| Ken Sochats currently the Director of the Visual Information Systems Center, the Director of the Center for National Preparedness and Assistant Professor of Information Science and Telecommunications at the university of Pittsburgh. He has over thirty years of experience in the Computer and Telecommunications industries. He holds advanced degrees in Electrical Engineering and Business Administration. After spending several years at Westinghouse Electric Corporation where his work resulted in several inventions and patents, he accepted a faculty position at the University of Pittsburgh. He has taught over twenty-five different courses in telecommunications, computing, systems and business.
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While on leave, he helped co-found BroadStreet Communications Corporation a next-generation telecommunications company. BroadStreet has attracted over $180 million in startup capital. He served as Vice President of Information Systems.
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He served as the manager of the Link To Learn Project out of The Governor’s Office of Information Technology. This group annually produced the Pennsylvania Technology Atlas. The Progress and Freedom Foundation named the Link To Learn Project their 1998 Best Practice in the Educational Technology category. He continues to serve as a consultant to the Pennsylvania Department of Education and on the Pennsylvania Information Management System (PIMS) committee.
Ken served on The Telecommunications advisory panel of Governor Ridge’s Pennsylvania Regional Development Committee and as a consultant to the Keystone Telecommunications Project and the Governor's Policy Committee. He served on the Governor's Year 2000 Technical Outreach Committee, which was responsible for helping Pennsylvanians prepare for the Y2K computer problem. His group at the Joint State/Federal Y2K Conference was awarded the University Continuing Education Association’s Award of Excellence.
He has served as a consultant to over 35 organizations of all types. Government/agencies at the federal, state and local levels include Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, State of New York, Westmoreland County, US Departments of Defense, Agriculture and Energy and NASA. Private firms include ALCOA, USAirways, Penn Access, Hyperion, Brightline, American Hytech and numerous smaller companies.
His publications include three books and over 40 Journal papers and conference proceeding papers. His papers on metadata are in use in 42 countries and have been translated into 14 languages.
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Education
University of Pittsburgh (B.S.E.E, 1969)
University of Pittsburgh (M.S.E.E., 1973)
University of Pittsburgh (M.B.A., 1975)
University of Pittsburgh (A.B.D., 1982)
Awards
Central Appalachian Geospatial Conference GIS Service Award (2005)
Carnegie Science Center Award for IT Excellence (2002)
Outstanding Teacher Award, University of Pittsburgh, College of General Studies, (1981)
Professor of the Year Award, Presented By Delta Sigma Pi professional fraternity, (1980 - 1981)
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