User:Jaycrossler

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Jay Crossler is a government adviser, game developer, university instructor, and internet professional.

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[edit] Education

Jay A. Crossler received his BS in Information Decision Systems from Carnegie Mellon University and his MS in Information Security from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. He is pursuing a Ph.D. of Information Technology at George Mason University, and has taught advanced XML and Web Service Masters classes at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.

[edit] US Government Contributions

Jay started his technical career while still a high-school student. During school, he was the network administrator for Taegu American School in South Korea. He worked after school as a computer aided drafter at the US Army base that his parents were stationed at in Korea. He started building web pages when they were only text, and at age 14 wrote the official multi phone-bank modem dial-up script of the US Forces in Korea.

Jay joined the US Air Force as a communications officer, and wrote 9 unclassified and classified portals and command and control web tools for the military. While stationed within the Defense Information Systems Agency at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, he served as the Chief Webmaster for the Joint Staff and Donald Rumsfeld, the Secretary of Defense. As a Captain, Jay was awarded the 2002 Pentagon Officer of the Year.

After leaving the military, Jay is now a researcher for the MITRE Corporation, a non-profit group that advises the government on systems integration and how best to use technology. He oversees the Real-Time Embedded Computing group, which is heavily involved in Radars, Radios and Robotics.

[edit] Awards

  • First Place, MIT Mashup Camp/Future Boston Mashup contest, 2007
  • AFCEA International Emerging Leader Award, 2003
  • Pentagon Company Grade Officer of the Year, 2002
  • Joint Achievement Medal for supporting Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, 2002
  • Air Force Commendation Medal for developing USAFE web portal, 2001
  • Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout; Boy Scouts of Korea Tiger Scout, 1995

[edit] Publications

  • Using Web 2.0 technologies to reduce costs of Military Command and Control, 2007
  • Defensive Strategies for Establishing a Secure Wireless Network, December 2003
  • Distributed ad-hoc micro-scale sensor networks, 2002

[edit] Other Projects

  • Jay Crossler is the lead programmer for the [Federation of Galaxy Explorers] [MoonBaseOne] video game released in June 2007.
  • Jay developed and donated the TASKER web software program to the US Government
  • Jay programmed the Virtual Boardroom web software and collaboration suite for AFCEA International

[edit] Current Research

Jay's main research is on how to securely, legally, and cheaply integrate open source and web 2.0 software and commercial products to help during disaster relief and homeland security. He is heavily involved with taking advantage of Serious Games to aid in training, education and Modeling and Simulation.

Jay Crossler 21:08, 4 March 2007 (UTC)