Meet the Faculty
Meet the Data Center Education Faculty:
- Nora I. Misiolek - Assistant Professor of Information Systems, Marist College
- Robert M. Cannistra - Sr. Professional Lecturer for the School of Computer Science and Mathematics, Marist College
- Steven Ahladas - Adjunct Instructor: The Greening of the Data Center
- Robert E. McFarlane - Adjunct Instructor: Introduction to Facilities
- Peter M. Curtis - Adjunct Instructor: Advanced Facilities Management
- Dr. Lin Zhou - Adjunct Instructor: Project Management
Nora I. Misiolek
Information Technology and Systems Concepts
Assistant Professor of Information Systems, Department of Computer Science/Information Technology and systems, Marist College
Nora I. Misiolek is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems in the Department of Computer Science/Information Technology and Systems at Marist College. She earned her doctorate in Information Science and Technology from the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University in 2006. Her dissertation focused on patterns of emergent leadership in virtual teams. She also holds an MBA in Innovation Management and Marketing from the Whitman School of Management, also at Syracuse University.
Ms. Misiolek’s research interests are in leadership dynamics in virtual collaboration, the use distributed teams for innovation, and information technology adoption and organizational change. Her research has been presented at the Academy of Management, International Conference on Information Systems, International Federation of Information Professionals, Decision Sciences Institute, International Association for the Management of Technology, Pan-Pacific Business Association, and Business Association of Latin American Studies.
Robert M. Cannistra
Internetworking, System Administration and Management
Internet Security, Converged Networking Certificate Program
Sr. Professional Lecturer for the School of Computer Science and Mathematics, Marist College
Robert M. Cannistra is a Sr. Professional Lecturer for the School of Computer Science and Mathematics at Marist College. Mr. Cannistra holds the responsibilities of Information Technology discipline chair, School of Computer Science and Mathematics lab coordinator, and project manager for the Center for Collaborative and On-Demand Computing. Mr. Cannistra also provides consulting services for network infrastructure, design and security needs.
Mr. Cannistra has held the positions of Northeast Regional Manager, Technical Services Manager and Senior Consultant for a Cisco Gold Partner. His time there was spent designing, configuring, and implementing highly accessible data networks for various enterprise, service provider and Internet companies across the world, some of those clients include Quaker Oats, Milwaukee Electric Tool, AC Nielsen, Cogent Communications and EthnicGrocer.com, among numerous others.. Upon the completion of each client implementation he would develop and instruct customized training courses to help the client manage the newly designed networks. Mr. Cannistra has taught as an adjunct faculty member at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) for their Computer Science, Engineering, and Information Technology curricula and as an adjunct technical instructor for a technical institute in Poughkeepsie, NY. He has also held the positions of Senior Network Engineer for About.com, Inc., Internet and Intranet Infrastructure Webmaster at AT&T Solutions and Systems Engineer at Kodak Imaging Services.
Mr. Cannistra holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science/Information Systems, a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, an Associate of Science in Liberal Arts and Science and several industry technical certifications including CCAI-CCNA, CCAI-Security, CCNA, CCNP, CCDA, CCDP, CCSP, CSE, MCSE, and CLP.
Steven Ahladas
Adjunct Instructor - The Greening of the Data Center
Mr. Ahladas Graduated from the University of Massachusetts Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering and Minor in Mathematics in 1984. Since that time he has worked at IBM Enterprise Server Research and Development group. Mr.Ahladas began his career working on special purpose electical power sensors for IBMs S/390 class mainframes. In his next assignment he designed a series of multiKilowatt power converters for IBMs SP2 series of supercomputers.
Mr.Ahladas performed the high level power/thermal design for the IBM Enterprise and Clustered POWER4 servers. He has most recently performed the power electronic designs for IBMs Enterprise integrated refrigeration and water cooling units. Mr.Ahladas has routinely met with clients consulting on power and cooling planning for high availability and energy efficiency.
Mr.Ahladas is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of New York.
Robert E. McFarlane
Adjunct Instructor - Introduction to Facilities
Robert McFarlane has spent more than 35 years in communications consulting, with experience in every segment of the industry including, cable design, fiber optics, data communications, telephony, financial trading systems, data centers, satellite earth stations, video and multi-media, and acoustics. He is often interviewed by the trade press and has been asked to speak at countless seminars on building infrastructure for electronic communications, evolving technologies and the highly demanding requirements of trading floor and data center design on which he is a leading expert.
In addition to teaching “Introduction to Facilities” for the IDCP, Bob is also a member of the Adjunct Faculty of New York University. Appearances have included AFCOM, the largest organization for Data Center Professionals, and the TechTarget “Data Center Decisions” Seminars where he has been a featured speaker the past five years. He has conducted sessions on overall Data Center Design, High Density Power and Cooling, Backup Power Systems and Applications, and Energy Efficiency for the “Green” Data Center.
Bob is a graduate of Colorado State University where he majored in Engineering and Physics, served as research engineer in the Department of Hearing and Speech Science, and lectured in acoustics and bio-instrumentation for seven years at the graduate level. He subsequently served Northern Illinois University as Director of Engineering for the Division of Communications Services and was Manager of Engineering for the nationwide Blue Cross/Blue Shield Computer Network before developing a wide range of high technology consulting fields.
Peter M. Curtis
Adjunct Instructor - Advanced Facilities Management
Peter Curtis is the founder of Power Management Concepts, LLC. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electro-Mechanical Computer Technology and a Master of Science degree in Energy Management. Mr. Curtis has over twenty five years of experience working in the Mission Critical Facilities Engineering industry in the areas of Banking and Finance, Defense, Electric and Water Utilities, Energy Management and Education.
He is also an Associate Professor at New York Institute of Technology and New York University, teaching courses in Facilities Operations and Management, Energy Management, Energy Equipment Assessment, Fundamentals of Building Systems and Energy Security. Mr. Curtis has been a keynote speaker at semiannual conferences for the following organizations: 7 x 24 Exchange, International Facilities Management Association (IFMA), Association of Facilities Engineers (AFE), Data Center Dynamics and AFCOM.
Mr. Curtis is a principal author for the IEEE, where he has written an online book entitled "An Introduction to Mission Critical Facilities Operations". In 2007 Wiley/IEEE published his second book "Maintaining Mission Critical Systems in a 24/7 Environment"; a best seller in its class. Mr. Curtis also writes a bi-monthly column for Mission Critical Magazine. Throughout his career, Peter has written many whitepapers and articles concerning critical power and business resiliency for data centers & critical infrastructures.
Dr. Lin Zhou
Adjunct Instructor - Project Management
Dr. Lin Zhou has over 10 years of experience of managing large complex global projects in the fields of semiconductor, data storage and software product development. He earned the PhD from the University of Glasgow UK and the Master Certificate from the Business School of the George Washington University US. While he is working in the top U.S. hi-tech companies, Dr. Zhou had increased responsibilities in both project management and people management. He is currently an Executive Project Manager at IBM Technology Division. Dr. Zhou is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). He has authored many patents and papers, and lectured in international conferences. He has been invited regularly to review publications for academic journal. Dr. Zhou's successes are recognized by many awards.
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