He has worked at OCLC since 1987 and in the Office of Research since 1996. He holds a B.S. (Computer Science) from Ohio State and M.L.S (Beta Phi Mu) from Kent State. Current research interests include web services, interoperability, and authority control. He first got involved with OAI in association with the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations, and was a member of the OAI Technical Committee that helped develop the OAI-PMH specification.