Curriculum Vitae

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Email: rick@oacea.com
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M.S., Telecommunications, 2000

B.S., Biology with Distinction, 1995
B.A., Chemistry, 1995

Chief Information Officer and Director of Information & Technology Services, 2004 - Present
City of Bloomington, Indiana.

co-Founder, Partner, 2013 - Present
Cardinal Spirits, LLC. Craft Distillery located in Bloomington, IN

Founder, President, 2000 - Present
Oacea, Inc. Consulting: User Interface Design, Web Application Development, Multimedia Production

co-Founder, Partner, 2008 - Spring 2020
Stranger's Hill Organics, Inc. Organic Farm located in Bloomington, IN

Council Member, Monroe County Council District 4, Dec. 2011 - Sept 2015
Government of Monroe County, Indiana.

Web Application Developer, Summer 1999-Fall 2004
Internet and Multimedia Research and Development IMRD, School of Continuing Studies, Indiana University

Associate Instructor, T195: Designing Multimedia Experiences, Spring 1999
Department of Telecommunications, Indiana University

Associate Instructor, T101: Living in the Information Age, Fall 1998
Department of Telecommunications, Indiana University

Multimedia Developer, Winter 1997 - Winter 1998
October Interactive, Bloomington, Indiana

Sole Proprietor: Web Designer, Photographer, Summer 1996 - Summer 1998
PhotonGraphics MediaWorks, Bloomington, Indiana

Student Technology Center Computing Consultant, Summer 1996 - Fall 1997
University Information & Technology Service, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

Senior Sales Associate, Summer 1996
Software Etc., Bloomington, Indiana

Bookseller, Fall 1995 - Spring 1996
Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Bloomington, Indiana

Kennel Manager & Veterinary Technician, Summer 1994 - Spring 1995
Bloomington Veterinary Hospital, Bloomington, Indiana

Kennel Worker, Spring 1994
Bloomington Veterinary Hospital, Bloomington, Indiana

Field Assistant, Spring - Summer 1994
Dr. Don Whitehead, Indiana University, Department of Biology

Research Assistant, Winter 1993
Dr. William Timberlake, Indiana University Department of Psychology

Intern, Summer 1992
Allison Transmission, Environmental Services Dept Speedway, Indiana

Laborer, Local 120, Summer 1991
State of Indiana, Indiana Government Center, Indianapolis, Indiana

Laborer, Local 120, Summer 1990
Allison Transmission, Bulk Fluid Storage Facility, Speedway, Indiana

Humanetrix Foundation, Inc. - co-Founder, former President, Board Member, 2001 - Present

IU School of Informatics and Computing Serve IT Community Information Technology Clinic - Advisory Board, 2010 - Present

Indiana Digital Government Summit - Advisory Committee, 2010 - Present

Local First Bloomington - Advisory Board, 2009 - 2013

WFHB Community Radio - Citizen Advisory Board, 2010 - 2012

Primary Coordinator - Emergency Support Function 2 (ESF2), Communications and Warning, under the Monoe County Emergency Management Plan, Nov. 2004 - 2010.

Lotus Festival Volunteer, 2002 - 2010

Task Force Member - Indiana University IT Strategic Plan, Engagement Beyond Task Force, 2009.

Task Force Member - Bloomington Chamber of Commerce Infrastructure Task Force, Telecommunications Sub-committee, 2007.

Your Art Here Volunteer, 2005 - 2008

Monroe County Citizens' Academy, 2006-2007

Bloomington Police Department Citizen Police Academy, 2005

Leadership Bloomington Monroe County, 2003-2004

City of Bloomington Citizens' Academy, 2002

Monroe County Election Worker, May 2002

Bloomington Telecommunications Council Member, Sep. 2003 - Nov. 2004

Bloomington Digital Underground Advisory Committee, Mar. 2004 - Nov. 2004

Bloomington Environmental Commission, Mar. 2004 - Nov. 2004

Museum Volunteer, Fall 1997 - 2001
Wonderlab, Bloomington, Indiana

Creative Jobs in New Media. (February, 29, 1999). Panel session moderator for Media and Communications Career Day, Department of Telecommunications, Indiana University.

Co-Instructor, R595: Simulation and Gaming, Summer 1998
School of Instructional Systems Technology, Indiana University

Multimedia Developer, Winter 1997
Wonderlab, Bloomington, Indiana

Research Volunteer, Summer 1995
Canadian Organization for Tropical Education and Rainforest Conservation (COTERC) Caño Palma Biological Station and Caribbean Conservation Corporation (CCC), Tortuguero, Costa Rica.

Primary Candidate, Monroe County Commissioner District 3, 2016

Council Member District 4, Monroe County Council, Dec 2011 - 2015

Monroe County Council Commission Assignments

• Sophia Travis Social Services Grants Committee, 2013 - 2015
• Convention & Visitors Commission, 2014 - 2015
• Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, Ex-Officio representative, 2014 - 2015
• Downtown Bloomington, Inc. Board of Directors, 2012 - 2014
• Tech Services Advisory Board, 2012 - 2013
• Environmental Quality and Sustainability Commission, 2012 - 2013
• Bloomington Economic Development Corporation BEDC Executive Committee, 2012 - 2013

Delegate, Indiana 9th Congressional District, Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC, Sept 2012

Party Chair, Monroe County Democratic Party, Spring 2009 - 2013

Party Vice Chair, Monroe County Democratic Party, Spring 2007 - Spring 2009

Party Secretary, Monroe County Democratic Party, Summer 2006 - Spring 2007

Party Committee Service, Monroe County Democratic Party Executive Committee, Technology Committee, Communications Committee, GOTV Committee, 2000 - Present

Campaign Committee Member, Mark Kruzan for Mayor, 2003

Campaign Committee Member, Susan Sandberg for Council, 2003

Primary Candidate, Bloomington City Council At-large, 2003.

Campaign Manager, Bill Abbott for US Congress, Indiana's 4th Congressional District, 2002

Volunteer, Monroe County Democratic Party, 2000 - Present

Best of Indiana Award, Local Government for Best Application Serving the Public: Bloomington Civiform Collaboration with Google.org -- Center for Digital Government, Oct 2023.

Best of Indiana Award, Local Government for Best Application Serving the Public: Data Portal and Dashboard Project -- Center for Digital Government, Oct 2022.

2018 Winner Digital Cities Survey Top 10 for 75,000 - 124,999 Population Category -- Center for Digital Government.

Best of Indiana Award, Local Government for Best Application Serving the Public: Bloomington Website Redesign -- Center for Digital Government, Oct 2018.

2017 Winner Digital Cities Survey Top 10 for 75,000 - 124,999 Population Category -- Center for Digital Government.

Best of Indiana Award, Local Government for Best Application Serving the Organization's Business Needs: inRoads Application -- Center for Digital Government, Oct 2016.

Code for America Technology Award for inRoads Application -- Code for America Summit, Oct 2015.

Distinguished Alumni Award -- Leadership Bloomington/Monroe County (LBMC), Aug 2014.

Google Summer of Code -- First city government invited as mentor organization for Google Summer of Code interns, 2012 and 2013.

Amateur Mead Blend of the Year, Double Gold and Bronze Medals (Amateur) -- Indy International Wine Competition, Aug 2012.

10 Under 40 Award -- Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce / HYPE, Aug 2011.

Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals (Amateur) -- Indy International Wine Competition, Aug 2011.

Stranger's Hill Organics Foodbank Field / Garden Program -- Hoosier Hills Food Bank Hunger Recognition Awards, 2010.

City of Bloomington in Top Ten City Portals -- Center for Digital Government (CDG) Best of the Web and Digital Government Achievement Awards, 2009.

FEMA Emergency Management Institute Certificate of Achievement -- National Incident Management System (NIMS) an Introduction, April 2006.

Mayor's Award for Civic Engagement Honorable Mention for Citizens' Toolkit project, Dec. 2004

Outstanding Associate Instructor Award, Indiana University, Department of Telecommunications, 1999

Tuition Scholarship, Indiana University, Department of Telecommunications, 1999

Biology Club Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Performance and Research Experience, Indiana University, 1994

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cash Award and Supply Grant, Indiana University, 1994

Bloomington's Open311 Toolkit. (Nov 17, 2016). Webinar presentation, demonstration and discussion for Open311 Working Group.

Building Transparency through Citizen Engagement, Social Media and Open Data. (Oct 20, 2014). Co-presenter at 2014 Indiana Digital Government Summit.

Building the IT Workforce. (Oct 20, 2014). Panelist at 2014 Indiana Digital Government Summit.

Mobile Computing for the Public. (June 11, 2012). 2010 Indiana Digital Government Summit. Presentation and panel session on mobility and Open311 tools.

Role of County Political Party Leadership. (Feb 15, 2011). Guest Lecture to SPEA. Panel session exploring the use of social media in municipal government.

Social Media for Government Panel. (June 2, 2010). 2010 Indiana Digital Government Summit. Panel session exploring the use of social media in municipal government.

Open Source in the Enterprise: Bloomington's Example. (Oct 17, 2006). Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce Chamber Chat Breakfast. A talk introducing the concept of Open Source Software and the City of Bloomington's use of OSS in its daily operations.

Open Source Software in Municipal Government. (June 9, 2006). 2006 Indiana Digital Government Summit. Session presentation exploring the use of Open Source software in municipal government.

IT and the City. (Oct 5, 2005). SPEA V516 Public Information Management Systems. Lecture and discussion of Information Technology and its role in municipal government as practiced in Bloomington's ITS department.

CMIL and Metaspace: Visualizing Hypermedia with Contextual Metadata. (May 17, 1999). Poster presentation at the Ninth International World Wide Web Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

WorldBoard. (April 9, 1999). Panel discussion for Multivisions, Department of Telecommunications 9th Annual Conference for Students with Professional Aspirations in Communications, Indiana University.

Video Games and Society. (October 10, 1998) Guest Lecture to T317 Children and the Media, Department of Telecommunications, Indiana University.

The Polara Project. (January 22, 1998). Group presentation to ICE 1998, 19th Annual Indiana Computer Educators Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana.

How to Choose the Right Collaboration Software[Online] [Print PDF] - Inc. magzine . (June 1, 2009). Discussion of online project management by Stranger's Hill Organics and others.

Follow the Money[Online] [Archived HTML] - The Wall Street Journal . (December 9, 2002). Profile piece on Where's George, PhotoTag.com and similar web projects.

Miscellaneous Local Press Coverage [Online Search] - Bloomington Herald Times. (2001 - Present). Technology, politics, public service, and random topics.

Dietz, R. (2000, May). CMIL and Metaspace: Visualizing Hypermedia with Contextual Metadata. Poster Proceedings of the Ninth International World Wide Web Conference.
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Dietz, R. and Lang, A. (1999, August). Æffective Agents: Effects of Agent Affect on Arousal, Attention, Liking & Learning. Proceedings of the Third International Cognitive Technology Conference.
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Lang, A., Schneider, E. and Dietz, R. (1999, August). Emotional Experience and Physiological Arousal During Violent Video Game Playing: Gender, Experience, and Presence Matter. AEJMC Convention Abstracts, Communication Theory and Methodology Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

Crane. AEGIS SPY-1/WCS. CD-ROM. (1999). Military training CD-ROM for the AEGIS targeting system.

Indiana University. Indiana University Virtual Visit. CD-ROM. (1999). Interactive viewbook for Indiana University Admissions on CD-ROM.

Agency for Instructional Technology. Tracks: Impressions of America. CD-ROM. (1998). 5th grade history education CD-ROM.

Multimedia Developer, Summer 2000
Fairview Productions, Bloomington, Indiana

Web Site Developer, Spring 2000
Puckitt Press, Bloomington, Indiana

Web Site Developer, Summer 1998
A Moment of Science, WTIU, Bloomington, Indiana.

Web Site Developer, Fall 1997
Wonderlab, Bloomington, Indiana.

Web Site Developer, Fall 1996
BC Magazine, Bloomington, Indiana.

Photographer and Graphic Designer, Summer 1996 - Fall 1997
BC Magazine, Bloomington, Indiana.

Photographer and Graphic Designer, Fall 1995 - Spring 1996
Bloomington Voice, Bloomington, Indiana.