The Author

Adel Shadi

Academia – 

  • Masters in Computer Science with emphasis in Statistics, Ohio University
  • 20 years Senior Lecturer, computer science, The Ohio State University

Experience –

  • 17 years experience, IT consulting, project management, process management & software quality assurance
  • Co-Founder and managing partner, Java Central, developed a new coffee house concept from the ground up, started 2006, sold 2014, still thriving to-date
  • Co-Founder and managing partner, Frontera Logistics Group, developed 2 Class-8 trucking companies, including a freight carrier operation and a diesel repair facility, started 2013, dissolved in 2021 due to pandemic; ; please use this link to review the new startup app Truck-Maxx

Other activities –

  • Current president and board member of our homeowner association 
  • Current volunteer and past board member at The Adaptive Sports Connection (ASC)
  • Over 45 years experience dealing with short below-knee amputation, and experience-based innovation and adaptation; please use this link to review my webspace about helping Short BKA to create the optimum prosthesis
  • Over 10 years providing support for my wife with hEDS (hyper-mobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes), AKA HSD (Hyper-mobile Spectrum Disorder), working through orthopedic impact and 38 resulting surgeries, battling long COVID and POTS, combating the digestive component of hEDS, including food allergies and sensitivities, and the challenge of stying hydrated and nourished; all summarized in this webspace
  • Over 45 years experience dealing with a brain injury since age 17, over 24 years experience providing support for my child with a brain injury since age 12, and recently supporting a grandchild with brain injury with a possible Cerebral Palsy diagnosis during birth; please use this link to review my comprehensive webspace about helping people with brain injury