Dr. Michael Thombs

Associate Professor of Information Systems Management, Business Studies and Economic Department at Salve Regina University

Boston

I am currently an associate professor of Information Systems Management in the Business Studies and Economic Department at Salve Regina University, Newport, RI (USA) 02840. He has most recently become involved with Bitcoin Mining by building and operating advanced Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) computer hardware that generates the newest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin and Namecoin. He is dedicated to sustainable energy systems and demonstrated this in part by building a solar energy system to capture, store and use solar energy to help me mow my one-acre lawn in Portsmouth and have done so for five years. He has built my his own solar panels and mowers from scratch. In 2012 he decided to study for and pass all three amateur radio FCC licenses. He is the trustee for the W1SRU amateur radio station at Sale Regina University (2013) and has earned the title of Volunteer examiner for the American Radio Relay League (ARRL). During the summer of 2014 he studied for and passed A+ and Networking + certification exams as part of my ongoing professional development activities. He work as a volunteer with members of the Edward Maher Center, Looking Upward, and Learning Unlimited, who are persons with disabilities, to help constituents learn about business and technology.