Tyler Masterson
Profession:
Tech Journalist, Consultant, Account Executive
Education:
B.S. College of Engineering - University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
Background:
Public Sector Technology professional and journalist. Previously a Consultant a Deloitte & Touche, now working as an Account Executive at a government software vendor.
For my entire life I have been mentally invested in technology and process improvement. I have seen, through personal experience, how emphasis on technology within an organization can go extremely well, and how it can go horribly wrong (think 90million dollar Oracle Order Management project at Home Depot that was abandoned after rolling out to 900+ retail locations). I have taken knowledge from each failure and successful project and COMPLETE
My technology passions are wide in their range and erratic at best. I feel strongly about the value offered by: web standards, open source projects, mash-ups, Data.gov, and smarter mobile devices.