David Billstrom
Black Mountain, North Carolina, United States
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About
I help leaders surpass their goals, using strategy and tactics that are rooted in…
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Outdoor Recreation Industry Rebuilds?
Outdoor Recreation Industry Rebuilds?
What's next for outdoor businesses in Chimney Rock, and elsewhere in WNC after Helene?In addition to my day job, I…
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Joe Niski, Fine Human
Joe Niski, Fine Human
My friend and colleague of many years, Joe Niski passed away earlier this month… if you know me from the first decades…
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Kitsbow Changing All of its Products
Kitsbow Changing All of its Products
Yes, we know that we updated you just a few days ago on the pivot at Kitsbow Apparel, benefit corporation to…
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Marry well, my friends. And get involved. Lean in. Speak up. Engage. We need ethics, conviction, courage, compassion, and legal and moral action…
Marry well, my friends. And get involved. Lean in. Speak up. Engage. We need ethics, conviction, courage, compassion, and legal and moral action…
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Education
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Educated by Jesuits: taught to read critically, write effectively, love math, appreciate theology, and argue persuasively.
Volunteer Experience
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Volunteer Firefighter/EMT/COML
Town of Black Mountain
- Present 10 months
Shifting back into volunteer status after many years of part-time shift work; honored to serve.
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Volunteer Reporter (Rx)
Watch Duty
- Present 4 months
Incredible grassroots organization that is saving lives through adroit use of technology and common sense.
Publications
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Supply Chain Resiliency in the U.S. House of Representatives July 2, 2020
United States House of Representatives
See publicationTestimony in the Committee of Small Business in the U.S. House of Representatives for the subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access.
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Resilient Radio Communication Systems for Wide Area Operations
20th World Conference on Disaster Management, Toronto CAN
Lessons learned from the largest geographic radio dispatch system in the U.S.
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The Present and Future of Public Safety Communications (U.S. Senate)
Commerce Committee, U.S. Senate
See publicationInvited testimony on interoperability and IP-based public safety communications, in a full committee meeting of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Chairman Hon. Daniel K. Inouye, presiding.
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CCLISP on the iPSC Concurrent Computer
Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
Concurrent Common LISP is the LISP environment for the iPSC system, the Intel Personal SuperComputer. Performance on a per node basis roughly equivalent to AI workstation LISP performance is discussed, as are the implementation details of the CCLISP language constructs.
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Comparing Modula-2
European Unix Users Group 1985 Conference, Copenhagen
Comparison of Modula-2, Pascal and C for systems implementation
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Projects
Organizations
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Rebuild Black Mountain
Co-founder
- PresentRebuild Black Mountain is a fund dedicated to the long view of restoring the outdoor spaces in Western North Carolina after the catastrophic devastation of Hurricane Helene, in a collaborative approach that supports other organizations.
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North Carolina Outdoor Recreation Coalition
Board Member and Vice Chair
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North Carolina Sustainable Business Council
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Serpent Child Ensemble
Board Member
-A 501(c)(3) organization and home of the documentary film Blanket Town, the story of the Beacon Mill in North Carolina, and the people that worked there.
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Mountain Wave Search and Rescue
Volunteer, Board Member, Co-Founder
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