Education
 | PhD Computer Science, University of Rhode Island |
| Graduate Certificate in Digital Forensics, The University of Rhode Island Digital Forensics & Cyber Security Center |
| MBA Babson College (Marketing/Finance) |
| BS Computer Science, University of Rhode Island |
PhD thesis
Title: A Detailed Forensic Analysis and Recommendations for Rhode Island's Present and Future Voting Systems
Advisor: Edmund Lamagna
Teaching/Research Appointments
| University of Connecticut (present) (Center for Voting Technology Research (VoTeR Center)) |
| Community College of Rhode Island (present) (cyber security, digital forensics, computer ethics, programming concepts, intro to computers, XHTML/HTML and XML) |
| University of Rhode Island (computer science) |
| University of Massachusetts (database, computer ethics, information technology) |
| Johnson and Wales University (object oriented C++) |
| Roger Williams University (HTML, ASP, Database Design, Visual Basic) |
| Rhode Island College (Microsoft Office Suite) |
| DeVry University (e-commerce, computer ethics, small business, networking, digital forensics) |
| Walden University (graduate level courses in Information Technology) |
Software Skill Set
| Forensics and Cyber Security Tools: EnCase, FTK, ProDiscover, Linux tools, DOS tools, Windows tools, WinHex |
| Application Development: Python, C, C++, Objective-C, VB Net, Basic, Pascal, Fortran, Ada, machine language, Windows, and UNIX (many varieties). |
| Web Development: HTML, XML, ASP, ASP.NET, VBScript, Jscript, Java, Perl, Frontpage, DreamWeaver, Photoshop, both client side and web site scripting, database design, SQL |
Industry Experience
| DeVry University, Program Dean of Technology |
| Lucent Technologies, Director of Product Management |
| Ascend Communications, Product Management |
| Stratus Computer, Engineering and Product Management |
| GTE, Engineering |
| Raytheon, Engineering |
| Naval Underwater Systems Center (NUSC), Engineering |
Conferences/Speaking Events
| Southeastern Ecommerce Business Conference (2005, 2006, 2007, 2012) |
| RI Bar Association (2006) |
| OpenView Forum (96, 97, and 98) |
| HP World (97,98) |
| CA World (97) |
| Interex (97) |
| OV Symposium (97,98) |
| Strategy Conferences (95,96,97,98) |
| AMCIS2004 (Aug 2004) |
Research
| Election Technology, Digital Forensics, Cyber Security, Cryptography |
| Created and maintain the WAVE Algorithm and Election Forensic Metric |
Published Work
| Mello, Suzanne, "A Detailed Forensic Analysis and Recommendations for Rhode Island's Present and Future Voting Systems" Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. Computer Science and Statistics, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 2011. |
| Article Published "The Benefits of Online Education" , Contemporary Family 2007 |
| White paper with RWU professors, Dr. Brett McKenzie, Dr. Mark Brickley and Dr. Yuan entitled: AMCIS 2004 Submission: IT in Education, IS2002 Curriculum |
| White paper entitled ""Availability in Network Management" published Jan 1997 |
| Article Published "How High is Up?" HP Professional, July 98 |
Memberships
| Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
| Charter Member of the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) of Rhode Island, Treasurer |
Contact Information
Email: zanmello@gmail.com