PK Night 3 (9/4/12) - Profile 10: Peter Sforza

Peter Sforza

Presenter: Peter Sforza

Topic: Satellite Art

Bio: Peter is a scientist and artist exploring the interfaces of science and art, creativity and technology. He has been cited as an current master and explorer of the satellite art movement, leading collaborations to construct ephemeral humanscapes that are visible from space via satellites high in Earth's orbit.

He is the Director of the Center for Geospatial Information Technology (CGIT) at Virginia Tech. Sforza was born on Long Island, New York, spent early years of his life in Roanoke, Virginia, and now lives in Blacksburg, VA with his wonderful wife and two children.

Recent projects: iCanSeeYouTweet.com & HypochondriApp.org.
Twitter account: @PeterSforza

PK Night 3 (9/2/12) - Profile 9: Jami Ryan

Jami Ryan

Presenter: Jami Ryan

Topic: The Creation of NextThreeDays

Bio: Jami was born in Germany while his father served in the US military and has lived in the New River Valley since he was three attending the Christiansburg public schools. He attended Radford University where he double majored in Print Journalism and Computer Science. He was then hired by local web development company ACI where he worked for 10 years as a web developer before forming his own company Sublime Enterprises, LLC and took over ownership of NextThreeDays.com. Jami lives in Blacksburg, is married to local elementary school teacher Rebecca Ryan, and is an avid Virginia Tech Hokie fan.

Twitter: Next3Days; Phone: 540-391-0340