Brent Roman

Brent Roman was born in Canton, IL, USA, in 1963. He received the B.S. degree in computer and information sciences from the University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA, in 1985. His career as a Software Engineer began when he was a teenager working on automated concrete ready-mix batching systems coded in 8085 assembly language. He paid for the university by coding video tape editor controllers in Z-80 assembly. After the B.S. degree, he did a six-year stint marketing CAE software course. In 1990, he returned to product development, working on a small team creating a prototyping tool to aid in the design of automotive and aerospace digital servo control systems. In 1997, he joined the Santa Cruz Operation, where he specialized in the use of Unix and Linux on small PCs and embedded systems. He joined the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) in 2000, where he focused on distributed control systems, communications, and software development for the Environmental Sample Processor.