aamoran

Profile:

At Galois
I'm a matchmaker: I match clients (and their needs) with Galois people and capabilities. This requires an understanding of the technical issues, of what is possible, how a client's problem fits into our market strategy, but above all, listening. Another way to think of this is that I work hard to build trust. Our clients have truly profound problems they are required to solve, and they take stewardship of their constituents' funds (whether taxpayers or shareholders) very seriously. A deep level of trust in Galois' understanding of what's important to them, in our ability to perform, and in our sincerity, is the basis of all of our working relationships.

My Background
I started out as a researcher in theoretical computer science, specifically semantics of non-determinism in functional languages. I found working in an esoteric field to be unsatisfying, in that my work was of interest to a handful of people around the world. The chance to apply my ideas and those of the functional programming community to solve real problems was too good to pass up. I spent a few very fun years working as a developer and project lead, and then started helping set up projects for the upcoming work year. Now, I work on setting up research, technology maturation, and technology transition projects (with a focus on the first two). I'm getting to spend more and more of my time writing Haskell code these days, which is profoundly satisfying!

Galois Profile: http://www.galois.com/company/people/andy_adams-moran