The Technical Group is a body designated by the LCWA Board to advise the Board on technical matters and to make recommendations for technical operations of the LCWA network. Current members of the LCWA Technical Group are:
Reiney Brown has been a member of LCWA since 2009 and our network design contractor since 2010. She has been a technical consultant and small business owner since 1986, and specializes in data communications, network security, and electronic hardware and software design. Reiney is the architect and administrator of the current LCWA IP network backbone and server farm. She has a degree in computer science with a minor in electrical engineering, and has been a licensed amateur radio operator since 1978. Reiney also performs bass and vocals locally with Duo Rasminko.
Phil Curnutt has been a member of LCWA since 2005. He served on the Board of Directors from 2007 to 2013, was Vice-President in 2011, and President in 2012 and 2013. Phil has participated in or directed three major system upgrades and is currently the director of the ongoing system upgrade which began this year. With input of the Technical Group and Board of Directors, he is redesigning the topology of the network to reduce the number of hops to our headend, streamline backbone links, reduce access point load, upgrade system infrastructure and deploy the newest generation of wireless ethernet radios and antennas. Phil’s background includes the U.S. Coast Guard, and a career in the commercial photo finishing industry.
Rob Hausman, Jr. has been a member of LCWA since 2007, and has served in a variety of capacities. He currently is a member of the board and the technical group. After retiring from a career that included work at NASA, the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, and with private companies involved in computer security and policy for various US Government agencies, he remains active in the community providing technical support to startups and several non-profit community-service organizations. His other interests include music and reading.
Nate Metheny has been a member of LCWA since 2013 and was Vice President of the Board of Directors from 2014-2016. Nate was trained in classical violoncello performance and attended Indiana University for solo performance studies. Nate has been using computers since the age of five and has held full-time positions in Information Technology since the age of sixteen after his early graduation from high school at fifteen. Nate has worked on the computing infrastructure at the Santa Fe Institute since 2004 and prior to that worked for several start-ups in and around Santa Fe.