I just returned to the shop after a short beach vacation. The first order of business was to clean-up the shop from the completed grill-cart project and transition back to working on my two Greene & Greene desks. Its time to build the desk drawers.
For at least the twentieth time, I tripped over one desk and then banged another as I tried to maneuver the two nearly completed desks around the shop…the shop is just too #&*# tight for working on two desks at once.
Then it happened…..I snapped….my wife and kids had taken the dogs on a walk…I was alone in the house…there, hidden under a pile of saw dust and desk parts was a tool of destruction….my reciprocating saw…..
I grabbed the saw and minutes later an old wall that divided the basement roughly in half was gone….a pile of scrap and debris on the floor. I had time to clean-up the destruction before my wife and kids got home. The basement almost looked normal….but the workshop had grown by 25%.
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About mattsanf
Matthew Sanfilippo is currently Executive Director of PSII (Pennsylvania Smart Infrastructure Incubator) and the CenSCIR (Center for Sensed Critical Infrastructure), Associate Director of ICES (Institute for Complex Engineered Systems), and Associate Director of PITA (Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance) at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU).
Prior to CMU, Matthew was Director of Applied Technology for Michael Baker Corporation, a large engineering and energy services firm. Matt managed a technology consulting division for Baker including Geographic Information System (GIS), software and web development, multimedia, virtual reality (VR), visualization, Global Positioning System (GPS), mapping and surveying services.
Before joining Baker, Matt was an Innovation Director for Redleaf Group, a Venture Capital/Operating Company focused on Information Security, Supply Chain, Network and Mobility Solutions. While at Redleaf, Matt managed technical due diligence for seed-stage investments and coordinated relationships between Redleaf and their partner companies after investment.
Prior to Redleaf, Matt was CIO of GZA GeoEnvironmental Technologies, a Boston-based engineering firm, and operations manager for their Internet start-up division that focused on web-technologies for health and safety and manufacturing metrics.
Matt is current board member and past Chairman of the Board for the Botanic Garden of Western Pennsylvania, a board member of the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation (PHLF), and a former member of the Information Sciences and Technology Advisory Board for the Pennsylvania State University Beaver. Matt is also a former Vice President of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Association of Internet Professionals and former Vice President of the Board of Trustees for Baker Combined Charity of Pennsylvania.
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