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Systems Architect, Engineer, and Developer Currently busy launching Civic.Net & the Nagog Hill Experiment in Intentional Community Redevelopment. Work like hell, tell everyone everything you know, close a deal with a handshake, and have fun. — Harold E. Edgerton In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra Theory is when you know everything but nothing works. Practice is when everything works but no one knows why. In our lab, theory and practice are combined: nothing works and no one knows why. ... unknown Mr. Fidelman specializes in solutions architecture and business development for distributed operations support systems. He has served as a systems architect and engineer, project/program/product manager, business developer, entrepreneur, non-profit executive, and policy analyst. Throughout his career, he has been the first or second person through the door - understanding a customer's problem, outlining a solution, obtaining requests for white papers and proposals, leading/performing early-stage efforts (study contracts, R&D programs), growing foot-in-the-door efforts into larger programs, and writing/leading proposals for major systems. Mr. Fidelman's career dates to the earliest days of the ARPANET and Internet. Along the way he's worked on defense information systems, led R&D efforts, built the non-profit Center for Civic Networking, built an email & web service bureau, and developed funded R&D programs for several small companies. He is the Author of "All Out Internet Access: The Cambridge Public Library Model" (American Library Association, Technology Trailblazers Series), and Telecommunications Strategies for Local Government (Government Technology Press), and served as Editor & Publisher for the Journal of Municipal Telecommunications. He holds a Degree in Interdisciplinary Science (concentrations in EE, Computer Sci. Cognitive Psychology, Advanced Wizardry) from MIT - the Hogwarts of the Anthropocene, where “sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Specialties: Business Development and Proposal Preparation for Systems and R&D Programs. Systems Engineering for distributed, networked information systems, in operational environments. Telecommunications Infrastructure Policy for municipal government agencies. Building R&D organizations and pipelines. SBIR & BAA funding from DoD research laboratories.