3-D Web Designer for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and CEO of Maya Realities
Greater Denver Area
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- CEO at Maya Realities (Sole Proprietorship)
- Program Manager at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Education
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- University of Colorado at Boulder
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Eric Hackathorn’s Summary
Eric Hackathorn started with his first computer before he learned to ride a bicycle. His father was kind enough to allocate him 100 KB of the family’s 10 MB hard drive: one of the first commercially available of its kind. Since that time, he has spent a majority of his time dabbling in all things computer related. After graduating from high school, he started working for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Boulder, Colorado. At the same time, he attended and then graduated from the University of Colorado majoring in electrical and computer engineering. He continues his work at NOAA today as a program manager.
Eric has taken a back seat to his much handsomer counterpart Hackshaven Harford. Hackshaven is Eric’s avatar (a virtual representation of himself) and exists only in the virtual world known as Second Life. Together they have been busy designing a public 3-D space to highlight the research NOAA performs. In addition, they recently formed a company "Maya Realities" to explore 3-D virtual world metrics. In essence, helping to gauge the return on investment for companies creating beach heads in virtual worlds such as Second Life.
Eric Hackathorn’s Specialties:
web design, virtual worlds, graphics design, computer security, network administration, procurement, data visualization, web metrics, outreach, education, second life
Eric Hackathorn’s Experience
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CEO
Maya Realities (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
April 2007 — Present (1 year 6 months)
CEO of Maya Realities a startup company focusing on metrics for the emerging 3-D web
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Program Manager
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(Computer Software industry)
June 1994 — Present (14 years 4 months)
Project Manager, NOAA's Virtual Worlds Project
(Eric dot J dot Hackathorn at noaa dot gov)
Eric Hackathorn’s Education
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University of Colorado at Boulder
BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1994 — 1998
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Eric Hackathorn’s Interests:
virtual worlds, web 2.0, second life, serious gaming, data visualization, environmental science, pedagogy
Eric Hackathorn’s Honors:
NOAA Bronze Metal
CMDL Employee of the Year
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