Albert DeSimone, Jr.
Albert DeSimone is a communications officer at the
University of
Georgia
specializing in Information Technology. He has been at the University for 24 years, often stepping outside of his communications role to lead
Web-mediated projects, including the University's portal and, for several years, the University's main Web site. He holds both BA and MA degrees in English from the
University of
Georgia.
He has published several articles on a variety of technology-related topics, with two of his articles receiving awards from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). An online newsletter published under his direction received similar honors from this same group.
He considers being the first webmaster at the
University of
Georgia one of his greatest professional achievements. He was awarded Webmaster Emeritus status in 2003 for his leadership in this area.
DeSimone lives in
Athens,
Georgia, with his wife, Brigitte. He has four children.
