I'm an IT consultant and systems engineer looking for tools for evaluating arguments. My dream tool would be one that's as easy to use for deconstructing arguments as Excel is for creating spreadsheets. A tool that will help people expose unquestioned assumptions and internal contradictions; a tool that will enable one person to think critically, or many people to collaborate, on both questions of fact and questions of value.
I have a PhD in Engineering, and an MS in BioMedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. I worked for many years first designing digital signal processing hardware & software, and later doing systems engineering at Bell Labs and it's offspring, where I was awarded five patents.
I now work as an independent consultant on IT projects with a focus on business process modeling and reengineering. I also enjoy technical writing and have published articles on a wide variety of topics ranging from plug-in hybrids, to terabit networks, and most recently on smart power grids.
Andy Streich
Aug 20, 2008