Albert DeSimone

As a Communications Officer at the University of Georgia specializing in Information Technology, I have the wonderful opportunity of assisting students, faculty, and staff with Web-related projects. I began working with online information delivery systems soon after joining my current employer,the University of Georgia,on June 14, 1983. Even though access methods have changed--from a command line interface on an IBM mainframe to the point-and-click Web browser--fundamental principles haven't changed. I still consider myself an information broker, just on a much grander scale than I ever imagined.

I graduated summa cum laude from the University of Georgia in 1977 with a B.A. in English. I had planned to go to law school, but decided against it. So I stayed at UGA and received my M.A. in 1980 (also in English). I have presented papers at several regional and national conferences over the years, most on issues of document management and information delivery. Articles I have written have been recognized by the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on University and College Computing Services.

I was born in Scranton, PA, in 1955. My family moved to Carrollton, Georgia, 4 years later. I grew up there, leaving to attend college in Athens, GA. I liked it so much that I stayed and now live in an Athens with my lovely wife, Brigitte, and our two fine boys, Wylam and Billy, and am often visted by my two other fine boys from a previous marriage, Daniel and Steven.