Jerry Altzman

Current

• CTO at FairChoice Systems
• Principal at 3 Phase Computing

Past

• Director, Operations at Omnipod
• Software Engineer at Tempest Software
• Adjunct Professor at Columbia University

• Quantitative strategist at Polaris Asset Management
• System Administrator at Columbia University

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Education

• City University of NY
• Columbia University in the City of New York
• strath haven high school

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Recommended

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Connections

223 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Company
• My Website
• My Blog

Jerry Altzman’s Summary

Generalist, polymath technologist with interests from small computing to large systems, physics and mathematics and engineering disciplines. Computer jack-of-all-trades, master of more than a few.

Jerry Altzman’s Specialties:

Software and IT consulting for small and medium sized corporations, and large data center planning and buildouts.

Jerry Altzman’s Experience

• CTO

  FairChoice Systems

  (Computer Software industry)

  September 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

• Principal

  3 Phase Computing

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  April 2005 — Present (4 years 8 months)

• Director, Operations

  Omnipod

  (Computer Software industry)

  2000 — April 2005 (5 years )

• Software Engineer

  Tempest Software

  (Computer Software industry)

  1999 — 2000 (1 year )

• Adjunct Professor

  Columbia University

  (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  September 1999 — December 1999 (4 months)

  Taught "Scientific Computation II" in the department of CS at Columbia University.

• Quantitative strategist

  Polaris Asset Management

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Investment Management industry)

  February 1997 — September 1999 (2 years 8 months)

• System Administrator

  Columbia University

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  September 1988 — January 1994 (5 years 5 months)

  System programmer in the Unix and IBM VM/CMS programming groups.

Jerry Altzman’s Education

• City University of NY

  Ph.D. , Physics , September 1990 — October 1997

• Columbia University in the City of New York

  AB , Physics & Mathematics , 1986 — 1990

  Activities and Societies:

  CUCCA

• strath haven high school

  1982 — 1986

Additional Information

Jerry Altzman’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Website
• My Blog

Jerry Altzman’s Interests:

Martial arts, amateur radio, physics, mathematics

Jerry Altzman’s Groups:

American Physical Society, ACM, IEEE + IEEE/Computer Soc., Usenix., NANOG, NTEN, RMA, NYCLisp

•    NANOG - The North American Network Operators' Group
•    USENIX Association
•    Columbia University Alumni Network
•    NYCBUG
•    LispNYC
•    New York PHP Community
•    CUCCA/AcIS/CUIT
•    Data Center Pulse
•    LAMP Developers Q&A

Jerry Altzman’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch