He helps virtual science organizations build community governance and achieve their vision. Bruce has a Ph.D. in social anthropology and has training as an urban cultural geographer. Bruce is the founder and current executive director of the New Media Studio and the New Media Research Institute in Santa Barbara. He recently led the NASA Science on Drupal Central Project, which built collaboration and collective intelligence capabilities for earth science Drupal developers. He has served as the president of the Federation of Earth Science Information Partners. In 2010 he was awarded its Martha Maiden Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a founding and current board member of the Foundation for Earth Science in Washington, DC. He is currently the Program Office Manager for EarthCube, a National Science Foundation-funded geoscience community-led organization.