase, MSSQL, Software Development Life Cycle, SQL, C and HL7

Gentile, Stephen A.

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies

Expertise: Certified Project Management Professional. Currently serves as Director, Project Management Office, at Babson Capital Management LLC. More than 25 years of experience managing systems and business projects.

Gibson, James R

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies

Expertise: Software architect & project leader experienced in complex system architecture, database internals & software project management. Strengths include system design, database internals, strategic planning & the management of software development teams.

Glosband, Merry

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

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Goncalves, Marcus

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Expertise: Expert in building top-producing enterprise application development and web services through extensive technical networks and standard committees, KM and change management. Hands-on experience in operational management, supply chain management, knowledge and project management, tactical direction setting, action plan development, goal accountability, and most importantly, team process leadership.

Gonzalez, Matthew D.

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Greger, Valerie

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies

Expertise: Human Genetics, Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics

Guérin, Denise M.

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Expertise: Risk Management, Project Management for professional practices and for non-profits, Contracts and Procurement. Member of the Project Management Institute and a certified PMP. University of Pennsylvania, BA Boston University School of Law, JD Brandeis Unversity, MS in Project and Program Management

Harvey, Arthur W

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Expertise: Mr. Harvey has over 20 years of experience in the health informatics field principally focused on the design and implementation of clinical information systems in large hospitals.

Hassey, James

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Expertise: Experience in supporting and leading project/program technical teams. Work with project teams to define and implement improvements to project management processes and practices. Project Management Professional (PMP).

Heda, Raj

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Hemdal, Erik

Academic Program Chair for the Software Engineering program and Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies

Expertise: Software development and QA for trading floors, an Internet news service, printers and imaging systems, and control applications. My interests include Perl, the UNIX programming environment, software quality, and intellectual-property issues.

Holberton, Philip

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies

Expertise: Certified Public Accountant with a focus in strategic, financial and operational issues for established and start-up businesses. Mr. Holberton is an expert in designing presentations and coaching individuals in getting their message across to audiences.

Hughes, Jason D.

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Expertise: Jason Hughes is a computational biologist with more than ten years experience in the pharmaceutical industry. His areas of expertise include analysis of next-generation sequence data, pharmacogenomics, machine learning techniques, and scientific computing. He has a PhD in biophysics from Harvard University.

Keilty, John J.

Instructor in the Rab School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Koloski-Ostrow, Ann Olga

Associate Professor of Classical Studies

Expertise: Roman and Greek art and archaeology. Latin language and literature. Mythology in Greek and Roman Art. Roman Social History and Daily Life.

LaCreta, Jim J.

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies

Landon, Melissa

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Leiden, Stevan

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies

Expertise: Major areas of technical expertise include: architecture, design, and implementation of very high speed communication networks and and their support for cooperative computing.

Lesser, Laurie

Associate Director of Instructor Recruitment and Development; Instructor in the Rabb School, Division of Graduate Professional Studies

Expertise: Teaching, Consulting, Management, Organization and Leadership.

Leyfer, Dmitriy

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Lightfoot, Tom

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Liu, Mike

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Expertise: Software Development with C/C++/C#/VB.NET. SOA application architecture with WCF, LINQ, and Entity Framework. Relational database management with SQL Server, Oracle, and Informix.

Loving, Kathryn

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Expertise: Computational molecular modeling

MacMillan, John J.

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Malik, Nadeem

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Malkenson, Leo

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies

Expertise: Over 20 years of Software Engineering experience. Expertise includes a strong background in Graphics, Data base, Geometric Modeling and customer support.

Languages: C++, C, Java, Fortran Operating Systems: Windows NT, Unix on various platforms

Marando, Anne

Director of Distance Learning; Academic Program Chair for Management of Projects and Programs.

Expertise: Project management, risk management, distance education, and methodology/process management

Marin, Herbert

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies

Expertise: Training Consultant to Hi-Tech corporations. Served in data communications for over 30 years in the areas of Contact Consulting, Systems Marketing, Technical Sales Support and Technical Education.

Messier, Richard

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Expertise: IT Security and Compliance

Milne, Lydia

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies

Expertise: Certified Project Management Professional. Twenty years Information Technology Consulting working for Ascend Consulting and CSC Consulting.

Molony, Cliona

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Moore, Carl E.

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Mutunga, Charles Ireri

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Nagappan, Ramesh R.

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Expertise: Applied Cryptography, Information Security and Identity Assurance including PKI, Smartcards and Biometrics.

Noonan, Michael

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Parker, Jeffrey S.

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Partensky, Michael B.

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies

Expertise: Research in Physics and Biophysics, chemical and biological interfaces, modeling of membranes and proteins (mostly published under the alias "Partenskii"). Teaching Math and Science from High School to graduate level. Popularizing science.

Perkins, Phil

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Phillips, Cynthia

Academic Program Chair for the Information Technology Management and Information Assurance programs; Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies

Expertise: Organization and management, software engineering methodologies, software requirements engineering, distance education, managing information technologies.

Priddle, David T.

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Raben, Richard

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies

Expertise: Financial Systems, Client/Server, Web Applications, MS Project, Segue Silktest, COBOL, Ethernet, LoadRunner, C, BASIC, FORTRAN, COBOL, Unix, VOS, and Multi-platform configurations.

Reinhart, Albert

Instructor for the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Expertise: Attorney Reinhart's interests are business, technology, and law focused on entrepreneurship, business strategy and development, creativity and innovation, intellectual property management and licensing, and technology law focused on information security, compliance, and forensics. Al's Interests include the application of information technology in distributed enterprise computing solutions including service-oriented architecture, object oriented, multi-tier application development, and cloud computing.

Rifkin, Ian P.

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Expertise: Web development and implementation, content management systems (CMS), UNIX, LDAP, SQL, release management, online communities

Rowell, Katherine S.

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Russo, John

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Expertise: Systems Analysis, Database Management Systems and programming languages. Software: C++,VisualBasic, SAS, Microsoft Project, Windows, Unix,, Oracle, MatLab, MathCad

Schaffer, Michael E.

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies

Sivachenko, Andrey

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Expertise: Statistics, numerical methods, large-scale genomic and proteomic data analysis, biological networks and pathways, next-generation sequencing applications, data mining and computational data analysis in disease biology applications.

Sontag, Andrew

Instructor on the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies

Svet, Olga

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies

Expertise: Areas of expertise include: SDLC for financial and investment industries; identity management systems; enterprise scale storage management software products design and development; Software Design and Architecture, SOA; Agile SW development. C#, WCF, C/C++, MFC,COM/DOM, multithreading; WIN NT, UNIX, AS/400 and LINUX.

Taylor, Deanne

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies

Expertise: Bioinformatics, systems biology, genome-wide studies.

Todd, Amy

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies

Verabelli, Raghu

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Expertise: Software Analysis, Development, Implementation, Database Design and Administration, Performance and Tuning, Cross Platform Porting, Technical Support and Product Support Engineering.

Wallace, Robert S.

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Expertise: Embedded systems design / development. Software design in highly regulated industries (FDA). Medical device design/development. Managing remote teams. Multi-discipline project management (software, electronics, mechanical). Risk Management.

Wattanasin, Nich

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Wattanasin, Roy

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Expertise: healthcare information security, computer security incident handling, application security, information security, penetration testing, IT security

Wynn, Thomas A.

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Expertise: Hit-to-lead stage drug discovery projects involving techniques such as; structure based drug design, small library synthesis with limited automation, resin based parallel medicinal chemistry and classical synthetic methods. Aided in the development of a software system which provides a 3 dimensional visual of structural data. Experienced in a variety of therapeutic areas including Oncology, Immunology, and Anti-infectives.

Yurik, Aline

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Expertise: Virtual Team Management, Software Engineering, Architecture of Enterprise Systems, E-Business Portals, Object-Oriented Design & Development, Distributed Systems, Project Management, Databases and Data Modeling, Transaction Processing

Yurik, Vitaly

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies.

Expertise: Possesses over two decades of software development and teaching experience. Areas of expertise: ● Web and Enterprise Application Development, E-Commerce, E-Business, Financial Applications ● Java SE and EE Technologies: JSP, JSTL, EJB 3.0, JSP, Servlets, JSF, JDBC, JNDI, Collections, Swing, Multithreading, Networking, Generics. ● Web and Enterprise Frameworks : Struts, Spring, Hibernate, Seam ● AJAX Frameworks and Libraries ● Web Services and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). ● Design ...

Zilbermints, Sergei

Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies

Expertise: Extensive experience in software development (15 years), mainternance, training (9 years) and support for business applications. Designed and developed multiple complex client-server and web applications using various industry accepted methodologies.