Paradox Internship Director

Ron Anastasia

Ron Anastasia has been involved with computers and cyberspace for over 20 years. He studied nonlinear simulation modeling at the System Dynamics group at MIT during the mid-70's, with a focus on global environmental issues. In the early 80's he founded and directed the Boulder Computer Resource Center (BCRC) and Computer Tutors, which together trained several thousand people in personal computing skills. In the mid-80's, Ron worked with two medical doctors to program "NutraBalance," a medical expert system for health professionals which provided nutritional diagnosis and supplement recommendations based on 50 different blood test results. When Apple introduced the Macintosh computer in 1984, Ron founded Affinity Microsystems, a Mac software development company that developed Tempo, a high-end scripting program used by many graphics and multimedia professionals.

In the late-80's, Ron semi-retired to Maui for 6 years on the royalties from his various computer projects. He discovered the internet, became an early member of the WELL computer conferencing system, and since then has spent far too many hours in cyberspace. Ron now lives in Santa Barbara, California, where he and his television director wife Kim are working on combining their skills to explore new directions in the emerging field of interactive, Web- based TV. You can read about some of their adventures on their personal Web site.

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