Kirby Urner

3745 SE Harrison Street
Portland, Oregon 97214
kirby.urner@gmail.com

Work History

1990 to present: 4D Solutions (Portland, Oregon), an IT services and technical training provider, performing tasks for the following clients:

O’Reilly School of Technology Holden Web M-P System Services Providence Health & Services Associated Oregon Industries Meyer Memorial Trust Collaborative Technologies, Free Geek Design Science Toys, Flextegrity LLC Foundation for Accountability Ecotrust Multnomah County: Aging Services Division Institute for Science, Engineering and Public Policy Mondotronics Sisters of the Road Transportation Reaching People Northwest Regional China Council Urban League of Portland Oregon Food Bank Vision Northwest United Methodists

2006 to present: Saturday Academy (Portland, Oregon): Served as a classroom teacher, co-teacher and curriculum writer.

1985 to 1990: Center for Urban Education (CUE): Provided custom programming, training, and ongoing technical assistance to a wide variety of social service organizations and government agencies.

1983 to 1984: McGraw-Hill, New York City: Evaluated computer literacy teaching materials geared for pre-college students, with emphasis on the BASIC and Logo programming languages.

1983: Americans for Civic Participation, Washington DC: Assisted with a nation-wide voter registration campaign from a back office location, with a focus on low income and historically disenfranchised citizens.

1981 to 1983 St. Dominic Academy, Jersey City, NJ: Served as full time faculty member, teaching high school mathematics, geometry through calculus

Education

1981 St. Peter’s College, Jersey City: graduate level courses in education

1976 to 1980 Princeton University, Class of 1980 (BA / Philosophy. Thesis: Some Thoughts on the Philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Richard Rorty an advisor), APL in free time, other computer courses

1971 to 1976 International School, Manila, Philippines

Pre 1970 Southeast High, Bradenton, Florida; Overseas School of Rome, Italy; Junior English School, Rome, Italy; Markham Elementary, Portland, Oregon

Speaking Engagements

2008: Election night IEEE lecture on the mathematics of Buckminster Fuller, opening for The History and Mystery of the Universe, a play by D.W. Jacobs at Portland Center Stage

OSCON (O’Reilly Open Source Conference): 2005 2007 OS Bridge: 2009 Pycon USA:
2006: 2008: 2009 EuroPython: 2005 2007 GIS in Action: 2005 2009 LinuxFest, 2004

Acknowledgments

• J. Baldwin. Bucky Works: Buckminster Fuller’s Ideas for Today (John Wiley and Sons, 1996)
• Charles Severance. Using Google App Engine (O’Reilly, 2009)
• Deitel, Liperi, Wierdermann, Python: How to Program (Prentice Hall, 2002)
• Duncan Richter, Historical Dictionary of Wittgenstein’s Philosophy (The Scarecrow Press, 2004)

Community Service

Food Not Bombs Python Software Foundation Institute for Science Engineering and Public Policy American Friends Service Committee Buckminster Fuller Institute Royal Kingdom of Bhutan The Centers Network

Awards

• Synergetics Explorer Award (cash and trophy), shared with David Koski, presented by Jamie Snyder, president of Buckminster Fuller Institute (cash prize)
• Certificate of Appreciation (two framed awards), American Friends Service Committee for United Voices (Portland, Oregon office)