Contributors
Joe Diviak
Edward Bender
Joe, a genetically predisposed geek, started his love for binary code when the Atari2600 was all the rage and kids went to arcades to socialiYe 'e learned his craft through experimenting with Atari BASIC on his trusted 007+, programming his ƥrst arcade game at years old
Ed Bender is the Lead Federal Systems Engineer at SolarWinds, an IT management software provider Based in 'erndon, 5A oƧce, Ed helps organizations understand how to leverage IT management software to improve productivity for federal IT professionals
After brieƦy attending the 4niversity of Texas at Arlington to study Physics and Aerospace Engineering, he went to work for Ingram Micro, a Fortune 50 technology distribution company Joe left Ingram in 1999 to work in the telecommunications industry for such companies as AT&T and 1onco before starting his ƥrst venture, Levity Communications, a telecommunication consulting ƥrm Levity was sold to a Rochester based IT company in 2007 and Joe’s path moved back once again to software and programming I guess once an entrepreneur, always an entrepreneur Logical Mobility was founded in 2010 with an emphasis on business mobile communication but those priorities were redirected to application creation and design Joe’s creativity and vision bundled with his intellect and technological prowess allow him to lead Logical Mobility Labs to be one of the best mobile application development companies in the world You can contact him at: Ioe diviak logicalmobility com
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March - April 2013 · MODERN GOVERNMENT
'e has worked in Federal IT for more than 20 years, with several years in application security work to help measure and reduce risk in critical web applications Ed started his IT career performing scientiƥc programming and performance optimization on supercomputers, followed by performance monitoring and optimization of complex IT systems in the federal government 'e has a B S cum laude in Biomedical Engineering from Boston 4niversity and a MS in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering from Rutgers 4niversity