Rich Acuff Details

Rich Acuff
"Don't just put out fires; build solutions."

Experience

Dental Office Business Manager
1989—Present Amy Guthrie, D.D.S.
Manage all non-medical aspects of a growing dental practice. Responsible for facilities (including extensive construction during 3 expansions), personnel (hire, manage, payroll), systems and procedures, information infrastructure (paper forms, computer systems, telecommunications), accounting, strategic planning, financial policy.

Flight Instructor
1998—Present West Valley Flying Club, Palo Alto Flying Club, and freelance
Provide training for Private, Commercial, and Instrument Pilot ratings in Single- and Multi-Engine Airplanes. Currently 2,800 hours of flight experience, with an FAA Gold Seal Flight Instructor Certificate.

Freelance Programmer
1997—Present
Contract projects for a variety of companies. Projects include web application development, database interface, pen-based computing, quality assurance testing, object system coding, and computer system setup and support.

Windows Systems Integrator
1996—1997 Section on Medical Informatics, Stanford University
Planned, deployed, and supported Microsoft Windows computing (95 and NT) in a complex medical computing research environment with more than 100 people. Integrated Windows systems with Mac and Unix systems over TCP/IP-based networks.

Scientific Programmer, Mobile Clinical Computing
1992—1996 Center for Advanced Medical Informatics at Stanford
Led technical aspects of research investigating mobile, pen-based clipboard computers with wireless networking for meeting information needs in medical care delivery. Studied clinical workflow and used scenario-based design to develop experimental systems. Built and deployed systems at Stanford Medical Center and at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD. Used Microsoft Windows for Pen Computing with Visual BASIC, Visual C++, and Access; Apple NewtonScript; and GO/EO PenPoint.

Scientific Programmer, ONCOCIN Project
1989—1992 Medical Computer Science, Stanford University
Moved ONCOCIN, a large cancer therapy decision support system, from InterLisp-D to standardized CommonLisp on the Texas Instrument Explorer. Secured funding and performed most of the port.

Systems Manager and Lisp Systems Programmer
1985—1992 Knowledge Systems Laboratory, Stanford University
Managed computing environment for artificial intelligence research lab, incorporating Unix, Macintosh, and Lisp Machine (Texas Instruments Explorer and Symbolics) systems serving approximately 60 users. Developed utilities such as file backup tools and user interface routines that were widely used in the Lisp community. Provided programming assistance to graduate students. Formed and ran the National Explorer User’s Society, with up to 1,400 members. Led team of up to 4 people.

Systems Programmer, Intern
Summer 1984 Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
Implemented TCP/IP protocol for InterLisp-D. Generalized InterLisp-D multi-protocol networking architecture.

Publications (Primary Author)

  • Acuff, R.D., Fagan, L.M., Rindfleisch, T.C., Levitt, B.J., Ford, P.M. Lightweight, Mobile E-Mail for Intra-Clinic Communication. 1997 American Medical Informatics Association Fall Symposium, Nashville, TN, 729-733. 1997. (online version here)

  • Acuff, R.D., Carlson, R.W., Fagan, L.M., Sherertz, D.D., Erlbaum, M.D., Olson, N.E., and Tuttle, M.S. Mobile Access to Oncology Knowledge. Proceedings of the AMIA Fall Symposium, p. 956, 1996.

  • ​​​​​​​Acuff, R.D., Fagan, L.M., Rindfleisch, T.C., Carlson, R.W., Tuttle, M.S., and Sherertz, D.D. Mobile Access to Oncology Knowledge. Abstract in Proceedings of the AMIA Spring Congress, San Francisco, CA, May 1994.

  • Acuff, R.D., Fagan, L.M., Rindfleisch, T.C., Tuttle, M.S., Sherertz, D.D., Carlson, R.W. Integration of Pen-baed Computer Technology in Clinical Settings. Abstract and Electronic Demonstration for the Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care, 1994. Winner, Best Electronic Demonstration Award.

  • Acuff, R.D., Carlson, R.W., Shortliffe, E.H. Computer-Based Chemotherapy Protocol Management: A Core Building Block for the Integrated Oncology Workstation. Proceedings of the 1992 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

  • Acuff, R.D., Fagan, L.M., Rindfleisch, T.C., Carlson, R.W., Tuttle, M.S., and Sherertz, D.D. Mobile Access to Oncology Knowledge. Abstract in Proceedings of the AMIA Spring Congress, May 1994.

  • Acuff, R.D. Performance of Two CommonLisp Programs on Several Systems. Lisp and Symbolic Computation. Volume 3, pp. 171-204, 1989.

Education

  • Year 1985: Bachelor of Science, Computer and Information Science - The Ohio State University

  • Year 2001: Flight Instructor—Multi Engine

  • Year 2001: Commercial Pilot—Multi Engine Land

  • Year 2000: Flight Instructor—Instrument Airplane

  • Year 1998: Flight Instructor—Single Engine

  • Year 1997: Commercial Pilot—Single Engine Land

  • Year 1994: Private Pilot—Instrument Airplane

  • Year 1992: Private Pilot—Single Engine Land

College Jobs

Computer Systems Administrator
1983—1985 Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence Research, The Ohio State University
Supported Xerox Lisp workstations (D-machines) and DEC TOPS-20 (part time).

Computer Operator
1981—1983 Instruction and Research Computing Center, The Ohio State University
Operator for DECsystem-20 computer system used by Computer Science department (part time).

Library Assistant
1981 The Ohio State University Libraries
Checkout desk and shelving in Humanities library.

Dishwasher
1981 The Ohio State University Food Services
Performed general clean-up duties in dormitory cafeteria.