Department of Biostatistics

Software Development Staff

John Cook, Ph.D. Manager, System Analyst Services Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics University of Texas, Austin TX	(713) 794-4166 cook@odin.mdacc.tmc.edu
Certifications: Microsoft Certified Solution Developer, Sun Certified Java Programmer Areas: project management; numerical analysis
Danqing (Karen) Chen, M.S. Systems Analyst II M.S. in Computer Science University of Texas, Dallas TX M.S. in Civil Engineering NJ Institute of Technology, Newark NJ	karen988@odin.mdacc.tmc.edu
Areas: Internet application development; database programming
Thomas Liu, M.S. Programmer Analyst I M.S. in Computer Science Rice University, Houston TX B.S. in Chemistry Tulane University, New Orleans LA	tliu@odin.mdacc.tmc.edu
Areas: Programming support for bioinformatics and proteomics
James Martin Software Systems Specialist II B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene TX	martin@odin.mdacc.tmc.edu
Areas: numerical software development
James Mitchell Systems Analyst III B.S. in Computer Engineering Bucknell University, Lewisburg PA	mitchell@odin.mdacc.tmc.edu
Areas: image processing; Internet development
Clark A. Moore Systems Analyst III B.S. in Computer Science Mississippi State University, MS	(713) 794-4164 clamoore@odin.mdacc.tmc.edu
Certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute; Oracle Certified Professional (OCP), Oracle DBA Areas: data modeling and architecture; database design (OLTP, DSS, DW); database administration; data warehouse and data mart design; data structure re-engineering
Tim Newell Systems Analyst III B.S. in Engineering University of Florida, Gainesville FL	(713) 794-4149  tnewell@odin.mdacc.tmc.edu
Rumiana Nikolova, M.Sc. Systems Analyst II B.S. in Physics, University of Sofia, Bulgaria M.Sc. in Physics (1995) SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo NY M.Sc. in Mathematics (2000) University of Houston, Houston TX	nikolova@odin.mdacc.tmc.edu
Areas: scientific computing; software development (Visual Basic, Visual C++, Java); development of Internet applications (HTML, JavaScript, ASP)
Michael Nguyen Systems Analyst II	nguyenm@odin.mdacc.tmc.edu
J. Clifton Norris Systems Analyst III	(713) 794-4176 norris@odin.mdacc.tmc.edu
Juan Posadas Systems Analyst III B.S. in Computer Science University of Houston, Houston TX	posadas@odin.mdacc.tmc.edu
Areas: Web-based applications; Web-based databases with dynamic interfaces; programming tools and languages are Asp.Net /asp 3.0, VB.Net and VB 6, JavaScript, Visual Studio (VS) .Net and VS 6.0, SQL Server 2000, Visio 2002, and Jasc Paint 7.0.
Paul Roebuck Systems Analyst III B.S. in Computer Science East Carolina University, Greenville NC	roebuck@odin.mdacc.tmc.edu
John Venier Programmer Analyst III	venier@mdanderson.org
Kyle Wathen, M.S. Systems Analyst II M.S. in Statistics (1991) Texas A & M University, College Station, TX	(713) 794-4192 wathen@odin.mdacc.tmc.edu
Areas: simulation; Bayesian methods; S-Plus, C/C++, Fortran
Leiko H. Wooten, Ph.D. Systems Analyst III Ph.D. in Mathematics University of Houston, Houston TX	(713) 794-4165 leiko@mdanderson.org
Areas: scientific computing, software development
Bencai Yang, Ph.D. Systems Analyst III M.S. in Computer Science Texas A&M University, College Station TX Ph.D. in Geology Texas A&M University, College Station TX	(713) 794-1911 byang@mdanderson.org
Areas: database conversion and development
Lin Zhang, M.S. Systems Analyst III M.S. in Computer Science (1993) Purdue University, West Lafayette IN M. S. in Mathematics (1990) Fudan University, Shanghai, China	zhanglin@odin.mdacc.tmc.edu
Areas: relational database design and implementation; C++, Visual C++, Web application development