TechLife Community Builder - Dave Ungar

BIO:

Dave Ungar

I started my career in financial accounting, but quickly found business processes and information to be my calling. I spent many years in the roles of systems analyst, business analyst and quality analyst, which has given me an appreciation for the professionals that make an IT company successful. I’m currently managing projects and programs at OCLC - a role that brings all of my past experience together in a place that's always exciting.

PASSION:

I have many things I'm passionate about: Arts that challenge your sensibilities, learning something from everyone I meet, experimenting and finding better ways to work, and connecting ideas with experiences that lead me to new ideas and new experiences.

SONGS ON MY IPOD

The Fall - Green Eyed Loco Man
Slovenly - The Way Untruths Are
The Go-Betweens -I Just Get Caught Out
Yo La Tengo - Today is the Day
15-60-75 – Thief
Nick Cave – We Call Upon the Author

WHERE I GREW UP
I grew up in a small town between Cleveland and Akron. Moved to Columbus 17 years ago, after a few years in Chicago. Columbus is a great city. I like that I can continue growing up here.

VOLUNTEER
I had been involved with a youth group for about 15 years as well as being involved with some professional organizations in Columbus. But I have recently been spending time with the Clintonville-Beechwold Community Resources Center, a Settlement House that provides many forms of assistance to people in need, locally. (@TheCRC ) Neighborhoods and communities are important to me. Reminders that not everyone has the same choices or opportunities that I do are also important.

EVENTS

Columbus Unconference - Dec 08
Clintonville Meetups - regularly
Summit for Nonprofit Service Groups - April 09
The Agile PM - April 09 and ongoing

Links:
Blog: http://ungard.wordpress.com & http://thestuffihave.com/blog
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/daveungar
Twitter: http://twitter.com/dave225
Flickr: http://flickr.com/photos/ungard
Etsy: http://enamelist.etsy.com

COMPANY:
OCLC

OCLC is a global not-for profit company, headquartered in Dublin.
More than 71,000 libraries in 112 countries and territories around the world use OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend and preserve library materials. OCLC is dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world's information and reducing the rate of rise of library costs. For the last three years, OCLC has been named one of Computerworld's Best Places to Work in IT.