* Qualifications

Highlights from my career:

+ Secretary, Stonebridge Men's Club, 2016 - present

+ Member, Stonebridge Community IT committee 2015 - present

+ Instructor of Web Development, 2012-13, Union Co College, Cranford NJ

+ Technology Trainer, 2006 - 2012, Fidessa, 17 State St. NYC

+ Computer and Math instructor, 2002 - 2006, Benedictine Academy,
  Elizabeth NJ,

+ Substitute Teacher, Cranford HS, 2001-2002, Cranford NJ

+ Marketing Engineer, Nokia,  2000 - 2001, Boston Technical Office

+ Member of Technical Staff, 1985 - 2000, AT&T Bell Laboratories.
  Whippany, Lincroft, Holmdel, Summit, Murray Hill NJ

+ Software Developer, Ford Aerospace, Martin Marietta, Computer
  Consoles, INteractive Systems, 1974 - 1985

+ Intelligence Analyst, National Security Agency, 1966 - 1973, Fort G
  G Meade, MD, ASA Field Station, Sinop Turkey

* Education

+ Master of Science in Engineering, Catholic Univ of America, 1971,
  Washington DC

+ Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, *MIT* 1966, Cambridge
  MA

+ High School diploma, 1962, Appleton MN

* Recommendation

I'm now active in our community, Stonebridge, in Monroe Township, NJ,
of nearly 900 households, where I serve on the IT committee,
specializing in community email.  For the past year, and continuing
for another, I'm the Secretary, and as such, an alternate check
authorizer, of the community Men's Club of 387 members.  In this I'm
responsible for communicating, via email with Club announcements on
the order of 10- 12 per month.  This means working closely with the
Treasurer and Membership Chair maintaining an accurate roster and 
serving as voting member of the Club Board.   

I have excellent recommendations from faculty and staff at Benedictine
Academy, in particular the President and Principal who have recently
retired or moved on (now principal at DePaul).  I've remained active
with BA over the years where I assisted in scheduling their annual
Career Day, through it's final year in 2016.

In addition to education, I  am most interested in software technology,
where in  the early '90s  I contributed to  the IEEE standard  for the
Portable  Operating  System  Interface eXecutive,  aka  POSIX.  Today,
example of systems derived from that  standard are Linux, BSD, and Mac
OS-X.

In the technology arena, while at Bell Labs, I was a joint author of
one of the most seminal patents for the 21st Century (9/24/1996):
[[http://google.com/patents/US5559520][U.S.# 5,559,520: Wireless Information System for Acquiring Location
Related Information]].  It has been referenced by upwards of  425
(early 2016) other patents; many (most?)  mobile apps today rely on the
invention.

My significant software paper, [[https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/bitstream/handle/2152/19428/swassemblyline.pdf?sequence=2][The Software Assembly Line]] with Bill
Anderson offers one mechanical engineer and one data scientist's
perspectives on how we might better organize the work-flow in creating
software.

In the course of my career I've presented papers to audiences of all
sizes, one so large as 1500.  I regard myself as an affable and
approachable public speaker.  As Will Rodgers once replied when asked
to present on a familiar subject, "/How long do I have to speak/?" --
Why do you ask?  "/If only for five minutes, it will take me a week to
prepare.  If you can give me an hour, I can begin right now/".

* Contemporary

My wife  Pat and I are  members of Nativity Parish  in Monroe Township
where we sing with  the choir.  Our older son, Marty  IV, Chip and his
wife  Laurie live  in Bloomfield  with their  two children.   Daughter
Maura, and  husband Mark,  live in Matawan  have three  children.  Our
youngest, Katie  and her  husband Justin  in Houston  TX with  a young
child.
:  Martin McGowan  mcgowan@alum.mit.edu    908-230-3739
:  64 Diamond Spring Dr, Monroe Twp, 08831 908-272-1140
:  http://mcgowans.org/marty3